Britain is looking into the possibility of creating a digital currency that households and businesses could use instead of cash — an initiative the finance minister dubbed “Britcoin”. The use of cash has fallen during the coronavirus pandemic as people try to avoid contact, and several central banks across the world are considering whether to […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan has reported 137 deaths and 5,445 new cases of coronavirus in one day as the third wave of the pandemic continued to rage across the country.According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 5,445 cases of coronavirus were reported while 137 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking […]
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Harare: Pakistan men’s team bowling coach Waqar Younis has decided to leave Zimbabwe’s tour and travel back to Australia immediately because of his wife’s surgery. After the tour of Zimbabwe next month, Waqar Younis will step down as the Pakistan coach due to health concerns, he announced Monday. At a press conference in Lahore, Waqar, […]
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday cancelled a planned trip to India, scheduled to take place next week, due to the current coronavirus situation in India, Johnson’s office said.Johnson had already postponed the trip once from January, when COVID-19 infections were high in Britain. Infections in India are currently surging as the country […]
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Instagram is launching a small global test where users can choose whether to hide like counts on their own posts or other people’s posts, a Facebook spokeswoman said.The photo-sharing site, which is owned by Facebook Inc, said this latest test came after seeing mixed responses to its experiments in which it removed likes, commonly used […]
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India has reported a record 200,000 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday and the financial hub of Mumbai entered a lockdown, as many hospitals treating coronavirus patients reported severe shortages of beds and oxygen supplies.The surge was the seventh record daily increase in the last eight days and comes as India battles a massive second wave […]
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Former deputy chief engineer of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has challenged ATR plane crash report in the Sindh High Court (SHC), reported on Thursday.On 7 December 2016, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by an ATR 42-500 twin-turboprop, crashed near Havelian. All 47 people on board, including […]
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Babar Azam Wednesday celebrated his rise to ODI number one ranking with a record-breaking fashion as he hit a record ton in Pakistan’s record chase against South Africa in the third T20. In the most recent match in Lahore, Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam broke the record for the most fours in Men’s T20I history with […]
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The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has recommended a reduction in the price of petroleum products for the next 15 days. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan criticized the Shehbaz Sharif administration once more while mentioning India, following the federal government’s PKR 30 per litre increase in the price of gasoline and diesel. The […]
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The idea of forgiving debt held by poor countries in exchange for “green” investments gained ground this week during the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank, with concrete proposals expected in time for a global climate summit this fall.Low-income countries face a double crisis — they are under pressure to pay down their debt […]
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