New York Republican Congressman George Santos agreed to a deal with Brazilian public prosecutors on Thursday in order to escape punishment for forging two stolen cheques in 2008. This comes a day after he pleaded not guilty to 13 federal charges on Wednesday. It included counts of wire fraud, lying to the US House, money laundering and theft of public funds.
Rahul Gandhi attacked the Modi government over the Agnipath scheme and on the Adani Group issue. The Congress leader linked the rise of the business conglomerate and Gautam Adani to the BJP coming to power at the Centre in 2014.
The Nifty 50 index closed 0.24 per cent lower at 17,721.50, while the S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.37 per cent to 60,286.04. Both the benchmarks swung between 0.3 per cent gains and 0.75 per cent losses during the session.