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World - 2020-07-01

Pompeo welcomes India's ban on Chinese apps including TikTok

Modi's government on Monday banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, WeChat and Weibo as relations deteriorate in the wake of a brutal border clash.

Published 01 Jul, 2020 09:01pm

BioNTech and Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine shows potential in human trial

BioNTech said testing of two dosages of its BNT162b1 drug on 24 healthy volunteers showed that after 28 days they had developed higher levels of COVID-19 antibodies than typically seen in infected people

Published 01 Jul, 2020 08:49pm

Europe

Putin urges Turkey, Iran to help promote dialogue in Syria

After worsening violence displaced nearly a million people, Turkey and Russia agreed in March to halt hostilities in northwest Syria's Idlib region.

Published 01 Jul, 2020 06:25pm

Europe

EU says 'essential' that freedoms be protected in Hong Kong

Borrell said Brussels was "assessing the implications of such a law and will continue to raise its concerns in its dialogue with China."

Published 01 Jul, 2020 06:00pm

South Asia

China downplays potential new swine flu pandemic

Researchers took 30,000 nasal swabs from slaughterhouse pigs in 10 Chinese provinces, allowing them to isolate 179 swine flu viruses.

Updated 01 Jul, 2020 05:59pm

Europe

EU must prepare for possibility Brexit deal can't be reached: Merkel

Britain officially completed its delayed departure from the European integration project on January 31.

Published 01 Jul, 2020 05:15pm

China’s Hikvision dominates India’s surveillance market

Prama Hikvision Indian Private Limited enjoys over 35 percent market share.

Published 01 Jul, 2020 01:37pm

US coronavirus cases rise by 47,000, biggest one-day spike of pandemic

California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new US epicenters of the pandemic.

Published 01 Jul, 2020 11:01am

Protesters hit Sudan streets

KHARTOUM: Tens of thousands of Sudanese protesters flocked to the streets Tuesday calling for reforms and demanding...

Updated 01 Jul, 2020 03:37am

Facebook will give priority to original news reporting

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Tuesday said it will give priority to original news reporting as part of an effort to...

Updated 01 Jul, 2020 03:36am

Exchange

Iran passes death sentence, upholds jail term in French-linked cases

TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday sentenced to death an opposition figure who had lived in exile in France before his arrest...

Published 01 Jul, 2020 03:09am

Pompeo faces opposition in UN push on Iran arms embargo

UNITED NATIONS: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to extend an arms embargo...

Updated 01 Jul, 2020 03:35am

USA

US could hit 100,000 new virus cases a day: Fauci

WASHINGTON: A top US health expert warned Congress on Tuesday that new coronavirus cases could more than double to...

Updated 02 Jul, 2020 03:18am

UK confirms seeing US intelligence on Russian bounties

LONDON: Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on Tuesday confirmed having seen US intelligence briefings about...

Updated 01 Jul, 2020 03:35am

Asia

Japan jobless rate up, available jobs in worst plunge since 1974

TOKYO: Japan's unemployment rate rose to 2.9 percent in May, official data showed Tuesday, the third consecutive...

Updated 02 Jul, 2020 03:18am

Middle East

Turkmen leader dedicates poem to 'wonderful' wheat

ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan's eccentric and authoritarian leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has penned a poem celebrating...

Published 01 Jul, 2020 03:09am

China

New swine flu found in China has pandemic potential

WASHINGTON: Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic,...

Published 01 Jul, 2020 03:09am

Global employment crisis deepening, equivalent of 400mn jobs lost: UN

It is also far higher than the ILO estimate in late May, when it expected 10.7 percent of global working hours to vanish during the period.

Published 01 Jul, 2020 01:17am

Europe

Air France to slash 7,500 jobs by end-2022: unions

The aviation industry has been hammered by the travel restrictions imposed to contain the outbreak, with firms worldwide still uncertain when they will be able to get grounded planes back into the air.

Published 01 Jul, 2020 01:15am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 8	277.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 8	277.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 8	148.02
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 8	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 8	1.31
Euro to USD / Oct 8	1.10

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 8	5,695.94
India Sensex / Oct 8	81,561.53
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 8	38,930.78
Nasdaq / Oct 8	17,923.91
Hang Seng / Oct 8	21,370.60
FTSE 100 / Oct 8	8,199.23
Dow Jones / Oct 8	41,954.24
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 8	18,976.93

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 8	247.03
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 8	75.84
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 8	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 8	236,715.30
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 8	2,646.05
Diesel/Litre / Oct 8	246.29

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 8 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 8 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 8 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 8 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 8 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 8 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 8 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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