President-elect Joe Biden intends to spend his first 100 days in the White House working on an immigration bill and rolling back President Donald Trump’s executive orders. That’s what the Democrat told Lester Holt of NBC News in an interview broadcast Tuesday night. “Some of it is going to depend…

KARACHI: Amid a spike in coronavirus cases after the start of the second wave of Covid-19, hospitalisations due to the disease across the country have doubled over the past two weeks. The Sindh Health Department today tweeted a list of hospitals with vacant ICU and HDU beds reserved for Covid-19 patients in different cities, including Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana, Sukkur and …

LAHORE: Three doctors and two nurses have contracted novel coronavirus in Children Hospital Lahore, whereas, two doctors and a nurse detected with the virus in Jinnah Hospital. The administration of Jinnah Hospital said in a statement that the number of COVID-19 cases among medical staff has increased up to 25 after the detection of new infections. Three doctors and two …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to contact China for availability of COVID-19 vaccine, quoting sources. The National Institute of Health (NIH) will communicate with the Chinese government via the foreign ministry, sources in knowledge of the matter, said The health authorities in Islamabad will seek details of the expected vaccines being develop in China and also the details about the Chinese …

WASHINGTON: A delicate but exquisitely preserved skull of a crow-sized bird with a scythe-like beak that inhabited Madagascar 68 million years ago is showing scientists that they have a lot of learn about avian diversity during the age of dinosaurs. Scientists on Wednesday said the bird, called Falcatakely forsterae, possessed a face unlike any other known bird from the age …

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan approved a one-year action plan of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) here on Wednesday. The action plan includes several digital governance initiatives that will be launched over the next one year. According to a statement, Mr Khan approved the plan while chairing a meeting of KPITB. It said that under the plan various …

KARACHI: Azizabad futsal team beat Karachi City futsal team by 7-4 in the opening match of the fourth Students Olympic Games 2020 which commenced here at the Mini Sports Complex, Nazimabad on Tuesday. The weeklong Games will conclude on Nov 30 and the matches will be held from 6:30-09:30pm and includes competitions in futsal, throwball, rope skipping and archery. In …

The fourth edition of 021Disrupt, Pakistan’s premier technology and entrepreneurship conference by The Nest I/O, is all set to take place virtually from November 30 – December 5 this year. The upcoming edition will host over 5000 disruptors in the entrepreneurial, technology and digital ecosystem of Pakistan. Since the conference is virtual this year, that allows 021Disrupt to expand its horizon …

LONDON: ATP Finals champion Daniil Medvedev says players health will be at risk if quarantine restrictions prevent them from playing or practising in the run-up to the Australian Open. Organisers are in talks with the Victoria state government over the protocols to be put in place for those arriving in Australia for the first Grand Slam of the year. State …

COLOMBO: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is investigating an alleged attempt to fix Sri Lankan Premier League matches due to start from Thursday in Hambantota, a media report said. The complaint alleges a former national cricketer approached a Lanka Premier League player, and is being looked at by the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), the mass-circulating local language newspaper Lankadeepa said. “The former …