New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- India's private manufacturing sector continued to expand in July, but recorded the slowest growth since August 2021, according to the HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data released by S&P Global on Monday. This was due to challenging market conditions, at least partly resulting from renewed tensions in West Asia. Manufacturing PMI, which measures the sector's conditions based on indicators of new orders, output, employment, suppliers' delivery time and stock of purchases, stood at 53.5 in July, marginally lower than the flash estimate of 53.9. The July reading is the lowest since August 2021, when it was 52.3; and also lower than the long-run series average of 54.2. To be sure, a PMI reading abov...