How hunger came back to haunt IndiaUS stocks ended mostly lower overnight Tuesday over concerns the new covid variation, which has halted movement in and out of the UK and sent vaccine makers scrambling to ensure their drugs are effective against it, could further hamper a softening economic recovery.Data showed US consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in December, for second-straight monthly decline, as renewed restrictions aimed at slowing the pandemic hobbled businesses, overshadowing the roll out of covid-19 vaccines.US President-elect Joe Biden, warning that the "darkest days in the battle against covid are ahead of us," said his administration will put forward another covid-19 relief package early next year.Back home, German.