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As polls shift against Trump, Biden makes play for red Texas

A recent Dallas Morning News poll that had Biden up by five points against Trump showed that fully nine percent of Republicans would vote for Biden if the general election were held today.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 12:45am

World

New York adds more states to virus quarantine list

The full list now stands at 22, with the addition of Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio and Wisconsin, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a statement.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 12:38am

Business & Finance

Fed official warns US fiscal support remains 'vital'

The Fed has pumped out trillions of dollars to keep financial markets operating, and offered huge lending programs for companies and state and local governments.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 12:14am

World

Turkey's daily coronavirus cases drop below 1,000 for first time in a month

Koca said the total number of COVID-19 cases now stood at 214,993, while the death toll rose by 20 on Tuesday to 5,402.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 12:12am

Pakistan

Govt's steps against COVID-19 prove useful: Buzdar

The CM deplored that the opposition left the affectees alone while engaging itself in point-scoring.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 11:41pm

Pakistan

47 more coronavirus cases surfaced in Balochistan

As many as 7883 affected patients had been recovered from the coronavirus so far while 127 deaths were recorded due to the deadly virus in Balochistan.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 11:30pm

Pakistan

Coronavirus claims 37 more lives, infects 1151 others in Sindh: CM

The chief minister said that overnight 9972 samples were tested against which 1151 new cases emerged that constituted 12 percent detection rate.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 11:15pm

Pakistan

33 new COVID-19 patients tested positive in AJK raising tally to 1688

A the same time, 1049 patients out of total 1688 tested positive in AJK, had been discharged after complete recovery from various health facilities across the state so far.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 11:13pm

World

Baby infected with COVID-19 in the womb: study

Last week, researchers in Italy said that data on 31 pregnant women hospitalised with COVID-19 suggested the virus could be passed on to unborn infants.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 08:55pm

Business & Finance

India's Lupin shuts drug plant after 17 staff test positive for COVID-19

Employees from one of those plants, which produces tuberculosis drugs, have tested positive in recent days, said MD Modia.
The plant was shut on July 12 after the cases were confirmed," said Modia, adding that the site has since been sanitized.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 08:09pm

World

UK economy limps out of COVID-19 slump as dire 2020 unfolds

GDP +1.8% m/m in May, below all Reuters poll forecasts.
Britain's economy shrank 25.9% over March and April.
Budget watchdog forecasts up-to 14% fall in GDP.
Economists raise doubts over V-shaped recovery.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:32pm

Business & Finance

AstraZeneca ties up with IQVIA to speed up studies of COVID-19 vaccine candidate

The collaboration is part of the US government's Operation Warp Speed to accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.
AstraZeneca is among the drugmakers farthest along in the race to develop a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:26pm

World

Indian state of Bihar to go into lockdown

Bihar recorded a record 1,432 cases, taking the impoverished state's total to almost 19,000 with 134 deaths.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:15pm

World

Iran reports 179 new virus deaths

2,521 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, raising the total cases confirmed to 262,173.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:11pm

1151 new cases take Sindh's tally to 107773

Sindh's death toll has reached 1863.

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 04:58pm

World

Russia confirms more than 6,200 new coronavirus cases

175 people also died in the last 24 hours.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:37pm

WHO sounds alarm as coronavirus cases rise by one million in five days

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there would be no return to the “old normal” for the foreseeable future, especially if preventive measures were neglected.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 10:17am

World

Global super-rich call for wealthy to face coronavirus tax

LONDON: More than 80 millionaires on Monday urged governments around the world to tax the super-wealthy much more to...

Published 14 Jul, 2020 02:57am

World

Hunger worsening as coronavirus weighs and obesity rises: UN

ROME: Nearly one in nine people in the world are going hungry, with the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating already...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:29am

Markets

Measuring the impact of Covid-19

ARTICLE: The first case of Covid-19 was recorded in Pakistan on the 26th of February 2020. More than four months ...

Published 14 Jul, 2020 02:57am

Pakistan

Around 79pc Covid-19 patients recovered in capital

ISLAMABAD: Around 79 percent coronavirus patients have completely recovered of the total 14,108 confirmed cases in...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:30am

Pakistan

Covid-19: Sindh finds 1,089 new cases out of 8,929 tests: CM

KARACHI: Covid-19 has claimed 31 more lives lifting the death toll to 1,826 while found 1,089 new cases out of 8,929...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:22am

Pakistan

Covid-19 cases reach 252,735 with 5,297 deaths: NCOC

ISLAMABAD: At the national level coronavirus cases have reached 252,735 with 5,297 deaths and 161,917 recoveries,...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:21am

World

US deficit soars amid pandemic relief payments

With outlays in June surging to $1.1 trillion and receipts falling, the funding gap in the first nine months of the current fiscal year soared 267 percent compared to a year earlier, hitting $2.74 trillion, Treasury said.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:21am

World

Sudan hands out cash to ease economic crunch

"The programme is based on supporting 80 percent of the country's population with direct cash support from the state," Essam Abbas, director of the finance ministry's digital transformation agency, told AFP.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:11am

World

Coronavirus toll at 1900 GMT Monday

China -- excluding Hong Kong and Macau -- has to date declared 83,602 cases (eight new since Sunday), including 4,634 deaths (0 new), and 78,648 recoveries.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:09am

Coronavirus: latest global developments

The pandemic, which has hit hard in nations with widespread poverty, could cause another 83 to 132 million people to become undernourished this year, the report says.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:05am

Pakistan

COVID-19 positive cases reach 251,625 across country: NCOC

He added total 1,585,170 tests had been conducted while 22,532 during the last 24 hours.

Published 13 Jul, 2020 11:52pm

Pakistan

Govt to soon take decision on opening tourism sector: NA told

The tourism and travel industry and shop owners in northern areas rely heavily on business in summer months when local tourists come in large numbers to spend holidays.

Published 13 Jul, 2020 11:47pm

Pakistan

One more die with coronavirus in AJK, taking death toll to 45

These include 51 more patients discharged after complete recovery in the state-controlled health facilities across AJK.

Published 13 Jul, 2020 11:44pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 16	5297.10
Nasdaq / May 16	16698.32
Dow Jones / May 16	39869.38
India Sensex / May 17	73946.83
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Hang Seng / May 17	19525.75
FTSE 100 / May 17	8430.62
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18692.83

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 18	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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