PESHAWAR: Eight teachers of Government Higher Secondary School Rashkai in Peshawar have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. According to the Elementary and Secondary Education Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the infected teachers have been sent to their homes on 15 days leave. Meanwhile, the academic activities in the school are underway under strict precautionary measures. Yesterday, an educational institute in …

Apple on Tuesday said it is putting TV, music, news and more in a subscription bundle as it increases its push into services tied to its iPhone “ecosystem.” An Apple One bundle to be available later this year will start at $15 monthly and include a freshly launched fitness service tied to Apple Watch. The Silicon Valley titan made no mention of a keenly anticipated …

LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is to cut 62 jobs because of the impact of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the governing body announced Tuesday. ECB chief executive Tom Harrison said that such measures would have been ‘unthinkable’ seven months ago but had been forced on the board by the coronavirus. Harrison said English cricket has already …

MANCHESTER: Star Australia batsman Steve Smith is recovering from his head injury but is no certainty to be recalled for the One-day International series decider against England at Old Trafford, head coach Justin Langer admitted on Tuesday. Smith missed the first two matches at the same venue after being hit on the head by a ball in the nets last …

SYDNEY: Organisers are ploughing ahead with the postponed Tokyo Olympics and will decide by the end of the year what “counter-measures” are required to hold them safely in the time of Covid-19, IOC Vice President John Coates said on Tuesday. Australian Coates heads up the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Games, which were delayed until 2021 …

LONDON: After a spending spree of $250 million on some of Europe’s most exciting stars, Chelsea were indebted to a wonder strike from one of their homegrown players during a win in their opening English Premier League game. Reece James, a 20-year-old defender who has been at Chelsea since the age of six, looks to be a player capable of …

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday lifted the ban on exports of Tyvek suits and antimalarial drugs including Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine. With the lifting of ban on Tyvek suits, exports of all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) items are permitted. In a statement, the Ministry of Commerce said the decision was undertaken in the Cabinet meeting on a summary initiated by the …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez reckons prolific batsman and limited-overs skipper Babar Azam should bat in the middle-order as to try different things. Hafeez, who was also appointed Pakistan T20 team captain back in May 2012, shared his opinion that the star batsman should bat in the middle-order to try different things. “I think in the upcoming series against …

HAMBURG: The lowest price offered in the international tender from the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to buy about 170,000 tonnes of wheat, which closed on Tuesday, was believed to be around $274 a tonne c&f, European traders said. Offers in the TCP tender are still being considered and no purchase has been reported, traders said. The TCP reserves the …

ISLAMABAD: The large-scale manufacturing (LSM) output posted a rebound after suffering months of damage inflicted by Covid-19, as it grew 5.02 per cent in July, showed data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Tuesday. In the pre-Covid days, the LSM index returned to red after jumping by 9.66pc in December 2019, which was led by impressive performance …