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BANGALORE: India’s IT hub Bangalore went into a new weeklong lockdown on Tuesday as the number of coronavirus cases surged, while economic data from Singapore to Britain revealed the shocking extent of the damage wrought by the global pandemic. India joins a raft of countries and cities across the globe to re-impose restrictions in the face of new outbreaks of …

Small businesses in Dallas County suffering from the aftershock of the coronavirus pandemic will have access to more federal relief after county commissioners on Friday approved an additional $30 million in assistance. The county is also increasing the amount that businesses are eligible to receive from $15,000 to $50,000. And moving forward, businesses that received a federal payroll protection loan may also …

ISLAMABAD: 91 more people lost their lives in the country in the past 24 hours due to complications related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the death toll to 4,395. According to latest data of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 4,133 new infections were detected after 22,418 tests were conducted in the previous 24 hours, taking the national …

WASHINGTON: New U.S. COVID-19 cases rose by more than 47,000 on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally, the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic, as the government’s top infectious disease expert warned that number could soon double. California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new U.S. epicenters of the pandemic, reporting record increases in COVID-19 cases. “Clearly …

New United States Covid-19 cases rose by more than 47,000 on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally, the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic, as the government’s top infectious disease expert warned that number could soon double. California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new US epicentres of the pandemic, reporting record increases in Covid-19 cases. “Clearly we are …

KARACHI: Stocks extended rally into the second day underpinned by thriving global markets; upsurge in international oil prices and the local investors’ attempt to be the first to buy at attractive levels brought about by the heavy plunge in shares the previous week. The KSE-100 index took off to a flying start and without once looking back hit the intraday …

OTTAWA: Canada will soon roll out a COVID-19 tracing app for smart phones, developed with help from BlackBerry and Shopify, it was announced on Thursday, as the number of cases topped 100,000. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a daily briefing it will be “crucial” to increase testing and contact tracing going forward as pandemic restrictions start to be gradually eased. …

OTTAWA: Canada will soon roll out a COVID-19 tracing app for smart phones, developed with help from BlackBerry and Shopify, it was announced on Thursday, as the number of cases topped 100,000. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a daily briefing it will be “crucial” to increase testing and contact tracing going forward as pandemic restrictions start to be gradually eased. …

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reached out to a Sussex fan who raised  $60,000  for coronavirus relief effort. The former royals decided to personally give a call to university student  Dani Trin, who created #ArchiesDay, for COVID-19 relief fundraising purpose. Last month, Trin told Harper’s Bazaar, “#ArchieDay is [another effort], but this time it fell to me to organize it. I wanted to …

PARIS: The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 400,000 on Sunday with fatalities accelerating in the epicentre of Latin America even as Europe emerges from its virus lockdown with infections there increasingly under control. Almost seven million infections have been registered since Covid-19 emerged in China late last year, forcing much of the globe into lockdown and …