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President Joe Biden proposed a sweeping new $1.8 trillion plan in a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, pleading with Republican lawmakers to work with him on divisive issues and to meet the stiff competition posed by China. He said, “China and other countries are closing in fast,” adding that he has spent a lot of time talking to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Indian food delivery startup Zomato, backed by China’s Ant Group, filed for an IPO of up to 82.5 billion rupees ($1.11 billion) on Wednesday to cash in on a pandemic-led surge in online ordering. Indian food delivery market is estimated to be worth 4.2 billion USD which currently has three players Zomato and Accel backed Swiggy and Amazon. While Swiggy and Zomato dominate the Indian food delivery market, Amazon remains a relatively new and smaller player. Zomato logged a 98.4% jump in revenue from operations for the year ending March 2020, while its loss widened to 23.67 billion ru