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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

Markets

Indian shares rebound

BENGALURU: Indian shares ended more than 1% higher on Tuesday after the government moved to fast-track approvals for...

Published 14 Apr, 2021 03:21am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Pak Mod. / Mar 22 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	1.52 ▲ 0.18 (13.43%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Mar 22 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.88 ▲ 0.88 (11.00%)
Balochistan Glass / Mar 22 Balochistan Glass Limited(BGL)	13.30 ▲ 1.00 (8.13%)
Khyber Tex. / Mar 22 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	257.53 ▲ 17.96 (7.50%)
Allied Rent. / Mar 22 Allied Rental Modaraba(ARM)	27.83 ▲ 1.94 (7.49%)
Khairpur / Mar 22 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	61.69 ▲ 4.30 (7.49%)
Metro Steel / Mar 22 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	27.55 ▲ 1.92 (7.49%)
Adamjee Life Assur. / Mar 22 Adamjee Life Assurance Company Limited(ALIFE)	18.43 ▲ 1.28 (7.46%)
John&Philips / Mar 22 Johnson & Phillips (Pakistan) Limited(JOPP)	38.95 ▲ 2.44 (6.68%)
Ismail Ind. / Mar 22 Ismail Industries Limited(ISIL)	487.74 ▲ 29.55 (6.45%)

Stock	Price
Jubile Life InsXD / Mar 22 Jubilee Life Insurance Company Limited(JLICL)	116 ▼ -25.68 (-18.13%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Mar 22 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	3.76 ▼ -0.64 (-14.55%)
Dewan Textile / Mar 22 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	2.01 ▼ -0.32 (-13.73%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 22 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	7.05 ▼ -0.95 (-11.88%)
Habib Metropol. / Mar 22 Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited(HMB)	31.68 ▼ -4.04 (-11.31%)
Bankislami Pak. / Mar 22 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	10 ▼ -1.23 (-10.95%)
F.Treet Manuf / Mar 22 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	7.10 ▼ -0.75 (-9.55%)
B.O.Punjab / Mar 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	4.07 ▼ -0.36 (-8.13%)
Kohat Textile / Mar 22 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	11.55 ▼ -0.96 (-7.67%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Mar 22 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	5.65 ▼ -0.46 (-7.53%)

Stock	Volume
Unity Foods Ltd / Mar 22 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	25,054,065 ▼ -0.06
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,643,395 ▲ 0.02
Fauji Foods Ltd / Mar 22 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	15,140,985 ▼ -0.12
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 22 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	9,688,020 ▲ 0.18
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 22 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	6,626,500 ▼ -0.06
Dewan Motors / Mar 22 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	6,524,000 ▼ -0.28
Bankislami Pak. / Mar 22 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	5,405,500 ▼ -1.23
Cnergyico PK / Mar 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	4,708,036 ▲ 0.10
Pak Elektron / Mar 22 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	4,522,500 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Mar 22 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	4,470,500 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 21	285.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 21	283.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 21	131.23
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 21	0.93
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Mar 21	1.07
UK LIBOR % / Mar 20	4.56

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 20	3951.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 20	26945.67
Nasdaq / Mar 20	11675.54
Dow Jones / Mar 20	32244.58
India Sensex / Mar 21	58074.68
Hang Seng / Mar 21	19128.12
FTSE 100 / Mar 21	7481.91
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 21	15117.14
France CAC40 / Mar 21	7112.90

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 20	19235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 20	177726
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 21	67.15
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 21	1982.31
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 21	77.62

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