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Market Ahead, March 26: All You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell

According to reports, the government is likely to agree a stimulus package of more than Rs 1.5 trillion to fight a downturn caused by the coronavirus lockdown

Checks to Marshall plan: What's in $2-trn US Senate Covid-19 rescue package

About $500 billion in direct payments to people, in two waves of checks of up to $1,200 per individual making up to $75,000 a year

Senate Democrats seek $750 billion package to fight coronavirus outbreak

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is floating the proposal as Congress and the White House are quickly developing a third aid package

Coronavirus: US passes bipartisan bill offering free testing, paid leaves

The bill provides $1.3 billion in emergency food aid for low-income pregnant women and their young children, senior citizens and food banks

Senators ask Trump to press India reduce hike in Soda Ash import duties

In a letter to US Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, the Senators said that thousands of US jobs rely on the soda ash industry and keeping tariffs low will help US workers and economy nationwide

Senate leader McConnell blasts impeachment, says will vote to acquit Trump

McConnell said the two impeachment charges against Trump that he abused his power and obstructed Congress' ensuing investigation are constitutionally incoherent

Trump on track for acquittal after Senate blocks impeachment witnesses

The Republican Party-controlled US Senate on Friday narrowly rejected the opposition Democrats' motion to call new witnesses and documents for the impeachment trial against US President Donald Trump

The unspoken charge that should doom Prez Donald Trump: Lawlessness

The aid freeze wasn't part of a legitimate reconsideration of U.S. policy towards Ukraine, which Trump would have been free to initiate

Trump impeachment: Senate approves trial rules, puts off witnesses

Trump himself claimed he wants top aides to testify, but qualified that by suggesting there were "national security" concerns to allowing their testimony

Trump impeachment trial: Senators brace for silence, no phones, no escape

The pace of today's politics would have been hard to foresee even in early 1999, at the start of the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, when smartphones didn't exist.

Impeachment articles 'brazen' attempt to repeal 2016 results: Trump lawyers

The Senate will decide whether to convict and remove Trump from the office. Political pundits believe that the Senate is unlikely to remove Trump from the office.

Top US Senator urges Pompeo to press India for quick reversal of CAA, NRC

In a letter to Pompeo on Tuesday, Senator Bob Menendez, a Ranking Member of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed concern over the Citizenship Amendment Act

China to buy $80-billion additional US goods under phase one trade deal

Many economists and experts are dubious about enforcement of the Phase 1 agreement

Trump impeachment trial likely to begin next Tuesday: Senate chief

Key players in the process could be sworn in later this week, the chamber's Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said

Democrats add last-minute evidence to Trump impeachment case before trial

Senior Democrats said they would include phone records and other documents provided by Florida businessman Lev Parnas when they make their case that Trump

Republican senators say no to dropping charges against Trump without trial

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives is expected to formally send the charges to the Senate this week, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed to help acquit his fellow Republican

US Senate passes $1.4 trillion spending deal; legislation now goes to Trump

The deal fulfils spending requirements for the military that were sought by Republicans, as well as domestic projects prioritized by Democrats

Indian group urges US senate to remove country cap for issuing Green Cards

The delays in processing of Green Card, the FIIDS said, was causing talent drain.

Republican Senator asks Mark Zuckerberg to sell off Whatsapp, Instagram

The popular services are among some 70 companies that Facebook has acquired over the past 15 years or so, giving it what critics say is massive market power

US senators seek info from Trump govt on satellite sales to Chinese firm

The use of American satellite technology by the Chinese military and police raises serious military, national security, and human rights concerns, the Senators wrote in the letter