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Donald Trump, Pence test negative after white house valet tests positive for COVID-19

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The President of United States Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have tested negative for coronavirus. A member of the U.S. military who works at the White House as a valet tested positive for COVID-19. According to the details, during a meeting with the governor of Texas in the Oval Office on Thursday (May … Read more

UN expects 110 mn children to be born amidst the pandemic

UN expects 110 mn children to be born amidst the pandemic

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that 116 million babies are expected to be born worldwide during the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic. In a report released on International Mother’s Day (which is being celebrated on May 10), the World Health Organization said that in the next 40 weeks (or 9 months) 116 million babies … Read more

Ghana’s dancing pallbearers starts new campaign: ‘Stay home or dance with us’

Ghana’s dancing pallbearers

The dancing pallbearers from Ghana started a new campaign, ‘stay home or dance with us’. The purpose of this campaign is to spread the awareness to fight against coronavirus pandemic. Now Benjamin Aidoo, one of the performers of the troupe who leads them, uploaded a video on his twitter accounts in which the pallbearers are … Read more

Coronavirus: Self-sterilization gates installed in Masjid-al-Haram

Coronavirus: Self-sterilization gates installed in Masjid-al-Haram

The General Presidency, which is in charge of the administration of the Holy Mosque in Saudi Arabia, has installed self-sterilization gates at the entrances of the Grand Mosque to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. A statement from Harmain’s account on the social networking site Twitter said: “The Presidency launched a temporary experiment of the … Read more

Iraq’s ex-spy chief becomes prime minister amid fiscal, COVID-19 crises

Iraq's ex-spy chief

The former spy chief of Iraq, Mustafa Kadhemi became prime minister on Thursday (May 7). The decision was taking when the state facing a shocking economic crisis due to coronavirus pandemic. The parliament has approved the new government overnight later last-moment changes to the cabinet line-up, the former chief of the National Intelligence Service (INIS) … Read more

COVID19 Device For Detecting The Symptoms

Covid 19 device

For maintaining the health, researchers have developed one of the stick-on wireless devices that helped in identifying the symptoms of COVID-19. However, the size of the device is like a postage stamp that sticks to a person’s chest and has constantly measuring the breathing, coughing and the fever. Most of the researchers from the North … Read more

UK has second worst coronavirus death toll in globe

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The United Kingdom is now the second country to record more than 30,000 deaths due to coronavirus pandemic. According to the details, the UK’s official death toll rises to 30,076, while after this only Untied States has maximum death which is 74,810. The community’s secretary Robert Jenrick said in the government daily’s conference that more … Read more

Schools to remain closed till July 15, 2020: Punjab Education Minister

Punjab Education Minister Dr Murad Raas

Education Minister of Punjab, Dr Murad Raas wrote on his official twitter about the holidays in school across the province. According to the statement, All public and private schools in Punjab will remain closed till July 15, 2020. Dr. Murad Raas said, Holidays have been increased for 15 days to prevent coronavirus. He added, details … Read more

PM supports opening of railway after lockdown: Sheikh Rasheed

Decision has been taken to run 5 more trains, Sheikh Rasheed

Federal Railway Minister Sheikh Rasheed  said on Thursday (May 7), The Prime Minister Imran Khan wants transport to be opened. He further stated that PM Imran Khan supports the restoration of Pakistan Railway. Sheikh Rasheed also said that Pakistan Railway is a government institution and paying salaries of workers is the responsibility of the government. … Read more

Extra burden could not be put on public during COVID-19: Finance Minister

Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht

Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht said that before COVID-19 pandemic the pace of development projects was satisfactory, development expenditures and revenue collection was balanced, huge investment was being made on health, education, industry, social protection and infrastructure development. The minister chairing the 3rd meeting of resource mobilization committee meeting of budget 2020-21 said that … Read more

Pakistan to receive more $305 mn from ADB to fight against COVID-19

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 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will give another $305 million on Tuesday to Pakistan in loans to fight against coronavirus pandemic. According to the details, the government has approved concept clearance paper for seeking a loan from ADB for emergency struggling against COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday (May 6). The meeting of the committee was  held … Read more

Coronavirus: Chinese students rejoin schools in Wuhan

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Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicenter of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, the students rejoined school on Wednesday (May 6) after the global coronavirus pandemic. According to the details, youngsters were wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners to fight against the COVID-19 The senior students in 121 institutions … Read more

When will schools reopen in the Pakistan?

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All educational institutions to remain closed across the country even after 1st June. Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference convened under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Wednesday. Provincial ministers attended the conference via video link. Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh  opposed the opening of educational institutions from June 1. Outbreak of the novel … Read more

Special Assistant TO CM Sindh tests positive for COVID-19

Rashid Rabbani

Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. As per details , Rashid Rabbani who is the Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah for political affairs is tested positive for the novel coronavirus also known as COVID-19.. Following the revelation, he … Read more

Job at Stake! Qatar Airways plans to slash a significant amount of employees

Qatar Airways

Qatar’s state owned flag carrier Qatar Airways is making speculations to slash a significant amount of jobs due to the travel disruption caused by the novel  coronavirus pandemic. The company in its notice told cabin crew to prepare for redundancies. The notice did not say how many jobs would be cut. Earlier The airline’s chief … Read more

Oil markets traded above $30 a barrel for the first time

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Finally a sigh of relief breathed by oil markets on Tuesday amid the signs of global abundance, after Brent crude, the Middle East benchmark, traded above $30. Media reports said, after witnessing heavy fallout previous month, Brent crude, the Middle East benchmark, traded above $30 a barrel for the first time.  It rose by $3.77, … Read more

Punjab govt allows to open trade and Industry by following SOPs

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The government of Punjab is going to allow the opening of trade and Industry keeping in view the SOPs at different stages. All recommendations in this regard have been sent to the Federal Government and will be further discussed with Prime Minister Pakistan Imran Khan in the next two days. The whole world is being … Read more