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Delhi shuts schools as government considers 'pollution lockdown'

NEW DELHI: New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a...

Published 14 Nov, 2021 04:12am

World

Delhi wakes to post-Diwali smog

NEW DELHI: New Delhi woke up to a thick blanket of toxic smog on Friday after an overnight barrage of firecrackers...

Published 05 Nov, 2021 12:14pm

World

Iran's foreign minister tests positive for COVID-19

DUBAI: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has tested positive for COVID-19, the foreign ministry's...

Published 02 Nov, 2021 11:37am

World

CPJ demands immediate release of 3 journalists in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir

NEW DELHI: Authorities in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir must immediately release the three journalists...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 02:42pm

World

India celebrates 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses with song and dance

NEW DELHI: India celebrated the milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses on Thursday, with the...

Published 21 Oct, 2021 11:22am

World

No power crunch, says India over blackout fears

NEW DELHI: India has ample coal stocks to meet the demand of its power plants, the government said Sunday, seeking ...

Published 11 Oct, 2021 04:32am

India 'matching' Chinese troop build-up on border: army chief

NEW DELHI: India's army chief has said China is sending troops to their disputed border in "considerable numbers",...

Updated 04 Oct, 2021 04:42am

World

Indian farmers aim for nationwide protests against reforms on Monday

NEW DELHI: Indian farmers opposed to reforms they say threaten their livelihoods aim to renew their push against the...

Published 27 Sep, 2021 10:45am

World

Pollution likely to cut 9 years of life expectancy of 40% of Indians

More than 480 million people living in the vast swathes of central, eastern and northern India, including the capital, New Delhi

Published 01 Sep, 2021 09:53am

World

Indian capital opens first 'smog tower'

India has 14 of the world's 15 most polluted cities, according to WHO

Published 23 Aug, 2021 04:30pm

World

Indian embassy officials, including ambassador, evacuating Kabul

Thousands of people desperate to flee Afghanistan thronged Kabul's airport on Monday after the Taliban seized the capital

Published 17 Aug, 2021 11:02am

World

India's Rahul Gandhi says blocked by Twitter for political reasons

The criticism of the US microblogging giant by the Congress party comes as Twitter is trying to address concerns raised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over compliance issues

Published 13 Aug, 2021 02:14pm

Pakistan

Pakistan rejects Indian allegation about possible infiltration

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday categorically rejected India's baseless allegations of a possible cross-border...

Published 09 Aug, 2021 05:05am

World

Smog tower to help Delhi breathe but experts sceptical

NEW DELHI: A new attempt at purifying New Delhi's notoriously polluted air will see forty giant fans push out...

Updated 22 Jul, 2021 11:23am

World

Virus strikes twice for India's first Covid patient

The woman tested positive again during a routine check ahead of a trip to New Delhi.

Published 14 Jul, 2021 06:26pm

Kashmir leaders to urge Modi to restore IIOJK’s autonomy

OCCUPIED SRINAGAR: Kashmiri politicians will urge Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore Illegally Indian...

Published 22 Jun, 2021 04:46am

World

New Delhi to ease Covid-19 restrictions as cases drop

NEW DELHI: India's capital New Delhi will start relaxing its strict coronavirus lockdown next week if new cases...

Updated 24 May, 2021 08:29am

World

Deadly 'black fungus' surges among India's Covid-19 patients

Some doctors say the high use of steroids to combat the coronavirus has caused the black fungus explosion.

Updated 20 May, 2021 08:33pm

World

India's COVID-19 cases near 20 million, peak seen nearing

With 368,147 new cases over the past 24 hours, India's total infections stand at 19.93 million, while total fatalities rose by 3,417 to 218,959, according to health ministry data.

Published 03 May, 2021 11:55am

World

Lifesaving oxygen aid arrives in India as death toll hits new record

On Saturday, the Himalayan nation recorded 5,706 new cases, just shy of a pandemic high of 5,743 in October.

Updated 02 May, 2021 02:26pm

World

US says sending $100 million in Covid supplies to India

Biden said Monday that the United States would also ship overseas up to 60 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses that have already been manufactured, but it remained unclear how many would go to India.

Published 29 Apr, 2021 10:34am

India's Covid death toll passes 200,000

A total of 201,187 people have now died, 3,293 of them in the past day, according to health ministry data, although many experts suspect that the true toll is higher.

Published 28 Apr, 2021 10:09am

World

First shipment of UK Covid medical aid arrives in India

Foreign ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi tweeted photos of the equipment being unloaded from a German Lufthansa aircraft in New Delhi, calling it "international cooperation at work".

Published 27 Apr, 2021 10:28am

World

India's coronavirus crisis deepens as countries promise aid

Hospitals in Modi's home state of Gujarat are among those facing an acute shortage of oxygen, doctors said.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 01:09pm

Markets

Indian shares sink on record surge in daily COVID-19 cases

The state of Maharashtra, home to financial hub Mumbai, has already imposed stringent curbs, effective April 15.

Published 19 Apr, 2021 12:06pm

World

India struggles with COVID count, bed shortage; political rallies continue

Hong Kong late on Sunday said the Asian financial hub will suspend flights from India, Pakistan and the Philippines from April 20 for two weeks due to imported infections.

Published 19 Apr, 2021 11:36am

World

Delhi faces 'grim' virus battle as cases jump again: minister

India has become the world's new Covid-19 hotspot, with more than 230,000 cases reported Saturday.

Published 17 Apr, 2021 05:50pm

World

Covid lockdown empties Delhi streets amid deadly surge

India added another record 234,000 cases Saturday to pass 14.5 million overall and 1,341 deaths took its pandemic total to 175,649 deaths.

Published 17 Apr, 2021 04:02pm

World

New Delhi to impose pandemic night curfew

Alarm has grown since India passed more than 100,000 new cases in a single day for the first time on Monday.

Published 06 Apr, 2021 05:47pm

Hopes low for progress at India, Pakistan’s first talks in 3 years

NEW DELHI: An Indian official played down on Tuesday prospects for a breakthrough at the first talks in three years...

Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:10am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 28 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.70 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jan 28 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	377 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jan 28 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jan 28 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 28 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jan 28 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jan 28 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	348.44 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jan 28 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jan 28 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jan 28 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	55.56 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 28 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.70 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jan 28 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	377 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jan 28 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jan 28 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 28 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jan 28 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jan 28 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	348.44 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jan 28 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jan 28 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jan 28 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	55.56 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Refinery / Jan 28 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	14,225,354 ▼ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jan 28 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	13,167,971 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 28 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	12,526,831 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	9,891,019 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 28 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	9,686,092 ▼ 0.00
Hub Power Co. / Jan 28 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	8,819,700 ▼ 0.00
Habib Bank / Jan 28 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	8,556,359 ▼ 0.00
Engro Polymer / Jan 28 Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited(EPCL)	6,713,796 ▼ 0.00
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	5,509,833 ▼ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Jan 28 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	5,393,473 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 27	265
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 27	263
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 27	129.88
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 27	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 27	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 27	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Jan 27	4.31

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 27	4070.56
India Sensex / Jan 27	59330.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 27	27382.56
Nasdaq / Jan 27	11621.71
Hang Seng / Jan 27	22688.90
FTSE 100 / Jan 27	7765.15
Dow Jones / Jan 27	33978.08
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 27	15150.03
France CAC40 / Jan 27	7097.21

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 27	79.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 27	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 27	173610
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 27	1928.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 27	86.89

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