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Australia confirms first H5N1 bird flu case in local mammal

Published 23 Aug, 2026 10:10am

*Australia has been grappling with rising cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza after it landed in the country in June

Australia ramps up bird flu surveillance, testing after first mainland cases reported

Published 24 Jun, 2026 08:10am

South Australia state Primary Industries Minister Claire Scriven told ABC Radio it could be ⁠several days before results from the bird samples are available

US cancels $590 million contract with Moderna for bird flu shot

Published 29 May, 2025 10:38am

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday canceled a $590 million contract with Moderna to...

Nine arrested at New York Tesla dealership as anti-Musk protests break out

Published 02 Mar, 2025 09:44am

NEW YORK: Nine people were arrested during a raucous demonstration outside a New York City Tesla dealership on...

Turkiye to export 15,000 tonnes of eggs to US to ease bird flu disruptions

Published 20 Feb, 2025 11:49am

ISTANBUL/CHICAGO: Turkiye has begun exporting around 15,000 tonnes of eggs to the United States as a devastating...

UK confirms ‘rare’ human case of bird flu

Published 28 Jan, 2025 06:45am

LONDON: A “rare” human case of bird flu has been detected in England, the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA)...

Bird flu outbreaks strike Japan farms

Published 05 Jan, 2025 01:10pm

TOKYO: Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens Sunday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the...

France says bird flu-free after month without outbreaks

Published 19 Dec, 2024 02:30pm

PARIS: France has declared itself to be free of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the absence of new outbreaks...

Canada detects its first presumptive human H5 bird flu case

Published 10 Nov, 2024 10:57am

OTTAWA: Canada has detected its first presumptive case of H5 bird flu in a person, a teenager in the western...

France eases bird flu restrictions to moderate from high

Published 16 Mar, 2024 10:44pm

PARIS: France has eased bird flu restrictions to 'moderate' from 'high' after two months without an outbreak on any...

China reports death of woman from combined H3N2, H10N5 bird flu

Published 31 Jan, 2024 10:47am

BEIJING: China on Wednesday reported the death of a woman due to an infection of combined H3N2 and H10N5 strains of...

France puts country on ‘high’ alert for bird flu

Published 05 Dec, 2023 01:59pm

PARIS: France raised the risk level of bird flu to ‘high’ from ‘moderate’ on Tuesday after the detection of new...

China records world’s first human death from H3N8 bird flu: WHO

Published 12 Apr, 2023 10:45am

BEIJING: A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the...

US reports its first human case of H5 bird flu

Published 29 Apr, 2022 11:28am

The first known human case of H5 bird flu in the United States has appeared in a person in Colorado, the Centers for...

France to cull ‘millions’ more poultry as bird flu flares

Published 12 Mar, 2022 04:08am

PARIS: France will drastically step up the culling of chickens, ducks and other poultry to contain a bird flu...

US reports highly lethal bird flu in Kentucky chicken farm

Published 15 Feb, 2022 06:45am

CHICAGO: A commercial chicken flock in Kentucky tested positive for a highly lethal form of bird flu, officials said...

Bird flu outbreak claims over 500,000 chickens in Burkina Faso

Published 16 Jan, 2022 04:17am

OUAGADOUGOU: At least half a million chickens have been either killed by a bird flu outbreak in Burkina Faso or...

Bird flu kills thousands of cranes in Israel, poultry also culled

Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: An outbreak of avian flu has killed more than 5,000 migratory cranes in Israel, prompting...

Rise in human bird flu cases in China shows risk of fast-changing variants-health experts

Published 26 Oct, 2021 11:22am

BEIJING: A jump in the number of people in China infected with bird flu this year is raising concern among experts,...

India probes its first human death from bird flu

Published 22 Jul, 2021 11:54am

Contact tracing was also undertaken but family members, close contacts and health care workers did not show any symptoms

China confirms first human case of bird flu strain

Published 01 Jun, 2021 12:40pm

Several strains of bird flu have been found among animals in China but mass outbreaks in humans are rare.

China reports first human case of H10N3 bird flu

Published 01 Jun, 2021 11:05am

The man, a resident of the city of Zhenjiang, was hospitalized on April 28 after developing a fever and other symptoms, the NHC said in a statement.

Germany culls 14,000 turkeys after bird flu was found on another farm

Published 03 Feb, 2021 02:41pm

Type H5N8 bird flu was confirmed in a farm in the Uckermark area, the Brandenburg state government said.

French bird flu outbreak coming under control: government

Published 21 Jan, 2021 09:07pm

The highly contagious H5N8 virus was first detected in a bird in a pet shop on the Mediterranean island of Corsica in November before spreading to duck farms on the mainland in December.

Reeling from coronavirus, Asia's poultry farmers battle bird flu outbreak

Published 15 Jan, 2021 11:30am

Still, the country has banned live bird imports from countries with H5N8 and set up a surveillance system for early detection of the virus, he said.

Bird flu outbreak dents chicken sales in India, hits farmers

Published 08 Jan, 2021 06:57pm

Broiler chicken prices have fallen to 60 rupees ($0.8192) a kg from around 90 rupees a week ago.
The industry might see some temporary disruption, but we don't see this to be a long term phenomenon and this might correct itself in a period of 15-20 days.

India to cull tens of thousands of birds over avian flu outbreak

Published 05 Jan, 2021 05:08pm

India has witnessed bouts of devastating bird flu outbreaks in recent decades, most seriously in 2008, when millions of poultry were culled.

Bird flu spreads to a quarter of Japan prefectures

Published 16 Dec, 2020 10:08am

Both the strain circulating in Asia and one spreading rapidly in Europe originated in wild birds, they said.

Bird flu spreads to 10th Japanese prefecture

Published 14 Dec, 2020 11:20am

All farms in Japan were earlier ordered to disinfect facilities and check hygiene regimes, and ensure that nets to keep out wild birds are installed properly, agriculture ministry officials told Reuters this week.

Bird flu outbreak spreads to 20% of Japan's prefectures

Published 11 Dec, 2020 11:29am

The government is calling for extra vigilance because of the growing number of infections in Japan and in Europe, which is in the grip of an outbreak. Japan has suspended poultry imports from seven countries, including Germany.

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USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 1	158.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 1	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 1	1.32
Euro to USD / Oct 1	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

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S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
India Sensex / Oct 1	71,770.30
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 1	68,956.72
FTSE 100 / Oct 1	10,413.82
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 1	24,851.64
France CAC40 / Oct 1	7,827.14

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.40
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 1	92.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 1	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 1	376,059
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 1	4,162.20
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	400.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 1	78.41

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Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Oct 1 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10%)
Ellcot Spinning / Oct 1 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	196.28 ▲ 17.84 (10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Oct 1 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	286.94 ▲ 26.09 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Oct 1 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	280.46 ▲ 25.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Oct 1 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	84.78 ▲ 7.71 (10%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 1 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	65.60 ▲ 5.96 (9.99%)
Arctic Textile / Oct 1 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	57.29 ▲ 5.17 (9.92%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15.68 ▲ 1.41 (9.88%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Oct 1 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	22.36 ▲ 1.95 (9.55%)
Asim Textile / Oct 1 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	124.56 ▲ 10.6 (9.3%)

Stock	Price
EFU Life Assr / Oct 1 EFU Life Assurance Limited(EFUL)	125 ▼ -39.01 (-23.79%)
Ashfaq Textile / Oct 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	45.51 ▼ -5.06 (-10.01%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 1 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	44.03 ▼ -4.89 (-10%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Oct 1 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	43.67 ▼ -4.85 (-10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	26.14 ▼ -2.9 (-9.99%)
East West Ins. / Oct 1 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	59.25 ▼ -6.37 (-9.71%)
Asia Ins. / Oct 1 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	32.42 ▼ -3.43 (-9.57%)
Karam Ceramics / Oct 1 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	156.18 ▼ -15.27 (-8.91%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Oct 1 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	29.62 ▼ -2.87 (-8.83%)
Apna Microfin. / Oct 1 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	18.07 ▼ -1.73 (-8.74%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	93,751,754 ▲ 0.11
F. Nat.Equities / Oct 1 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	38,616,570 ▲ 0.09
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	26,026,242 ▼ -0.14
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	25,714,456 ▲ 0.03
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	22,551,198 ▼ -2.9
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Oct 1 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	19,722,398 ▲ 0
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,323,432 ▼ -0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,315,970 ▼ -0.01
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	16,558,025 ▲ 1.41
Pak Refinery / Oct 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,113,756 ▼ -1.8

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