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Biden to announce $1.8-trn plan to expand US social safety net: What is it

The 10-year plan is aimed at ramping up federal support for American families, with a major expansion in spending on child care, paid leave and education.

Covid-led record defaults cloud India's resilient equities, bonds

Firms have defaulted on at least Rs 5,700 cr of domestic bonds this year, while Sensex hit 3-week high amid optimism on US vaccine support

China vows to step in as India curbs vaccine supply to neighbours

The overtures are a blow to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much-touted vaccine diplomacy efforts earlier this year that were aimed at countering its larger neighbour, China.

Where can you fly right now? India's outbreak stalls global travel rebound

'Things will get worse for the Indian aviation industry before they get better,' says industry official

'Unprecedented move': Politicians vow to pay India's women for housework

Ruling coalition, Opposition in Tamil Nadu and Kerala promise monthly income support to homemakers; Mamata Banerjee says she will give monthly income support to female heads of 16 million households.

'It's like a war': Scenes inside an India hospital desperate for oxygen

The scenes inside one Delhi hospital provide a glimpse into the desperation throughout India

Google's ad resurgence makes Alphabet best investment bet among tech giants

Alphabet reports first-quarter revenue of $45.6 billion excluding traffic acquisition costs, up 35% from a year earlier.

China's economic divide between rich south and lagging north set to widen

Regional gap may worsen as China looks to reduce carbon emissions and impose financial discipline on local governments, Nomura says.

Covid-19 risk greater if passengers board flight back to front, says study

Back-to-front boarding is also twice as risky as letting passengers on at random.

Rich countries' vaccine nationalism to backfire as Covid worsens in India

Variants emerging in India pose worldwide threat, experts say; India's vaccine shortages in part blamed on US export curbs

Joe Biden to propose tax hikes, $80 billion for audits of the rich

The measures will be key elements to offset the cost of Biden's "American Families Plan" that he's set to unveil in a speech to Congress

Elon Musk says Tesla sold bitcoin to prove liquidity as cash alternative

Tesla fell as much as 3.1% in late trading after its results were announced Monday despite a record profit in the first quarter

Copper surges toward $10,000 as bulls swarm in to profits on global rebound

Producers worry that plans to boost mining royalties could stifle investment and make the country less competitive

In a nation of inequalities, India's vaccine strategy is bad economics

Free, universal access to inoculation could prepare India better for a third Covid-19 resurgence.

Supply lines at risk as shipping containers topple over at alarming rate

Millions of dollars of cargo sinks to the bottom of oceans as pressure to speed deliveries raises the risk of safety errors.

Indian oil refiners defer shutdowns as workers flee amid Covid resurgence

Bharat Petroleum and Indian Oil have deferred planned shutdowns due a shortage of contract workers.

Medical oxygen is key to Covid fight, but once it used to be quack remedy

Supplemental oxygen makes the difference between life and death for many Covid-19 patients.

Copper climbs to highest in 10 years as global recovery powers metals

Copper, a bellwether for the global economy, rose as much as 2.4% to $9,780 per tonne in London

Crude oil erases loss with Opec+ panel raising demand growth outlook

The deteriorating situation there could pose a problem for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, which have agreed to start adding more supply from May

Covid-19: India gas maker shares jump amid shortage of life-saving oxygen

Supplies of medical oxygen, essential in many cases to treat seriously ill patients, have been depleted as hospitals around India have been overwhelmed by Covid-19 cases