News Archives for World - 2021-08-07

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Africa

Egypt's ancient King Khufu's Boat is moved from Giza pyramids to a new home

The aim of the transportation project is to protect and preserve the biggest and oldest organic artifact made of wood in the history of humanity for the future generations

Updated 07 Aug, 2021 09:30pm

Middle East

Kuwait's 2020-21 budget deficit increases 175% to record 10.8bn dinars

Revenue dropped to 10.5 billion dinars in the financial year that ended on March 31, down 38.9%, while expenditure increased 0.7% to 21.3 billion dinars

Updated 07 Aug, 2021 07:48pm

Europe

Greece battles wildfires for fifth day in 'nightmarish summer'

"Under no circumstances can we be complacent," Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias said. "We are fighting a very big battle."
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis called it a "nightmarish summer", adding the government's priority "has been, first and foremost, to protect human lives"

Updated 07 Aug, 2021 06:45pm

USA

US Senate meets on Saturday to consider $1 trillion infrastructure bill

The package, which represents the biggest investment in decades in America's physical infrastructure including roads, bridges, airports and waterway
It's just the way this place works. People want their amendments to be voted on, and when they can't get them voted on because one side or the other objects, then they hold up everybody else

Published 07 Aug, 2021 05:54pm

World

Second Afghan city falls as Taliban tighten noose over countryside

The city is home to Dostum, who only returned to Afghanistan this week from medical treatment in Turkey

Published 07 Aug, 2021 03:08pm

South Asia

China steps up measures to protect capital, reports 107 new cases

China reported 32 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases, which it does not classify as confirmed infections, compared with 58 a day earlier

Published 07 Aug, 2021 02:54pm

World

India approves J&J COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Indian health authorities approved the use of vaccines developed by AstraZeneca, Bharat Biotech, Russia's Gamaleya Institute and Moderna

Published 07 Aug, 2021 02:54pm

South Asia

Britain tells nationals to leave Afghanistan immediately

The foreign office warned Britons not to rely on it for emergency evacuation, saying the assistance it could provide was "extremely limited"

Published 07 Aug, 2021 11:06am

South Asia

Thousands evacuated as floods hit North Korea: state TV

Kim said in June the country's food supply situation was "getting tense" due to the lingering typhoon damage

Updated 07 Aug, 2021 01:09pm

World

Pandemic speeds up worldwide

PARIS: The Covid-19 pandemic continues to surge in all regions of the world apart from Latin America and the...

Published 07 Aug, 2021 04:01am

World

CNN fires three employees for coming to work unvaccinated

WASHINGTON: Three employees at CNN have been fired for violating the network's coronavirus policy by coming into the...

Published 07 Aug, 2021 04:01am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 29	276.96 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 29	276.76 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 30	157.55 ▲ 0.07
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 30	0.82 ▲ 0.0005
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 30	1.34 ▲ 0.0003
Euro to USD / Oct 30	1.12 ▼ -0.001
SOFR % / Oct 28	3.94 ▼ -0.01

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Oct 30	74,651.15
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 30	63,082.27
Hang Seng / Oct 30	23,324.34
FTSE 100 / Oct 30	10,759.88
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 30	26,012.09
France CAC40 / Oct 30	7,989
S&P 500 / Oct 29	7,720.39
Nasdaq / Oct 29	26,184.72
Dow Jones / Oct 29	52,342.56

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 30	377.91
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 30	102.61
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 30	18,080
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 30	3,987.51
Diesel/Litre / Oct 30	400.67
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 30	78.53
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 29	364,914

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Premier Insurance (R) / Oct 30 Premier Insurance Limited (RIGHT)(PINLR)	1.46 ▲ 0.45 (44.55%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Oct 30 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.67 ▲ 0.44 (13.62%)
Clover Pakistan / Oct 30 Clover Pakistan Limited(CLOV)	6 ▲ 0.66 (12.36%)
Asia Ins. / Oct 30 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	33.08 ▲ 3.01 (10.01%)
Burshane LPG / Oct 30 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	49.23 ▲ 4.48 (10.01%)
Unicap Modaraba / Oct 30 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	21 ▲ 1.91 (10.01%)
B.R.R. Guardian / Oct 30 B.R.R. Guardian Limited(BRRG)	41.02 ▲ 3.73 (10%)
F.Credit & Inv / Oct 30 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	128.27 ▲ 11.66 (10%)
Frontier Ceramics / Oct 30 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	81.40 ▲ 7.4 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Oct 30 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	235.29 ▲ 21.39 (10%)

Stock	Price
Bawany Air Products (R) / Oct 30 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	4.62 ▼ -1 (-17.79%)
Ideal Dynamics / Oct 30 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	55.86 ▼ -6.21 (-10%)
Sindh Modaraba / Oct 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	80.34 ▼ -8.93 (-10%)
Shahzad Tex. / Oct 30 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	158.66 ▼ -17.63 (-10%)
ICC Industries / Oct 30 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	14.95 ▼ -1.66 (-9.99%)
Ningbo Green Light / Oct 30 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	17.06 ▼ -1.89 (-9.97%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Oct 30 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23 ▼ -2.53 (-9.91%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Oct 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.65 ▼ -1.26 (-9.76%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Oct 30 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	4.01 ▼ -0.39 (-8.86%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 30 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	46 ▼ -3.88 (-7.78%)

Stock	Volume
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Oct 30 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	165,381,187 ▼ -0.39
Cnergyico PK / Oct 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,722,132 ▼ -0.43
F. Nat.Equities / Oct 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	40,131,031 ▲ 0.02
TPL Properties / Oct 30 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	33,083,018 ▲ 0.31
TPL Corp Ltd / Oct 30 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	32,770,923 ▲ 0.99
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	27,615,895 ▲ 0.25
Pakistan Refinery / Oct 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	25,411,783 ▼ -4.53
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 30 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	21,404,827 ▼ -0.18
Ist.Capital Sec / Oct 30 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	18,153,461 ▼ -0.34
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	15,826,691 ▼ -0.01