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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

World

EU asks for big penalties against AstraZeneca over dose delays

The deadline for the contract is set for mid-June, according to the Commission, and the EU says the company should face financial penalties if it does not meet this deadline.

Published 26 May, 2021 05:37pm

World

Half of US adults fully vaccinated against Covid: W.House

More than half a million Americans have died from the coronavirus but the country is now a world leader in rolling out vaccinations.

Published 25 May, 2021 07:55pm

World

UK insists vaccines work against Indian Covid variant

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that Covid-19 vaccines are proving effective against a...

Updated 20 May, 2021 09:23am

Business & Finance

Saudi to invest $1 billion in Africa for pandemic recovery

Saudi Arabia has already invested some $4 billion in various projects in the continent's energy, mining, telecommunications and food sectors, Prince Mohamed said.

Published 19 May, 2021 08:45pm

World

Malawi destroys 17,000 expired AstraZeneca vaccines

The southern African country has so far received three batches of the AstraZeneca vaccine -- 300,000 doses under the Covax vaccine sharing facility, 50,000 from India and 102,000 from the African Union.

Published 19 May, 2021 04:51pm

World

UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

GENEVA: Countries belonging to the G7 and the European Union can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to...

Updated 18 May, 2021 09:36am

World

India promises more vaccines as daily Covid-19 deaths stay above 4,000

BENGALURU: Some Indian states said on Sunday they would extend Covid-19 lockdowns to help contain the pandemic, ...

Published 17 May, 2021 06:14am

World

UK confident vaccines protect against Indian variant

LONDON: Britain is confident that existing vaccines will provide protection from a more transmissible Indian...

Updated 17 May, 2021 10:03am

Editorials

Vaccines: intellectual property rights

EDITORIAL: US President Joe Biden’s decision to support the call to waive intellectual property rights (IPRs) for...

Published 12 May, 2021 04:23am

World

Norway's committee recommends dropping AstraZeneca, J&J jabs

Norway suspended AstraZeneca's vaccine on March 11 while its rare but potentially serious side effects were studied in more detail.

Published 10 May, 2021 03:54pm

World

EU has not ordered AstraZeneca vaccines beyond June: Commissioner

PARIS: The European Union has not made any new orders for AstraZeneca vaccines beyond June when their contract ends,...

Updated 10 May, 2021 10:20am

World

EU has not yet ordered more AstraZeneca vaccines, says internal market commissioner

Breton said an increase in prices for second generation vaccines could be justified by the extra research required and potential changes to industrial equipment.

Published 09 May, 2021 05:23pm

Markets

BoE set to hike UK growth forecast on Covid recovery

It has also predicted unemployment to average 6.5 percent this year.

Published 06 May, 2021 11:26am

World

US backs plan to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents

But that notion has been fiercely opposed by pharmaceutical giants and their host countries, which insist the patents are not the main roadblocks to scaling up production, and warned the move could hamper innovation.

Published 06 May, 2021 10:50am

World

Pharma federation IFPMA says US support for patent waiver 'disappointing'

As we have consistently stated, a waiver is the simple but the wrong answer to what is a complex problem.

Published 06 May, 2021 10:48am

World

China has given 275.34mn doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of May 2

That compares with 270.41 million doses given as of Saturday, up around 4.93 million doses.

Published 03 May, 2021 01:46pm

Business & Finance

Boeing reports another loss, says 2021 'inflection point'

Shares of Boeing fell 2.6 percent to $236.06 in midmorning trading.

Published 28 Apr, 2021 07:33pm

Pakistan

PM urges equitable, timely delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to low-income countries

They agreed on the importance of urgently stopping the spread of COVID-19, polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases in Pakistan.

Published 28 Apr, 2021 04:56pm

World

Foreign aid arrives in Covid-stricken India

"International cooperation at work," foreign ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi tweeted alongside photos of the crates.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 10:14am

World

S.Africa to resume J&J vaccinations

The vaccine was briefly put on hold after a handful of Americans developed blood clots.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 03:56pm

World

Fresh warning from Covid solutions group, one year on

At its launch on April 25 last year, the pandemic was still in its infancy.

Published 23 Apr, 2021 10:23am

World

Pfizer confirms fake vaccine shots on sale in Mexico, Poland

WASHINGTON: Fake doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine were being sold in Mexico and Poland for as much as $2,500 ...

Updated 23 Apr, 2021 10:03am

Business & Finance

American Airlines reports Q1 loss, optimistic on vaccines

American reported a loss of $1.3 billion in the first quarter, compared with a shortfall of $2.2 billion in the year-ago period.

Published 22 Apr, 2021 07:16pm

World

US to hit 200 million vaccine doses target 'this week’: W.House

The achievement comes in slightly ahead of schedule, with Biden marking his 100th day in office at the end of next week.

Published 21 Apr, 2021 07:32pm

World

Syria's Idlib to get first batch of Covid-19 vaccines

The vaccine doses are intended for the extended northwestern Syrian region, which includes the jihadist-dominated Idlib enclave.

Published 21 Apr, 2021 03:59pm

World

Russia aiming for herd immunity against virus by autumn: Putin

He reiterated an appeal he has made multiple times in recent weeks for all Russians to get a vaccine.

Published 21 Apr, 2021 03:47pm

World

Covid vaccine-makers largely protected on side effects

The J&J vaccine concerns follow similar reports of blood clots in a very small number of people who received the AstraZeneca jab.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:35pm

World

EU to get 50 million Pfizer doses early as US prolongs J&J pause

Nevertheless there was some good news as BioNTech/Pfizer announced that 50 million doses that were due to arrive in Europe in late 2021 will instead start arriving as early as this month.

Published 15 Apr, 2021 10:57am

Pakistan

Australian HC wishes Pakistanis Ramazan Mubarak

ISLAMABAD: The Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Dr Geoffrey Shaw wishes Ramazan Mubarak to all Pakistanis....

Published 14 Apr, 2021 03:21am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	155.61
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
India Sensex / Apr 25	74339.44
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17284.54
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8078.86
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17917.28

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.77
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2331.28
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 25	81.08
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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