0.15%
2.14%
88.92%
0.19%
8.94%
| Country | Total | New | Deaths | Deaths today | Recovered | Active | Critical | Per Mil Pop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 280461 | 432 | 5999 | 15 | 249397 | 524 | 25065 | 1013 |
RAFAH: With skilled fingers, disabled Gazan couple Nihad and Zeinab Jarboa have supported themselves by sewing finely detailed dolls and costumes, but the coronavirus pandemic has hurt their already meagre income. Making a living is a challenge for all residents of the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian...
According to a notification issued by Balochistan’s Home and Tribal Affairs Department, the Covid-19 lockdown – imposed in the country since the virus’ outbreak in February – in the province has been extended till August 17. The provincial government has also allowed trade centres...
Supreme Court (SC) while rejecting a damage plea of Rs 13 lac in a land dispute has remarked on what basis the petitioner has claimed Rs 13 lac when he has not provided a single evidence in respect of his expenses as the court decides the case on the basis of evidence. The court further […]
LAHORE: Senior & Punjab Food Minister Abdul Aleem Khan has asked Sindh Government to immediately give up its indifference, show mercy to people and provide wheat to flour mills at subsidized rates on the lines of Punjab and KPK. He said that the supply of wheat at low rates should be started in...
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has excluded three Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises from the negotiation process, over key matters, after they failed to submit the required financial documents. According to details, the governing council meeting was scheduled for July 28. The video link...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand allrounder Mitchell Santner is all set to stay away from home for as many as four months in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic as he flies off to play in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) first and then the Indian Premier League (IPL). A party of ten will fly out from […...
LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), according to a report published on BBC.com, has claimed that the extra coronavirus restrictions in the Greater Manchester will not affect the first Test between England and Pakistan which is scheduled for August 5 at the Old Trafford. The match, which...
The family of a high school exchange student from Pakistan who was killed in a Texas school shooting have started a foundation to honour her memory through providing university scholarships to low-income Pakistani women. Sabika Sheikh, 17, was killed in a May 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School near...
It was an ill-fated spring for the Wuhan city residents of China. All the festival preparations were at their peak. People were returning to their hometowns to celebrate the Spring Festival and meet their loved ones. Houses, streets and markets were all being decorated. Children were anxiously waiting...
The coronavirus pandemic sent the US economy plunging by a record-shattering 32.9% annual rate last quarter and is still inflicting damage across the country, squeezing already struggling businesses and forcing a wave of layoffs that shows no sign of abating. The economy’s collapse in the April...
Oil prices recovered further ground on Friday, after touching three-week lows in the previous session, responding to a record decline in US growth as the coronavirus ravaged the world’s biggest economy and oil consumer. Brent crude was up by 14 cents, or 0.3%, at $43.08 a barrel by 0358 GMT. On...
After losing his job at a garment factory in Dhaka in April as the coronavirus pandemic hit, Mohammad Sumon returned to his village in Jamalpur, about 160 kms away, hoping to support his family working as a part-time mechanic. But severe floods that struck Bangladesh the last week of June, driven by...
Just 10 days ago, Cuba registered zero new coronavirus cases for the first time since the start of its outbreak, burnishing its reputation for a textbook handling of disasters like hurricanes and now the fearsome pandemic. On Thursday though, top epidemiologist Francisco Duran berated Cubans in his...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are under increasing pressure from lawmakers to boost testing for the coronavirus in the Capitol, an idea they have so far rejected because of concerns about the availability of tests across the country. Despite the unusual nature...
While deaths from the coronavirus in the US are mounting rapidly, public health experts are seeing a flicker of good news: The second surge of confirmed cases appears to be leveling off. Scientists aren´t celebrating by any means, warning that the trend is driven by four big, hard-hit places –...
Haj, the fifth pillar of Islam, is being observed with simplicity and the smallest number possible in Saudi Arabia, while Muslims across the world are marking Eidul Azha observing precautionary measures against the novel coronavirus like observation of social distance and wearing face masks along with...
When the coronavirus pandemic forced the University of Vermont to close and send its students home, the alarm spread: What would happen to the cows? The university´s beloved herd of about 100 dairy cows is normally tended by students taking part in the Cooperative for Real Education in Agricultural...
Doha residents flocked for haircuts Thursday as hairdressers reopened having closed in March to contain coronavirus in Qatar, a nation beset by one of the world’s highest declared per capita infection rates. Salons were permitted to open as part of an easing of COVID-19 restrictions, meaning people...
Physical systems have been traditionally described in terms of either classical or quantum mechanics. But in recent years, semiclassical methods have developed rapidly, providing deep physical insight and computational tools for quantum dynamics and spectroscopy. In this book, Eric Heller introduces...
WASHINGTON: The scale of economic devastation from the pandemic was laid bare on Thursday as Western economies recorded historic slumps, just as resurgent caseloads forced many countries into agonising new trade-offs between health and financial stability. Six months after the World Health Organisation...