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German virus deaths top 40,000 as Merkel warns of 'hardest weeks'

More than 1.9 million people have been infected so far, with almost 17,000 new cases added since Saturday.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 04:42pm

World

COVID-19: UK vaccinating 200,000 people a day

"At the moment we're running over 200,000 people being vaccinated every day," he told Sophie Ridge on Sky News.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 02:08pm

World

Belgium coronavirus deaths top 20,000: official

During the first wave of the pandemic Sciensano reported more than 250 deaths a day with a peak of 322 on April 8.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 01:57pm

World

Brazil registers 62,290 new coronavirus cases, 1,171 more deaths

Brazil has registered more than 8 million cases of the virus since the pandemic.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 01:47pm

World

Thailand reports 245 new coronavirus cases

The tally included 21 cases imported from abroad.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 01:27pm

World

Tokyo reports 1,494 new daily coronavirus infections

Japan declared a limited state of emergency in Tokyo and three prefectures neighbouring the capital on Thursday to stem a surge in COVID-19 infections.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 01:20pm

Business & Finance

India retail king Biyani sees quick OK of Future's $3.4bn deal despite Amazon dispute

In a letter on Tuesday, Amazon asked Indian stock exchanges BSE and NSE to suspend their review of the deal in light of the ongoing Singapore arbitration.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 01:13pm

Markets

Saudi cut to boost oil market de-stocking, even as demand falters

It expects the oil market to be in deficit for the remainder of the year, peaking at 2.3 million bpd in September, or nearly 3% of global oil supplies for that month.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 01:10pm

World

UK helps raise $1 billion in global vaccine donations

Ahead of the virtual visit, Guterres said he was honoured to "renew our cause of overcoming global challenges together, and celebrate a country that was instrumental in creating the United Nations".

Published 10 Jan, 2021 12:16pm

Sports

Nuggets beat short-handed 76ers as virus depletes NBA rosters

"With the minutes we would have to ask (from Embiid), it would be insane to play him," Rivers said.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 12:03pm

World

Brexit deal's 'rules of origin' spark trade confusion

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government has yet to comment on the precise impact of the rules of origin on the business community.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 11:56am

World

Covid-19: Twelve key milestones

On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) is alerted to a cluster of pneumonia cases "of unknown cause" in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 11:27am

World

France recorded 20,177 new confirmed COVID cases and 171 more deaths in 24 hours

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in France stands at 2,767,312, while the total number of deaths stands at 67,599.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 02:09am

Pakistan

Federal capital records 128 fresh corona cases in last 24 hours: NCOC

He said so far 38,970 cases were reported from the federal capital while 436 deaths were reported from Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

Published 10 Jan, 2021 01:58am

World

Cuba to collaborate with Iran on coronavirus vaccine

The allies are both under fierce US sanctions that exempt medicine yet often put foreign pharmaceutical companies off trading with them and as such they seek to be self-reliant.
Iran launched human trials of its first domestic COVID-19 vaccine candidate late last month, while Cuba has four candidates currently in trials although none yet in humans.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 08:28pm

World

France to extend curfew as 'tough, necessary' measure

Castex also defended the government's vaccine rollout strategy, criticised in some quarters for its slow start.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 08:18pm

World

India to start mammoth vaccination drive on January 16

The vaccine is to be free for the country's population of 1.3 billion.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 08:14pm

World

Queen Elizabeth and husband receive COVID vaccines: palace

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have today received COVID-19 vaccinations.
the vaccines were administered by a household doctor at the queen's Windsor Castle residence.

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 08:28pm

World

Irish health officials believe South African COVID-19 variant contained

Ireland this week reported an increasing presence of the variant first found in England. It was detected in 25% of positive cases that underwent further testing in the week to Jan. 3
The UK variant is of more concern to us purely because of the amount of virus that's on the island.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:43pm

Pakistan

Coronavirus claims another 21 lives: 600 new cases reported in Punjab

The Punjab health department has urged the masses to follow SOPs for their protection and cover their faces with masks.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:26pm

World

US sets new record with nearly 290,000 Covid cases in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

The day before, the US had recorded a record of nearly 4,000 deaths in 24 hours.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:06pm

World

Osaka seeks state of emergency as new Tokyo COVID-19 infections top 2,000

Kyoto and Hyogo was severe and the declaration of a wider state of emergency was being considered after a request from the cities' governors.
Tokyo reported 2,268 new daily coronavirus cases on Saturday.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:49pm

Pakistan

Sindh report over 1500 new COVID cases, 14 deaths in past 24 hrs

Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that cases to have emerged today are 50 per cent more than those diagnosed just a day ago.
He shared with media that 14,572 new samples were tested during the period which means the positivity ratio has reached 10 pc.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:49pm

World

Russia reports 23,309 new coronavirus cases, 470 deaths

Authorities said 470 people had died, taking Russia's official death toll to 61,381.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:42pm

World

Iran bans foreign companies from testing COVID-19 vaccines on Iranians: president

Foreign companies wanted to give us vaccines so they would be tested on the Iranian people. But the health ministry prevented it.
Our people will not be a testing device for vaccine manufacturing companies," he added. "We shall purchase safe foreign vaccines.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:34pm

World

US logs record virus caseload as millions in Asia enter new lockdowns

Almost 1.9 million people have now died from the virus, with new variants sending cases soaring and prompting the re-introduction of curbs.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:30pm

World

China tightens virus restrictions on new cluster ahead of Lunar New Year

Hebei has reported over 130 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the past week, with more than 200 more asymptomatic infections.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:26pm

World

French president's wife tested positive for COVID-19 in late December

Europe 1 said Brigitte Macron tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 24. It said she presented no major symptoms and then had two further tests on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 which proved negative.
President Macron himself tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 17

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:22pm

Sports

Spurs boss Mourinho to buy Marine raffle ticket

Cash-strapped Marine's hopes of generating revenue through the turnstiles were dashed when the Merseyside region was placed in Tier 3 of Britain's COVID-19 restrictions.
"I am buying," Mourinho told reporters. "If I win, I cannot do it (manage Marine) because we have our pre-season.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:12pm

World

UK's Sunak looking to delay tax rises

Sunak has also rejected calls to extend a temporary cut to taxes on property purchases, known as stamp duty, that is due to expire at the end of March.
But the truth is that no decisions have been taken this far in advance, not least given the amount of uncertainty in the current outlook.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 05:52pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 28	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 28	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 1	161.02
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 1	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 1	1.27
Euro to USD / Jul 1	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 28	5,460.48
Nasdaq / Jun 28	17,732.60
Dow Jones / Jun 28	39,118.86
India Sensex / Jul 1	79,044.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 1	39,631.06
Hang Seng / Jul 1	17,718.61
FTSE 100 / Jul 1	8,203.05
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 1	18,323.55

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 28	207,219
Petrol/Litre / Jul 1	265.61
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 1	82.27
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 1	18,235
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 1	2,325.50
Diesel/Litre / Jul 1	277.45

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 1 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 1 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 1 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 1 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 1 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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