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India cannot remain ‘mute spectator’ as Trump destroys institutions like WTO: Congress

New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) The Congress on Friday asserted that India has the highest stakes in institutions such as the WTO and WHO, which are being “destroyed” and “gutted” by US President Donald Trump, and cannot remain a mute spectator while being content with coining slogans and acronyms. Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said the World Trade Organisation (WTO) had been dealt very heavy blows during Trump-I. “It has been destroyed during Trump-II. The rules-based, multilateral trading system put in place with the US itself playing a leadership role has been finished off,” Ramesh claimed. The

Rupee rises 40 paise to 87.25 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Aug 1 (PTI) The rupee appreciated 40 paise to 87.25 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, amid lower crude prices and suspected RBI interventions as the US’s imposition of a 25 per cent tariff on Indian exports heightened investors’ concerns. Forex traders said the US’s imposition of a 25 per cent tariff on Indian exports triggered risk-off sentiment and heightened concerns regarding further rupee depreciation. Moreover, investors are focussed on US President Donald Trump’s imposition of new, and mostly higher tariffs on US trading partners beginning August 1. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee

Markets decline in early trade amid US tariff related concerns, foreign fund outflows

Mumbai, Aug 1 (PTI) Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Friday amid tariff related concerns and sustained foreign fund outflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell by 111.17 points to 81,074.41 in opening trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty dropped 33.45 points to 24,734.90. India will face tariffs of 25 per cent on its exports to the US as President Donald Trump issued an executive order listing the various duties that Washington will impose on exports from countries around the world. From the Sensex firms, Sun Pharma tumbled over 5 per cent after the company reported

Your heart may be older than you think — and the number could predict disease risk

Your heart may be older than you are, according to new research. A study from Northwestern Medicine found that most adults have a “heart age” that is several years older than their chronological age. The gap is wider among men than women, the researchers found, as well as in Black and Hispanic people and those with lower education and income, according to a university press release. To help people assess their own cardiac age, the researchers developed a free online tool that makes the calculation. Using guidelines from the American Heart Association, the PREVENT Risk Age Calculator determines a person’s

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