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Print - 2021-08-01

New subsidy mechanism: Power Division moves Nepra for approval

Move aimed at bifurcating domestic consumers in more categories for higher revenue generation

Updated 01 Aug, 2021 12:09pm

Federal govt opposes Sindh govt’s lockdown move

KARACHI: In clear opposition to the lockdown enforced in Karachi by the Sindh government, Federal Information...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:50am

‘China will maintain prudent, flexible monetary policy in H2’

BEIJING: China will maintain a prudent, flexible and targeted monetary policy in the second half of the year, its...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:50am

President urges youth to take part in TBTT

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi Saturday urged the young generation to play their dynamic role in the...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:50am

KSE-100 posts 0.6pc negative return in July

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed selling pressure and the KSE-100 Index posted a negative return of 0.6...

Updated 01 Aug, 2021 12:09pm

UK warns Covid monitor devices work less well for darker skin

LONDON: Britain’s state-run healthcare service warned Saturday that devices used by people with Covid to monitor...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

Doctors in Saudi separate Yemeni baby from twin

RIYADH: A team of doctors in Saudi Arabia has separated a Yemeni baby from her parasitic twin, authorities said,...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

Heatwave causes massive melt of Greenland ice sheet

COPENHAGEN: Greenland’s ice sheet has experienced a “massive melting event” during a heatwave that has seen...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

11 killed as India’s monsoon death toll swells

KOLKATA: Eleven people were killed in eastern India after torrential rains swept away homes and triggered ...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

Health, trade chiefs urge jab makers to help poor nations

GENEVA: Four of the world’s most prominent health, trade and financial organisations on Saturday implored Covid-19...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

‘The war has changed’ US documents sound alarm on Delta variant

WASHINGTON: The Delta variant of the coronavirus is as contagious as chickenpox, probably causes more severe disease...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

Malaysians stage anti-govt protest despite Covid curbs

KUALA LUMPUR: Hundreds of black-clad Malaysians staged an anti-government protest Saturday in defiance of a ban on...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

Protests, accusations against Myanmar junta six months on from coup

BANGKOK: Small groups of students protested against Myanmar’s military junta on Saturday in Mandalay and a human...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

China says Delta variant behind virus surge

BEIJING: China raced Saturday to contain its worst coronavirus outbreak in months, as health officials blamed the...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

Tunisian security forces place prominent judge under house arrest

TUNIS: A Tunisian judge who has been accused by human rights groups of hiding terrorism-related files has been ...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

Israel blames Iran over lethal attack on oil tanker off Oman

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Two crew members of an oil tanker managed by a prominent Israeli businessman’s company were...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:47am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Saturday (July 31, 2021) and the forecast for Sunday (August 1, 2021)....