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Former India Test opener Chauhan dies of coronavirus

NEW DELHI: Former India Test opener Chetan Chauhan, who forged a prolific opening partnership with Sunil Gavaskar,...

Published 17 Aug, 2020 02:32am

Israeli and UAE firms join forces in coronavirus research

ABU DHABI: Firms from the United Arab Emirates and Israel have signed an agreement to jointly develop research and...

Updated 17 Aug, 2020 02:54am

Pakistan

Covid-19 claims five more lives in Sindh: CM

KARACHI: Five patients of coronavirus lost their lives lifting the death toll to 2,322 and 278 new cases emerged...

Updated 17 Aug, 2020 03:02am

Markets

Covid-19 vaccine developer CureVac shares soar in US debut

NEW YORK: Shares of German biotechnology firm CureVac BV soared as much as 222% after their Nasdaq debut on Friday,...

Published 17 Aug, 2020 02:32am

Pakistan

US Mission brings American speakers on Covid-19

KARACHI: Esteemed American scientist and global health advocate Dr Peter Hotez will share his insights with ...

Updated 17 Aug, 2020 03:03am

Pakistan

Six more patients die of Covid-19: NCOC

ISLAMABAD: Six more patients died of Covid-19 and another 670 person have been tested positive during the past 24...

Updated 17 Aug, 2020 03:02am

Sports

Former India Test opener Chauhan dies of coronavirus

After playing 40 Tests for India, Chauhan switched to politics.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 02:30am

Sports

Japan's Nishikori says positive for COVID-19 ahead of US Open

Nishikori, whose most recent victory came in 2019 at Brisbane, has won six of his 12 career ATP titles on US soil.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 02:24am

World

UN announces 4 new COVID-19 deaths in Lebanon Palestinian refugee camps

Lebanon has seen a spike in coronavirus-related cases and deaths, including 439 new infections on Sunday alone.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 02:05am

World

Coronavirus toll at 11 GMT Sunday

China -- excluding Hong Kong and Macau -- has to date declared 84,808 cases, including 4,634 deaths, and 79,519 recoveries.

Published 16 Aug, 2020 07:05pm

World

Philippine reports 3,420 new coronavirus cases, 65 deaths

The country has so far registered a total of 161,253 infections and the death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 2,665 according to ministry data.

Updated 16 Aug, 2020 02:36pm

Pakistan

188 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Punjab on Sunday

According to the spokesperson of the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department on Sunday, so far the total number of deaths has been recorded as 2182 altogether.

Updated 16 Aug, 2020 01:53pm

World

Russia reports nearly 5,000 new coronavirus cases

Russia's coronavirus crisis response centre said that 68 people had died over the past 24 hours, pushing its official coronavirus death toll to 15,685, adding that 732,968 people have recovered.

Published 16 Aug, 2020 12:50pm

World

Indonesia reports 2,081 new coronavirus infections, 79 deaths: covid-19 task force

The data takes the total number of infections in the world's fourth-most populous country at least to 139,549 cases.

Published 16 Aug, 2020 12:47pm

Pakistan

Govt’s successful handling of COVID-19 winning of global accolades: Dr Yasmin

The minister said with the help of Allah Almighty, the prevailing situation was under control in the country.

Updated 16 Aug, 2020 12:47pm

World

Amid COVID-19 crisis, flu shot makers see record US production

Major pharmacy chain CVS, which administers flu vaccines without prescription, is ordering 18 million doses, double the amount in 2019.

Updated 16 Aug, 2020 12:00pm

World

South Korea reports 279 coronavirus cases, most since March

Out those, 267 were locally transmitted cases, mostly in Seoul and surrounding areas.

Published 16 Aug, 2020 10:26am

World

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 625 to 223,453

The reported death toll remained unchanged at 9,231, the tally showed.

Published 16 Aug, 2020 10:20am

Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 21.45 million, death toll at 764,062

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Updated 16 Aug, 2020 10:20am

World

Russia produces first batch of Covid-19 vaccine

MOSCOW: Russia has produced the first batch of its new vaccine for Covid-19, the Interfax news agency quoted the...

Updated 16 Aug, 2020 03:01am

Pakistan

Combating Covid-19: 86 overseas Pakistanis honoured for contribution: FO

ISLAMABAD: As part of his initiative to reach out to overseas Pakistanis, and in the context of 14th August...

Updated 16 Aug, 2020 02:52am

Only four new Covid-19 cases reported in capital

Pakistan

World

Modi warns China over border tensions

"A neighbour isn't just someone who shares our geography but those who share our hearts. Where the relationship is respected, it becomes warmer," he said.

Published 15 Aug, 2020 05:29pm

Coronavirus toll at 1100 GMT Saturday

At least 21,242,070 cases have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 12,988,000 are now considered recovered.

Published 15 Aug, 2020 05:07pm

World

Coronavirus: latest global developments

More than 21 million cases have been registered.

Published 15 Aug, 2020 05:06pm

Bill Gates lauds Pakistan Army for supporting polio drive campaign, success against COVID-19

He reiterated his foundation's commitment of supporting Pakistan in its goal of ending polio.
Gates and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa had a telephonic conversation on Saturday.

Updated 15 Aug, 2020 11:52am

World

New Zealand reports seven new confirmed coronavirus cases

Six of the seven new cases have been linked to the cluster responsible for all the previous community cases.

Published 15 Aug, 2020 11:16am

World

Modi says India set to mass produce COVID-19 vaccine, launches health mission

In annual celebrations scaled down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Modi identified health and economic self-reliance as the key priorities for his government.

Published 15 Aug, 2020 09:52am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8078.86
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17917.28
France CAC40 / Apr 25	8016.65
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Diesel/Litre / Apr 26	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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