As college applicants for the Fall of 2022 roll up their sleeves, the all-encompassing question clouding most minds is – should I or should I not give the SAT/ACT? Covid has ensured that students are grappling with unchartered territory both in their own schools as well as the colleges that they will be applying to. […]
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Govt proposes allocation of Rs 100 bn for Covid emergency fund
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Friday said that the government has established Covid-19 Emergency Fund and Rs 100 billion have been proposed to be kept for meeting emergencies related to the Coronavirus. In a budget speech at the National Assembly, Shaukat Tarin said that to protect the country’s population from COVID-19, […]
Covid-19 pandemic directly impacts 42 million school going children
ISLAMABAD: The Covid-19 pandemic has directly impacted 42 million school going children from pre-primary and primary to higher secondary and degree college levels during the last nine months of this fiscal year. Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin while announcing the economic survey 2020-21 here on Thursday said, education is among the few sectors […]
COVID-19 claims 53 lives, infects 1,383 more people
ISLAMABAD: The national tally on Tuesday of total active COVID-19 cases recorded 46,190 with 1,383 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 2,516 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours. 53 corona patients have died during past 24 hours, 44 of whom were under treatment in hospital from which 18 […]
Lowest positivity rate since February; 83 people die from virus
There was the lowest coronavirus positivity rate on Friday after a total of three months at 3.58 percent, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The last time it stood at 3 percent was in February 2021. A total of 83 people lost their lives to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours; 74 […]
COVID-19 claims 45 more lives, 447 new cases of coronavirus reported in Punjab on Wednesday
LAHORE: In wake of COVID-19’s third wave in the country, as many as 447 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Punjab on Wednesday, while the pandemic claimed 45 more precious lives in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 10,084. As many as 312,888 patients have recovered so far. According to data […]
40 deaths, 424 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Punjab
LAHORE: As many as 424 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Punjab on Tuesday, while the pandemic has claimed 40 precious lives in merely 24 hours which has pushed the death toll to 10,039. Up to 311,649 patients have recovered so far in the province altogether. According to data shared by the spokesperson of […]
Heavy penalties on violators of Covid SOPs by PCB
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed strict regulations and will levy heavy penalties in case of violation of Covid-19 SOPs. The remaining matches of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be played from June 7 in Abu Dhabi. Match officials and players, who have arrived in the UAE, are isolating inside their hotel rooms. […]
Facebook no longer averse to claim that Covid-19 is man-made, ends ban on posts
Tech giant, Facebook’s recent shift in policy creates a stirring debate on the origins of the deadly virus that has claimed lives of millions since 2019. “In light of ongoing investigations into the origin of COVID-19 and in consultation with public health experts, we will no longer remove the claim that COVID-19 is man-made […]
India’s COVID-19 tally nears 27 million, daily cases and deaths fall
NEW DELHI: India’s COVID-19 tally reached 26,948,874 with 196,427 new cases registered in the past 24 hours, confirmed the federal health ministry on Tuesday. This is the first time in one and a half months when the single-day spike has been below 200,000-mark. The death toll reached 307,231 as 3,511 deaths were registered since Monday […]