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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

Oil demand to buckle in India as Coronavirus resurgence wreaks havoc

India has repeatedly shattered records for infections and deaths as the virus sweeps through the nation, stoking fears that the central government may be forced to implement another national lockdown

Dislocated priorities: Why profit motive can't defeat the pandemic in India

A country of 1.4 billion people needs a system to support their most basic need: survival

Even record death toll may hide extent of India's Covid-19 crisis

On Thursday, India blew past the global record of daily new infections with 314,835 new cases. With nearly 16 million cases in total, it is the second-worst affected nation in the world

Poisoned mutual trust: China blasts Australia's decision to cancel BRI

China has lodged stern representations with Australia over the issue and reserved the right to take more action

Credit Suisse raises $2 billion as CEO Gottstein cuts hedge fund unit

Gottstein is battling to rescue his short tenure as chief executive officer after Credit Suisse was hit harder than any other competitor by the collapse of Archegos

India's 'casino' type midcap rally amid Covid may be poised for a break

The S&P BSE Midcap Index has outperformed the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex Index in all but five months since the end of 2019

Covid-19 resurgence threatens vigorous global economic growth momentum

Emerging and developing economies accounted for two thirds of global growth before the pandemic and around 86% of the world's population

India didn't plan; now Covid spike is sucking the oxygen out of its people

People risk not having access to a life-saving element as country struggles to cope with nearly 300,000 new daily coronavirus cases.

'Please help!' India's Covid-19 tragedy spills onto social media

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram inundated with messages begging for hospital beds, medicines.

HSBC Holdings manager heart attack prompts viral post about overwork

He's the latest financial employee to weigh in on the work-till-you-drop culture during a pandemic that's obliterated the lines between office and home

Facial recognition, other 'risky' AI set for constraints in European Union

Digital rights group EDRI has warned against loopholes for public security exceptions use of the technology

After pandemic-boom, Netflix logs worst 1st quarter in eight years

Adds 1 million new customers, against projections of 4.44 million by analysts

Stelis CEO steps down after Indian firm signs deal for Russia vaccine

Roger Lias, who accepted the CEO job at unlisted Stelis in late 2019 when the pandemic was in its early stages, left on March 31