Author: Starvision News Desk

Karachi, July 31 (IANS) Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) rallied past the 48,000 mark to a 24-month high on positive cues, with market experts expecting the momentum to continue.Bulls took over the market after Pakistan’s deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and later, news on the country’s mineral sector strengthened the gains further, The News reported.During the intra-day trade on July 27, the benchmark index increased by 1,010.72 points or 2.15 per cent to reach 48,062.56 points, data showed, up from the previous close of 47,076.9 points — a 21-month high.The market has gained more than 6,600…

Islamabad, July 31 (IANS) As Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng started his three-day visit to Pakistan on Monday to commemorate 10 years of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), authorities have ordered the complete shut down of commercial activities in Islamabad. The government has announced official holidays on Monday and Tuesday — an additional two days days to the three-day off for Ashura. All commercial activities, markets, schools, private offices and banks will remain shut in the capital city.Taking to Twitter on Monday morning, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said: “It is my pleasure to warmly welcome the Chinese Vice-Premier H.E.…

New York, July 31 (IANS) Indian and South Asian families in several towns of the US state of Massachusetts are being increasingly targeted by thieves for their expensive jewelleries, a media report said.According to CBS News, the robbery cases are now being investigated by the law enforcement, including the FBI, who are looking into incidents in Billerica, Natick, Weston, Wellesley, Easton and North Attleboro towns of Massachusetts.Calling these “opportunity crimes”, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said the “sophisticated” thieves target homes whose owners have gone for a period of time.Ryan said that the homeowners are watched, or their whereabouts noted…

Beijing, July 31 (IANS) Beijing and Hebei have continued the highest-level alerts on Monday as downpours continued to lash China’s northern region.Meteorological authorities in Beijing maintained a red alert for rainstorms on Monday morning and warned of torrential rains until 8 a.m. on Tuesday, reports Xinhua news agency.Latest data shows that from 8 p.m. on July 29 to 10 a.m. Monday, the average rainfall in Beijing was 157.8 mm, with the maximum rainfall exceeding 538 mm in a village in the suburban Fangshan district.As of 10 a.m., Monday, operations on 275 bus lines run by Beijing Public Transport Corporation were…

Seoul, July 31 (IANS) South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating bounced back to 37.3 per cent after falling for the past three consecutive weeks, a poll revealed on Monday.In a poll of 2,517 voters conducted by Realmeter from July 24 to 28, positive assessments of Yoon rose by 0.7 percentage point from the previous week, while negative assessments inched down 0.4 percentage point to 59.5 per cent, reports Yonhap News Agency.The approval rating had reached 42 per cent in the last week of June but had been on a downward trend since the first week of July.Positive assessments…

Singapore, July 31 (IANS) Asserting that he “simply stated facts” published in the media, Lee Hsien Yang, brother of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said the Indian-origin ministers have misinterpreted his comments relating to the rental of two colonial-era bungalows in the city-state.Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan had sent lawyers’ letters to Yang last week seeking an apology for making defamatory allegations.The ministers stated that Yang has accused them of acting corruptly and for personal gain by having Singapore Land Authority (SLA) give them preferential treatment by illegally felling trees without approval,…

Moscow, July 30 (IANS) A man was injured and two buildings were damaged in Moscow city in the drone attack, allegedly carried out by Ukraine, due to which one of the city’s airport Vnukovo was also shut briefly, local media reported.”The city was attacked by Ukrainian drones. The facades of two office buildings of the Moscow City were slightly damaged. There were no casualties,” Russia’s state news agency TASS reported, quoting Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin as saying.As per Russian Defence ministry, Ukraine tried to attack Moscow buildings with drones, one of which was destroyed in the air over the territory…

Melbourne, July 30 (IANS) An Indian-origin boy celebrating his 16th birthday was stabbed in an unprovoked attack in Melbourne, following which police have arrested a 20 year-old suspect.Rhyan Singh and his two friends were playing basketball with friends in Tarneit, a suburb in Melbourne, when they were randomly ambushed by a gang armed with machetes on Thursday evening, TV channel 7News reported.A group of about seven to eight males asked Singh to give his new Nike Air Jordan sneakers, which he had received as a gift, in addition to his and friends’ mobile phones.Singh was stabbed in his ribs, arms,…

Noida, July 30 (IANS) Unusual rains in the National Capital Region have led to a rise in diseases like Hepatitis A and E and eye flu.In Gautam Buddha Nagar district, 150 to 200 eye flu cases are being reported daily at government and private hospitals while Hepatitis A and E have been confirmed in hundreds of patients in the last one month, as per government data.According to doctors, Hepatitis A and E are caused by contaminated food and contaminated water. Eye flu or conjunctivitis is an eye infection and it spreads very fast from one person to another. To avoid…

Ottawa, July 30 (IANS) Six people were killed in a plane crash in west of Calgary in Canada’s Alberta province, media reports said.The plane, which left the Springbank Airport around 8:45 p.m. (0145 GMT Saturday) for Salmon Arm, British Columbia, was lost around 30 minutes after take off, police said.The wreckage was located Saturday around 7:30 a.m. (1230 GMT) in a mountainous area roughly 100 km west of Calgary and all six bodies have been successfully recovered, Xinhua news agency reported.The police said five passengers and one pilot were onboard the aircraft.The deceased are yet to be identified and cause…