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Study confirms AstraZeneca jab’s higher risk of very rare clot

PARIS: AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine has been linked to a 30-percent higher risk of getting a very rare blood clotting...

Published 27 Oct, 2022 11:39am

BR Research

GLAXO: earnings in red

GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited (PSX: GLAXO) has seen its profits fall for 1HCY22 amid rising inflation and cost...

Published 01 Sep, 2022 08:22am

World

Italy kicks off vaccination campaign against monkeypox

ROME: Italy opened its vaccination campaign against monkeypox on Monday, as case numbers have increased at a time...

Published 08 Aug, 2022 05:32pm

World

US ready to deliver millions of Covid vaccines to youngest children

WASHINGTON: The White House on Thursday said it had an operational plan to deliver 10 million doses of Covid vaccine...

Published 09 Jun, 2022 07:33pm

BR Research

Towards universal health care?

Health is an essential component of the Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDGs). The SDG 3.8 specifically aims to...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 08:02am

World

France recommends Covid booster jab 3 months after initial vaccines

PARIS: France on Friday recommended that adults receive a Covid-19 booster vaccination three months after their...

Published 24 Dec, 2021 05:01pm

World

Putin urges Russia to get Covid jabs, no mandatory vaccines

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made another appeal to sceptical Russians to vaccinate...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 08:05pm

BR Research

Confidence shortage!

The past two years have been full of surprises, of which the pandemic and the chaos it brought to the world is...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 07:25am

Pakistan

Pakistan receives another batch of SinoVac, Sinopharm vaccines

NDMA says three million doses of SinoVac and seven million doses of Sinopharm have been handed over to the Ministry of National Health Services

Updated 22 Sep, 2021 02:23pm

World

Taiwan receives first batch of politically charged Pfizer vaccines

TAIPEI: Taiwan received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines on Thursday, a delivery organised by...

Published 02 Sep, 2021 09:30am

World

Yemen gets first batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines

This shipment is the first batch of a total of 504,000 doses it is set to receive from the United States

Published 29 Aug, 2021 05:35pm

World

Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines

Japan has administered more than 124 million COVID-19 vaccine shots, with about 44% of the population fully inoculated

Updated 28 Aug, 2021 03:18pm

World

WHO slams 'shocking disparity' in access to vaccines

BRAZZAVILLE: The World Health Organization hit out on Tuesday at the "shocking disparity" in access to coronavirus...

Updated 24 Aug, 2021 09:11pm

World

World Bank to finance extra Covid jabs for poorer nations

The new mechanism will allow those countries to buy additional doses on top of the subsidised ones they will already receive via Covax

Published 26 Jul, 2021 08:47pm

Pakistan

Pakistan continues to see spike in Covid-19 cases

Country reports 1,808 positive cases in a single day
National Covid-19 positivity ratio stands at 3.84%

Published 12 Jul, 2021 11:12am

World

EU hits goal of delivering vaccines for 70% of adults

All but the J&J jab require two doses to achieve full efficacy, and the EU is home to an estimated 366 million adults.

Updated 10 Jul, 2021 02:57pm

World

World Bank passes $4 bln milestone in funding for COVID-19 vaccines

The World Bank's vaccine financing package can be used by countries to buy vaccine doses through COVAX, the new African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) or other sources.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 12:25am

World

India approves Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

The vast nation of 1.3 billion people was hit by a massive spike in coronavirus cases in April and May that pushed the healthcare system to breaking point.

Published 29 Jun, 2021 07:17pm

World

World passes three billion vaccine mark in race to contain Covid

In low-income nations, the figure is just one shot per 100 people.

Published 29 Jun, 2021 05:13pm

World

Indian police probe fake vaccine scams in two cities

Police in Mumbai said that around 2,000 people who thought they were being vaccinated were in fact injected with a saline solution.

Published 25 Jun, 2021 05:02pm

World

Russia's daily virus cases, deaths hit January highs

Russia, with 131,463 deaths officially recorded, is the hardest hit country in Europe.

Published 24 Jun, 2021 02:55pm

World

Australian PM promises more COVID-19 shots to states amid rollout delays

Victoria state on Monday reported one new locally acquired case linked to an existing cluster while Queensland.

Published 21 Jun, 2021 10:39am

Abu Dhabi group in talks on supply of Covid-19 vaccines

KARACHI: As shortage of anti-Covid-19 vaccines are being reported in various cities of the country, an international...

Published 19 Jun, 2021 03:23am

World

Kuwait to allow entry of fully vaccinated non-citizens from Aug. 1

A PCR test must be taken before flying and another during seven days of home quarantine on arrival.

Updated 17 Jun, 2021 07:49pm

More doses of vaccines reach Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: One million more doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been flown in from China, the National Command and...

Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am

World

More than two billion Covid vaccines given

Oxford/AstraZeneca is the most widely given vaccine, administered in 170 of the 215 countries where campaigns have begun.
It is followed by Pfizer/BioNTech, which is being used in at least 97 countries; Moderna (at least 46); Sinopharm (45); Sputnik V (40); Johnson & Johnson (29).

Published 03 Jun, 2021 05:06pm

Markets

Oil, pound rally on recovery optimism, equities mixed ahead of US jobs

On currency markets, the pound hit a more than three-year high as Britain's vaccine rollout continues and the country announced just one coronavirus-related death Monday, the lowest since the pandemic began.

Published 01 Jun, 2021 10:44am

World

France opens Covid jabs for all adults in race against variants

So far, 25.4 million people have received a first shot of a vaccine, representing about 38 percent of the population and nearly one in two adults.

Updated 31 May, 2021 08:29pm

Business & Finance

OECD sees higher world GDP growth but fears 'headwinds'

The world economy will expand by 5.8 percent this year, the highest since 1973 and up from a previous estimate of 5.6 percent.

Published 31 May, 2021 05:46pm

Markets

Ships not able to move at Argentine grains hub due to strike

BUENOS AIRES: Ships were unable to move at the Argentine grains hub of Rosario on Wednesday due to a strike by...

Published 27 May, 2021 03:40am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Power / Mar 31 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	4.38 ▲ 0.63 (16.80%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Mar 31 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.69 ▲ 0.08 (13.11%)
Supernet Ltd. / Mar 31 Supernet Limited(GEMSPNL)	11.90 ▲ 1.00 (9.17%)
Asim Textile / Mar 31 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	6.48 ▲ 0.53 (8.91%)
Bata (Pak) / Mar 31 Bata Pakistan Limited(BATA)	2084.87 ▲ 145.45 (7.50%)
Khyber Tex. / Mar 31 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	427.22 ▲ 29.80 (7.50%)
Pak Engineering / Mar 31 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	325.40 ▲ 22.70 (7.50%)
Janana D Mal / Mar 31 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	44.42 ▲ 3.09 (7.48%)
Sindh Abadgar / Mar 31 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	14.50 ▲ 1.00 (7.41%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 31 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	8.75 ▲ 0.60 (7.36%)

Stock	Price
Pak Gulf Leasing / Mar 31 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	5.31 ▼ -0.89 (-14.35%)
Samba Bank / Mar 31 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	6.75 ▼ -0.85 (-11.18%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Mar 31 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	3.96 ▼ -0.49 (-11.01%)
Equity Modaraba / Mar 31 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	6.10 ▼ -0.50 (-7.58%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Mar 31 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	270.73 ▼ -21.95 (-7.50%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Mar 31 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	426.43 ▼ -34.57 (-7.50%)
Tri-Pack Films / Mar 31 Tri-Pack Films Limited(TRIPF)	126 ▼ -10.14 (-7.45%)
Khairpur / Mar 31 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	67.26 ▼ -5.41 (-7.44%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Mar 31 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	210 ▼ -15.90 (-7.04%)
Bunnys Limited / Mar 31 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	15.81 ▼ -1.19 (-7.00%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	12,120,000 ▲ 0.26
Pak Elektron / Mar 31 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	6,523,000 ▲ 0.36
Telecard Limited / Mar 31 Telecard Limited(TELE)	6,211,500 ▼ -0.18
Engro Corp / Mar 31 Engro Corporation Limited(ENGRO)	5,429,492 ▼ -4.49
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	4,946,279 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Mar 31 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	4,863,500 ▲ 0.20
Pakgen Power / Mar 31 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	4,421,500 ▲ 1.50
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	4,361,174 ▲ 0.00
Agha Steel Ind. / Mar 31 Agha Steel Ind.Ltd(AGHA)	3,689,500 ▲ 0.07
Waves Corporation / Mar 31 Waves Corporation Limited(WAVES)	3,477,000 ▲ 0.45

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 31	283.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 31	283.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 31	132.82
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 31	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 31	1.24
Euro to USD / Mar 31	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Mar 30	4.81

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 31	4082.17
India Sensex / Mar 31	58991.52
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 31	28047.34
Nasdaq / Mar 31	12133.90
Hang Seng / Mar 31	20427.56
FTSE 100 / Mar 31	7638.94
Dow Jones / Mar 31	33079.75
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 31	15641.10
France CAC40 / Mar 31	7330.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 30	18935
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 31	75.20
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 31	178927
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 31	1979.46
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 31	83.26

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