Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) The Indian stock market ended lower on Friday amid heavy selling across the sectors and persistent FIIs outflow due to US tariff jitters.Sensex closed at 79,857.79, down 765.47 or 0.95 per cent. The 30-share index opened in negative territory at 80,478.01 against last session’s closing of 80,623.26 following selling pressure due to US tariff concerns. The index touched an intraday low at 79,775, falling about a per cent to a three-month low, amid overall selling.Nifty ended …

Washington, Aug 8 (IANS) Former US Vice President Mike Pence, in a scathing attack against President Donald Trump’s trade policy, said on Thursday that American companies and consumers are paying the cost of US tariffs.Pence took to X to highlight that the cost of production of US companies like auto giant Ford has shot up following the increase in tariffs on inputs. US consumers are also ending up paying higher prices for goods due to the tariffs levied by Trump, he added.The former Vice Pres…

Kabul, Aug 8 (IANS) Afghan Police have discovered 343 kg of illegal drugs during a series of operations in parts of Tirin Kot, the provincial capital of southern Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province, provincial police spokesman Bilal Uruzgani said Friday.The drugs included opium poppy, heroin and methamphetamine, said the spokesman.The official said that the contraband, along with all documents found during the operations, had been handed over to the judiciary.In a similar incident on August 3, anothe…

Seoul, Aug 8 (IANS) The Labour Ministry of South Korea announced Friday it will step up labour inspections to address concerns about human rights violations against migrant workers, including a three-week special reporting period for rights violations involving migrant workers. The latest move comes following public outrage over a video showing a Sri Lankan migrant worker being lifted while bound to a forklift at a brick factory in Naju, about 280 kilometres south of Seoul.From August 11 to 29, …

Brasilia/New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) A day after United States imposed additional 25% tariff on imports from India, bringing it at par with Brazil, a leading scholar reflected on its likely impact on global economic order and how the two nations – members of BRICs can come togther to cushion the impact.In an exclusive conversation with IANS, Emilio Diaz, researcher from the University of Sao Paulo offered deep insights into the consequences of 50% tariffs, imposed by Trump administration on both n…

Beijing, Aug 8 (IANS) China on Friday said that it welcomes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit that is scheduled to take place at Tianjin, later this month. “China welcomes Prime Minister Modi to China for the SCO Tianjin Summit. We believe that with the concerted effort of all parties, the Tianjin summit will be a gathering of solidarity, friendship and fruitful results, and the SCO will enter a new stage of high-quality developmen…

Kochi, Aug 8 (IANS) The carcasses of five wild elephants, including a calf and a pregnant female, have been recovered from three forest divisions in Kerala’s Ernakulam district, following days of intense rainfall and flooding in the region.Two tuskers were found dead on Thursday in the Kuttampuzha forest range, which falls under the Malayattoor division, about 50 km from Kochi. Their bodies were spotted in the Pooyamkutty River near Kuttampuzha panchayat.According to forest officials, both ele…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Income Tax Bill, 2025, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on February 13 to replace the existing Income Tax Act, 1961, has been formally withdrawn, sources said on Friday.A new version of the Income Tax Bill, incorporating most of the recommendations made by the Select Committee chaired by BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda, will be introduced in Parliament on Monday, according to people in the know.To avoid confusion by multiple versions of the Bill and to provide a clear…

Thrissur, Aug 8 (IANS) The Congress party in Kerala is considering initiating legal proceedings over the BJP’s victory in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 general elections following the revelations made by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi regarding large-scale electoral fraud.The Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly, V.D. Satheesan, told the media on Friday that Gandhi has called for a thorough investigation into alleged election malpractices.“Nu…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday intervened in the matter of a north Delhi restaurant denying entry to a guest in traditional Indian wear on the grounds of not following the outlet’s ‘western dress’ code.As the news of Pitampura-based eatery’s action reached Assembly premises, BJP’s Jangpura legislator Tarvinder Singh Marwah sought action against those who disrespected Indian ethnic clothes.Marwah told IANS, “Whoever has done this must be punished acco…