Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said China has built a "superb and unmatched" industrial production system but is "coercive and undemocratic," while addressing IT professionals at Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram. He warned that India has allowed China to capture industrial production while India, the US, and most of the world remain

Sales growth in India’s FMCG sector slowed to 7.8 per cent in the December quarter of 2025, according to a NielsenIQ report. Volume growth also dropped to 2.6 per cent year-on-year, marking the lowest level of the year amid GST rationalisation and a high festive season base