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NAB gives go ahead on revised deals with IPPs Top Story April 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD: In a new development, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has written a letter to the Power Division saying that the government has the full authority to execute their altered agreements with 47 IPPs in a bid to provide relief to those officials who are hesitant to implement the new agreements because of fears of any action against them in future. The anti-graft body has written this in its letter to the Pow...

Gold Coast calling: Web searches for Brisbane flights spike ahead of transtasman bubble 6 Apr, 2021 05:26 AM 2 minutes to read PM Jacinda Ardern announces quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will begin on April 19. Video / Mark Mitchell PM Jacinda Ardern announces quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will begin on April 19. Video / Mark Mitchell Ben Leahy is a reporter for the New Zealand HeraldBen.Leahy@nzherald.co.nz Kiwis are setting their sights on a...

India’s Patel tests positive for coronavirus ahead of IPL Sports April 4, 2021 MUMBAI: Spin star Axar Patel has tested positive for coronavirus and been put into isolation, his team said Saturday as the Indian Premier League battles new pandemic fears days ahead of its start. IPL organisers are nervously watching a surge in coronavirus cases across India as 10 ground staff at the stadium where Patel’s team play their first match on April 10 have also tested positive, reports said. Patel, ...

Ahead of the summer Olympics scheduled to begin in July, Japan is grappling with a new wave of infections. - AFP TOKYO, April 4 (Reuters): Around 70 per cent of coronavirus patients tested at a Tokyo hospital last month carried a mutation known for reducing vaccine protection, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said on Sunday (April 4). The E484K mutation, nicknamed "Eek" by some scientists, was found in 10 of 14 people who tested positive for the virus at Tokyo Medical and Dental ...

SBP boss confident ahead of Pakistans return to IMF Business Mon, Apr 05, 2021 Dr Reza Baqir, a former official of the International Monetary Fund and current governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), speaks in Geo News programme, Naya Pakistan, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 4, 2021. Geo News/Screengrab via The News ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Reza Baqir said Sunday he was "confident" ahead of the countrys upcoming return to the International Monetary Fund (...

Border Bishops Call for ‘Safe, Orderly, and Humane Immigration’ Border Bishops Call for ‘Safe, Orderly, and Humane Immigration’ U.S. and Mexican bishops living along the border issued a joint statement this week calling for “humanitarian solutions” to immigration. “As U.S. and Mexican bishops along the border, we witness daily the dilemma that our migrant sisters and brothers face,” the statement reads. “For most, the decision to migrate is not motivated by an indifference toward...

What to watch this Easter weekend 6 minutes to read NZ Herald Looking for something to keep you entertained this Easter? Callum Henderson shares his top picks of what to watch and listen to for the week ahead. Pick of the Week: Operation Varsity Blues (Netflix) Everything has a price – including admission to top US colleges. The "back door" to an Ivy League school comes via a donation with a price tag in the tens of millions, independent college counsellor Rick Singer told w...

Hazara admin issues SOPs ahead of Ramazan Peshawar April 2, 2021 ABBOTTABAD: As the holy month of Ramazan is approaching, the divisional administration on Thursday issued the SOPs of Covid-19 to be implemented during the holy month. The official announcement was made by Commissioner Hazara Division Riaz Mehsud at a meeting. RPO Hazara Mirwais Niaz, religious scholars, journalists, deputy commissioners and district police officers of Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra and Batagram districts were al...

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has sustained a calf injury, the club said in a statement. Ramos was an 86th minute substitute in Spain’s...

Euro Rises Ahead Of PMI Reports BRUSSELS (dpa-AFX) - At 3.45 am ET, IHS Markit is set to release Italys manufacturing PMI data. Thereafter, manufacturing PMI reports are due from France and Germany at 3.50 am and 3.55 am ET, respectively. At 4.00 am ET, Eurozone final factory PMI is due. Ahead of the data, the euro rose against its major rivals. The euro was worth 129.92 against the yen, 1.1739 against the greenback, 0.8524 against the pound and 1.1095 against the franc as of 3:40 am ET. Copyr...