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Covid-19: Pakistan reports less than 2,000 daily cases for the first time since July 23

Country detects 1,897 new cases at a positivity ratio of 4.10% in last 24 hours

Published 21 Sep, 2021 11:01am

Pakistan

95 Covid-19 deaths, 3,221 new virus infections countrywide: NCOC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded 95 Covid-19 deaths over the past 24 hours, which is the second highest death tally...

Published 18 Aug, 2021 04:00am

World

Bangladesh locks down as infections in Asia-Pacific rise again

DHAKA: Bangladesh's 168 million people on Thursday began a strict coronavirus lockdown while Indonesia announced...

Updated 02 Jul, 2021 08:27am

Cure for summertime blues: Europe gears up for tourists

European tourism has had its worst time in living memory as coronavirus lockdowns, curfews and hotel and restaurant...

Published 01 Jul, 2021 04:10am

World

Irish COVID-19 jobless claims fall 4pc

Pandemic Unemployment Payment claims dropped 13,498 to 363,167 down from a peak of 480,000 in February, data from the social protection department showed.

Published 18 May, 2021 08:55pm

Business & Finance

Bank of England does not see COVID bankruptcy wave

Many debts racked up recently by companies are spread over long durations "which increases the chances of them being able to be paid back and therefore bankruptcy is not picking up very much from current relatively subdued levels," Haldane said.

Published 07 May, 2021 05:36pm

World

US, Britain rush supplies to virus-stricken India

A surge in recent days has seen patients' families taking to social media to beg for oxygen supplies and locations of available hospital beds, and has forced the capital New Delhi to extend a week-long lockdown.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 10:22am

World

Covid lockdown empties Delhi streets amid deadly surge

India added another record 234,000 cases Saturday to pass 14.5 million overall and 1,341 deaths took its pandemic total to 175,649 deaths.

Published 17 Apr, 2021 04:02pm

Business & Finance

German investor confidence falls as virus curbs drag on

BERLIN: German investor sentiment fell in April for the first time since November as Europe’s top economy feels ...

Updated 14 Apr, 2021 10:12am

World

German investor confidence falls as virus curbs drag on

Confidence in the eurozone fell by 7.7 points in April to 66.3 points.

Published 13 Apr, 2021 06:27pm

Sports

North Korea drops out of Tokyo Olympics citing COVID-19, dashing South Korea hopes

North's pullout dashes South's hopes for combined team.
Blow to plans for joint bid to host the 2032 Games.
North's missile tests in March raised tensions.

Published 06 Apr, 2021 10:18am

Sports

No fans at Serbia Open this year, says Djokovic's brother

"Unfortunately, there will be no fans this year as we're in a difficult situation with a lot of people contracting the virus on a daily basis," the ATP 250 event's organiser Djordje Djokovic told Serbia's Nova S television.
"It's a very difficult year for everyone and the restrictions have resulted in a lot injuries. Regrettably, Borna Coric and Stan Wawrinka have had to pull out but it's still going to be a very strong field.

Published 03 Apr, 2021 07:04pm

World

Virus-hit airline Ryanair optimistic over summer

LONDON: Irish no-frills airline Ryanair on Wednesday expressed optimism over the summer holiday outlook despite a...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Sports

International spectators to be barred from entering Japan for Olympics

Some 600,000 Olympic tickets purchased by overseas residents will be refunded, as will another 300,000 Paralympic tickets, Toshiro Muto, the chief executive of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee told a news conference.
"People who are involved in the Olympics in some way may be allowed to enter the country, whereas regular visitors will not be able to," Tokyo 2020's Muto said.

Published 20 Mar, 2021 06:17pm

World

German COVID cases could revisit December peak in April

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases predicted that the number of daily reported cases could exceed 30,000 in the 14th week of the year starting April 12.
"An extrapolation of the trends shows that case numbers can be expected above the Christmas level from week 14 onwards," the RKI said in its current situation report.

Updated 13 Mar, 2021 09:09pm

Pakistan

Alarm over 'third wave' as Pakistan reports almost 3000 COVID-19 cases in a day with positivity ratio reaching 6.5%

2,701 cases and 54 deaths were reported during the past 24 hours.
The country's positivity ratio is 6.5%.

Updated 12 Mar, 2021 01:28pm

Alarming surge in Covid-19 cases witnessed

ISLAMABAD: With the steady increase in Covid-19 cases in Pakistan during the past 9 days, the positivity rate has...

Published 12 Mar, 2021 05:10am

World

Japan to extend Tokyo area state of emergency to March 21

Under the state of emergency, the government has requested restaurants and bars close by 8 p.m. and stop serving alcohol an hour earlier. People are also asked to stay home after 8 p.m. unless they have essential reasons to go out.
Suga made the announcement, echoing an earlier one made by the Economy Minister, at the start of a meeting on handling the coronavirus.

Published 05 Mar, 2021 07:32pm

World

Malaysia reports record daily rise of 5,728 coronavirus cases

The new cases took the cumulative total of infections to 209,661. The health ministry also reported 13 new deaths, raising total fatalities from the pandemic to 746.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 05:41pm

World

Senegal confirms presence of UK coronavirus variant

British scientists say the UK variant, known as B.1.1.7, may be up to 70% more transmissible and also more lethal - with a mortality risk around 30% higher.
Due to the fact that these variants are transmitted more rapidly, which could explain the speed of spread of the disease in some countries.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 08:48pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 26	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 26	278.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03
France CAC40 / Dec 24	7,282.69
India Sensex / Dec 26	78,475.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785
Petrol/Litre / Dec 27	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 26 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.99 ▲ 1.00 (16.69%)
Next Capital / Dec 26 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	9.90 ▲ 1.00 (11.24%)
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16.45 ▲ 1.50 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 26 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	15.81 ▲ 1.44 (10.02%)
Dewan Motors / Dec 26 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	42.21 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 26 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	44.96 ▲ 4.09 (10.01%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 26 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	99.06 ▲ 9.01 (10.01%)
Altern Energy / Dec 26 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	22.65 ▲ 2.06 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 26 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	23.10 ▼ -2.57 (-10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Dec 26 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	18.45 ▼ -2.05 (-10.00%)
Fateh Ind. / Dec 26 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.56 ▼ -13.38 (-9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 26 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.54 ▼ -1.50 (-9.97%)
Arctic Textile / Dec 26 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	21.60 ▼ -2.37 (-9.89%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.25 ▼ -1.22 (-9.06%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 26 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24 ▼ -2.33 (-8.85%)
Equity Modaraba / Dec 26 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3 ▼ -0.29 (-8.81%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,408,831 ▼ -0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	93,301,142 ▲ 1.50
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,900,564 ▲ 6.41
Sui South Gas / Dec 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,559,500 ▼ -1.65
Cnergyico PK / Dec 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,367,944 ▼ -0.16
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,254,338 ▼ -0.19
B.O.Punjab / Dec 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,003,113 ▼ -0.11
Hascol Petrol / Dec 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,155,152 ▲ 0.87
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	26,980,436 ▲ 0.09

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