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Indians throng last day of Maha Kumbh festival that drew 663 million

NEW DELHI: Large crowds turned out in northern India on Wednesday for the last day of the six-week Maha Kumbh Mela...

Published 27 Feb, 2025 01:01pm

World

India’s vast Hindu festival draws to an end

PRAYAGRAJ: India’s Kumbh Mela festival wraps up Wednesday, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 01:42pm

World

Major stampedes in India over the years

NEW DELHI: At least 15 people, mostly women and children, died and 15 were injured in a stampede at New Delhi’s main...

Published 16 Feb, 2025 10:13am

World

More than 500 million take ‘holy dip’ in India’s Maha Kumbh festival

LUCKNOW: More than 500 million people have taken a “holy dip” in sacred river waters in north India over the last...

Published 14 Feb, 2025 07:53pm

World

Ten million Indians take holy dip on key day of Kumbh Mela festival

LUCKNOW: More than 10 million devout Hindus seeking absolution from their sins took a dip in holy waters in northern...

Published 12 Feb, 2025 11:22am

World

India says 420 million pilgrims have visited Hindu mega-festival

NEW DELHI: India’s government said on Friday that more than 420 million pilgrims have ritually bathed at the world’s...

Published 07 Feb, 2025 01:55pm

World

Modi takes ‘holy dips’ at Maha Kumbh, week after stampede killed dozens

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 03:16am

World

India’s Modi takes ‘holy dips’ at Maha Kumbh, week after stampede killed dozens

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of...

Published 05 Feb, 2025 01:26pm

Editorials

‘Maha’ stampede

EDITORIAL: The Kumbh Mela, held every three years in one of the four cities in the India’s most populous state, UP,...

Published 01 Feb, 2025 06:30am

World

India orders probe into Kumbh festival stampede that killed dozens

PRAYAGRAJ: Indian authorities have ordered a probe into the stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu festival that...

Published 30 Jan, 2025 08:24am

World

Dozens killed in India’s Kumbh festival stampede, police sources and witness say

PRAYAGRAJ: Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on...

Updated 29 Jan, 2025 06:38pm

World

Dreadlocked Indian ascetics take holy dip in Hindu Kumbh festival

PRAYAGRAJ: Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 11:49am

World

Tens of thousands take holy dip in India as Maha Kumbh festival begins

PRAYAGRAJ: Tens of thousands of Hindus seeking absolution of their sins immersed themselves on Monday in freezing...

Published 13 Jan, 2025 11:45am

World

India set for Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering of humanity

PRAYAGRAJ: A six-week Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India on Monday, a Hindu sacred event that...

Published 12 Jan, 2025 11:28am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 16	281.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 16	281.50
USD to Japanese Yen / May 16	145.70
USD to Swiss Franc / May 16	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / May 16	1.33
Euro to USD / May 16	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 16	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 16	5,958.38
India Sensex / May 16	82,330.59
Tokyo Nikkei / May 16	37,753.72
Nasdaq / May 16	19,211.10
Hang Seng / May 16	23,345.05
FTSE 100 / May 16	8,684.56
Dow Jones / May 16	42,654.74
Germany DAX 30 / May 16	23,767.43
France CAC40 / May 16	7,886.69

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 16	62.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 16	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 16	288,151
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 16	3,203.65
Cotton US¢/pound / May 16	64.89
Petrol/Litre / May 19	252.63
Diesel/Litre / May 19	254.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Parmount Sp. / May 19 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.58 ▲ 0.47 (15.11%)
Balochistan Glass / May 19 Baluchistan Glass Limited(BGL)	9.95 ▲ 1 (11.17%)
AN Textile Mills / May 19 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	14.37 ▲ 1.31 (10.03%)
Service Textile / May 19 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	16.80 ▲ 1.53 (10.02%)
Rupali polyester / May 19 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	20.11 ▲ 1.83 (10.01%)
Bawany Air Products / May 19 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	48.59 ▲ 4.42 (10.01%)
Punjab Oil / May 19 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	226.05 ▲ 20.55 (10%)
Frontier Ceram / May 19 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	38.50 ▲ 3.5 (10%)
Khyber Textile / May 19 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,301.88 ▲ 118.35 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / May 19 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	13,703.40 ▲ 1245.73 (10%)

Stock	Price
Pak. P.V.C. / May 19 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	7.41 ▼ -0.99 (-11.79%)
Sanghar Sugar / May 19 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	53.16 ▼ -5.89 (-9.97%)
East West Ins. / May 19 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	51.60 ▼ -5.69 (-9.93%)
EMCO Industries / May 19 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	38.01 ▼ -3.74 (-8.96%)
Adam Sugar / May 19 Adam Sugar Mills Limited(ADAMS)	50.26 ▼ -4.93 (-8.93%)
Shahtaj Sugar / May 19 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	115.02 ▼ -10.27 (-8.2%)
B.R.R. Guardian / May 19 B.R.R. Guardian Limited(BRRG)	21.12 ▼ -1.28 (-5.71%)
Leather Up Ltd. / May 19 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.01 ▼ -1.29 (-4.56%)
Suraj Cotton / May 19 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	101 ▼ -4.68 (-4.43%)
Invest Bank / May 19 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	1.34 ▼ -0.06 (-4.29%)

Stock	Volume
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 19 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	3,536,339 ▼ -1.93
Bunnys Limited / May 19 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	3,329,263 ▲ 2.11
Descon Oxychem / May 19 Descon Oxychem Limited(DOL)	2,310,274 ▲ 2.28
Sui South Gas / May 19 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	1,749,368 ▲ 0.45
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 19 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	1,447,226 ▲ 0.23
Fast Cables / May 19 Fast Cables Limited(FCL)	1,392,711 ▲ 0.24
P.S.O. / May 19 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	1,143,736 ▲ 7.04
Pak Petroleum / May 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	1,127,605 ▲ 2.71
Balochistan Glass / May 19 Baluchistan Glass Limited(BGL)	1,084,880 ▲ 1
Pak Refinery / May 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	1,074,810 ▲ 0.07

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