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Delta Covid-19 variant greatest threat to US pandemic response: Fauci

NEW YORK: The Delta variant of the novel coronavirus that was first found in India is the greatest threat to the...

Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am

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Australia's New South Wales extends mask mandate for Sydney as virus cluster grows

Tuesday's data includes seven cases recorded after the 8 p.m. cut-off deadline, which will be included in Wednesday's numbers.

Published 22 Jun, 2021 09:38am

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WHO declares an end to second Ebola outbreak in Guinea

NZÉRÉKORÉ, (Guinea): The World Health Organization on Saturday officially announced the end of Guinea’s second...

Published 20 Jun, 2021 03:39am

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Guinea declares end to Ebola outbreak that killed 12

"Based on the lessons learned from the 2014-16 outbreak and through rapid, coordinated response efforts... Guinea managed to control the outbreak and prevent its spread beyond its borders," WHO.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 04:50pm

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Many countries forced to suspend vaccine programme: WHO

GENEVA: A “huge number” of poorer countries have had to suspend their coronavirus vaccination programmes due to ...

Published 19 Jun, 2021 03:23am

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WHO warns of June-July Covax doses shortfall

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Friday a shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses going through the Covax...

Published 05 Jun, 2021 04:08am

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WHO narrows in on Delta Covid variant

The B.1.617.1 sub-lineage has meanwhile been downgraded to a "variant of interest," and named Kappa.

Published 02 Jun, 2021 02:44pm

Pakistan

World No Tobacco Day observed by PANAH

ISLAMABAD: Every year, all over the world, World No Tobacco Day was celebrated on May 31. Pakistan National Heart...

Published 01 Jun, 2021 04:59am

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Doctors urge action against climate-linked health risks

GENEVA: Hundreds of health workers marched to the World Health Organization on Saturday demanding that authorities ...

Published 30 May, 2021 03:51am

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Covid origins search ‘being poisoned by politics’: WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization warned Friday that efforts to uncover the Covid-19 pandemic’s origins were...

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

Business & Finance

High prevalence of illicit tobacco trade in Pakistan: reports

LAHORE: Tobacco is a highly lethal and addictive substance endangering millions of lives every year. Consumed in any...

Published 28 May, 2021 04:08am

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Swiss to host global virus hub laboratory

GENEVA: Switzerland signed a deal with the World Health Organization on Monday to host a global repository for...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

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Latin America passes 1m Covid deaths as IMF proposes $50bn plan

MONTEVIDEO: Latin America and the Caribbean passed one million coronavirus deaths on Friday as the IMF proposed a ...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

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Excess deaths due to pandemic much higher than reported Covid toll: WHO

GENEVA: Up to three times more people have died due to the pandemic than indicated by the officially reported Covid...

Published 22 May, 2021 04:05am

Xi pledges $3bn pandemic aid for poor nations

BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday pledged an additional $3 billion in aid over the next three years...

Published 22 May, 2021 04:05am

Israel, Hamas both claim victory as ceasefire holds

GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel and Hamas both claimed victory on Friday after their forces ended 11 days of...

Published 22 May, 2021 04:05am

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COVID-19 death tolls are likely a "significant undercount", WHO says

"The challenge is that the reported COVID-19 [death toll figures] is an undercount of that full impact," Msemburi said.

Published 21 May, 2021 02:09pm

World

Vaccine patent waiver will not be enough: WTO chief

US President Joe Biden said last week he supported the waiver idea, but the European Union and other developed country opponents said it will not increase output.
"To have solved the unacceptable problem of inequity of access to vaccines, we have to be holistic. It's not one or the other," she said, adding this could not drag out for years.

Published 20 May, 2021 06:57pm

World

Under pressure EU presents WTO plan to boost vaccine output

BRUSSELS: The European Union put forward a plan on Wednesday it believes will help boost the production and...

Updated 20 May, 2021 09:23am

G20 snubs Covid patent waiver

BRUSSELS: Leaders of the world's largest economies back "voluntary licensing" of Covid-19 vaccine patents, the draft...

Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am

Working 55-hour week increases risk of death: UN

GENEVA: Working more than 55 hours a week increases the risk of death from heart disease and strokes, according to a...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

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WHO chief calls on vaccine makers to advance doses for COVAX

"While we appreciate the work of AstraZeneca who have been steadily increasing the speed and volume of their deliveries, we need other manufacturers to follow suit," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a virtual briefing, mentioning Pfizer and Moderna specifically.

Published 17 May, 2021 08:30pm

World

Indonesia pauses distribution of a batch of AstraZeneca vaccine

JAKARTA: Indonesia has suspended distribution of a batch of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine to run tests for...

Published 17 May, 2021 06:14am

World

India’s daily Covid-19 deaths remain near 4,000 mark

MUMBAI: India reported on Saturday its smallest daily increase in coronavirus infections in nearly three weeks, but...

Updated 16 May, 2021 10:42am

Pandemic to be ‘far more deadly’ this year, WHO warns

GENEVA: The World Health Organization issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be...

Published 16 May, 2021 04:26am

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WHO urges rich countries to donate shots instead of vaccinating children

The WHO is hoping more countries will follow France and Sweden in donating shots to COVAX after inoculating their priority populations to help address a gulf in vaccination rates.

Published 15 May, 2021 09:52am

World could have prevented catastrophe: pandemic panel

GENEVA: The catastrophic scale of the Covid-19 pandemic could have been prevented, an independent global panel...

Published 13 May, 2021 03:10am

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Indian Covid-19 variant found in 44 countries, all regions: WHO

The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in October, had been detected in sequences uploaded to the GISAID open-access database.

Published 12 May, 2021 11:13am

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US authorizes Pfizer jab for 12-15 year olds as India outbreak rages

Tourism might get a shot in the arm from the European Union, which said it was "fully on track" to ensure a Covid health pass would be ready in June to boost travel.

Published 11 May, 2021 10:49am

World

WHO approves China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine

This afternoon, WHO gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm Beijing's Covid-19 vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to receive WHO validation for safety, efficacy and quality.

Published 08 May, 2021 12:58am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	81.15
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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