Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Palestinian deaths toll increased over 100 people died in the West Bank this year

Palestinian deaths

It indicates that this year is now likely to surpass 2015 as the deadliest for Palestinians in the West Bank. Most of them were killed by gunfire by Israeli security personnel, and a few others by armed Israeli citizens. The statistics show that roughly a fifth of the Palestinians slain were youngsters, with the youngest … Read more

Hurricane Ian gets stronger in Florida, death toll increases

Hurricane Ian

Officials are worried that the verified death toll, which is at least 10, could increase significantly. The category one storm, according to Joe Biden, might be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history and cause a “significant loss of life. About 2.2 million households and businesses in Florida are still suffering from a blackout.  In the … Read more

Wall Street increases as traders’ irrational concerns of rate increases

Wall Street

U.S. stock markets have stabilized in July after a brutal selloff in the first half. The benchmark S&P 500 index (.SPX) has risen 3% so far this month, after recording its steepest first-half percentage drop since 1970. The S&P 500 rose 1.36%, while the Dow Jones gained 0.89%, and the Nasdaq added 2.21%. Wall Street … Read more

Chile intends to alter its tax code and increase royalties on copper mining

copper

Chile’s finance minister introduces a tax reform bill that increases copper mining royalties. The plan also raises taxes on high-income earners and introduces a new wealth tax. Bill aims to raise 4.1% of GDP over four years, with 0.7% going to a new guaranteed minimum pension fund. Chile’s money serves, Mario Marcel, on Friday presented … Read more

Brazil’s imports of fertilizer increase as farmers plant new crops

Brazil's

Brazilian fertilizer imports in June jumped 18.6% and totaled 4.15 million tonnes, according to government data. The data suggest that Brazil should have enough of these inputs to start planting summer crops like soybeans and first corn starting in September. This is the highest volume of imports for the month of June in five years. … Read more

Oil prices increase after dropping 3% the previous session

Oil

Brent crude rises 0.8%, to $109.86 a barrel by 0012 GMT. Prices fell around 3% on Thursday after OPEC+ agreed to stick to output hikes. 74 Norwegian offshore oil workers at Equinor’s platforms will go on strike from July 5. Oil costs edged up in early exchange on Friday, in the wake of soaking in … Read more

Dollar increases, rates decrease following Powell’s comments on inflation

Dollar

The S&P 500 ended slightly lower and looked set to put in the worst first half for the U.S. benchmark index in more than five decades. have worried that an aggressive push by the Fed to dampen inflation will tip the economy into recession. Treasury yields slipped as inflation worries hounded investors. The yield on … Read more

The price of oil has risen after Saudi Arabia raised crude prices

Saudi Arabia

Brent crude futures were up $1.80, or 1.5%, at $121.52 a barrel at 2319 GMT. OPEC+ agreed to accelerate output increases over the next two months. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was also up 1.4% at $120.50 a barrel. Oil costs rose more than $2 in early exchange on Monday after Saudi Arabia raised costs … Read more

According to the Fed’s Mester, inflation hasn’t crested yet

Inflation

Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester says she doesn’t see evidence that inflation has peaked. She is on board with supporting a series of aggressive interest rate increases. Average hourly earnings rose by 0.3% from a month ago, slightly less than expected. While other late information focuses have shown that essentially the pace of expansion … Read more

Ehsaas programme increases stipend of women to Rs13,000

Govt launches Ehsaas

PESHAWAR: Under the umbrella of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) government’s initiatives for poverty alleviation and social safety, Ehsaas programme has increased six-month stipend for deserving women from Rs 12, 000 to Rs 13, 000 each. Advisor to Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar in her tweet has said the government had taken … Read more

Pakistan’s trade deficit increases 134% in November

Pakistan trade

KARACHI: The import bill of Pakistan recorded a hike in November, 2021, as the country witnessed a growth of more than 82 per cent in imports on a year-on-year basis. According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the imports for November 2021, reached $7.8 billion, compared with $4.3 billion in the … Read more

Global Semiconductor sales increases by 6.5% in 2020

Global Semiconductor sales increases by 6.5% in 2020

The semiconductor sales rose by 6.5 percent total across the globe in 2020. The main retrieval of the Soc sales arrived after the final quarter saw a robust performance that offset the first sharp decline of the industry owing to the Covid-19. As per reports, the worldwide chip sales in 2020 touched 439 billion US Dollars, … Read more

US Dollar increases by Rs 0.33 against Pakistani Rupee

Dollar to PKR

The value of the US Dollar has risen again. According to the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan, the US Dollar has become 33 paise more expensive in the interbank market. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”gold-prices-increase-by-rs-250-on-july-29-2020″] The Forex dealers said, the dollar has risen from 166.45 to 166.78 in the interbank market. Interbank closing #ExchangeRate … Read more

US Dollar increases by Rs 0.97 against Pakistani Rupee

Dollar Rate in Pakistan today 2021

The value of the U Dollar has risen again. According to the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan, the US Dollar has become more expensive by 97 paise in the interbank market. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”dollar-to-pkr-today-1-usd-to-pakistan-rupee-20th-july-2020″] The Forex dealers said, the US Dollar increased from 167.33 to close at Rs 168.30 on the interbank … Read more

COVID-19 death toll increases to over 115,278 across planet

coronavirus death toll

The coronavirus has killed over more than 115,278 people around the planet. According to the details, deadly COVID-19 has reached every corner of earth and restricted the half of the population to their homes. The world leaders has also infected by this virus. Prime Minister of UK, Boris Johnson has been shifted to hospital. Queen … Read more