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Russia's Sputnik V vaccine shows 96.3% COVID-19 efficacy in Belarus

MOSCOW: Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has demonstrated 96.3% efficacy against COVID-19 during the vaccination campaign...

Published 17 Nov, 2021 12:55pm

World

India approves Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine for emergency use

India has become the 60th country to register Sputnik V after positive results of local Phase 3 clinical study
RDIF CEO says over 850 million doses of Sputnik V are going to be produced in India annually

Updated 13 Apr, 2021 11:05am

Pakistan

‘Russian vaccine a testimony to fast improving ties with Russia and UAE’

KARACHI: Weeks after importing Sputnik V vaccines for Covid-19, AGP Limited has finally been allowed to sell the...

Updated 05 Apr, 2021 10:43am

Business & Finance

Russia says 20 manufacturers worldwide have Sputnik V vaccine production agreements

During a televised meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Dmitriev said India and South Korea were already producing Sputnik V and that many of the 20 manufacturers would reach full capacity in April.

Published 02 Apr, 2021 07:05pm

World

African Union says Russia offers 300mn doses of Sputnik V vaccine

Africa scrambling to secure vaccine supplies.
Lags wealthier parts of world in immunisations.
Deal could be among biggest by Russia to date.
Russia says most deliveries to start from June.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 05:26pm

World

Russia expects India to approve Sputnik V vaccine for use soon

India is the world's largest vaccine maker and a Russian official said in December that it was likely to be able to produce 300 million doses or more of Sputnik V vaccine in 2021.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 12:19am

World

Russia has supplied Sputnik V vaccine to self-proclaimed Donetsk republic

The report does not specify how many doses were shipped.

Published 31 Jan, 2021 01:44pm

Markets

RDIF says completes joint investment of 7.85pc in AliExpress Russia alongside partners

AliExpress Russia is an e-commerce venture between Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba and Russian partners.
The acquisition of shares was completed on Jan. 28, the RDIF said in a statement.

Updated 29 Jan, 2021 05:05pm

World

Russia agrees with Brazil to supply 10mn doses of Sputnik V vaccine in Q1

The RDIF and Uniao Quimica will apply for an emergency use authorisation for Sputnik V in Brazil this week, said the developers of the vaccine, which is backed by the RDIF.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 12:44am

World

Palestinians approve Russian COVID-19 vaccine for use, Russian wealth fund says

The first shipment of the shot is expected to arrive next month, with all deliveries expected in the first quarter of this year.
Hence Russia's first major international shipment of vaccine doses - 300,000 that left Moscow for Argentina last month - caused an outcry at home.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 05:53pm

Pakistan

COVID-19 pandemic: Russia again offers supply of Sputnik-V vaccine to Pakistan

RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev has written a letter to SAPM on Health Dr Faisal Sultan through the country’s embassy in Islamabad seeking details of the vaccine's registration process
Dmitriev expressed keen interest in registration of the Russian vaccine in Pakistan and sought details regarding the country’s demand for supply of the first batch of jabs.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 04:58pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 22	278.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 22	278.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 22	155.66
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 22	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 22	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 22	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
India Sensex / Jan 22	76,197.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 22	39,646.25
Hang Seng / Jan 22	19,778.77
FTSE 100 / Jan 22	8,579.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 22	21,258.81

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 22	75.52
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 22	2,751.94
Diesel/Litre / Jan 22	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Apna Microfin. / Jan 22 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.49 ▲ 0.96 (10.07%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 22 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	24.29 ▲ 2.21 (10.01%)
Pak Elektron (Pref) / Jan 22 Pak Elektron Limited (Preference)(PELPS)	14.94 ▲ 1.36 (10.01%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 22 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	15.51 ▲ 1.41 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Jan 22 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	54.45 ▲ 4.95 (10.00%)
Fecto Cement / Jan 22 Fecto Cement Limited(FECTC)	116.40 ▲ 10.58 (10.00%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 22 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	86.43 ▲ 7.86 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.30 ▼ -0.70 (-11.67%)
Nagina Cot. / Jan 22 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	49.95 ▼ -5.55 (-10.00%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 22 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.21 ▼ -3.00 (-9.93%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 22 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	11.58 ▼ -1.26 (-9.81%)
TPL Life Insur. / Jan 22 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	51 ▼ -5.50 (-9.73%)
Masood Textile / Jan 22 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.05 ▼ -5.27 (-9.70%)
Karam Ceramics / Jan 22 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	55.98 ▼ -5.92 (-9.56%)
Mari Energies / Jan 22 Mari Energies Limited(MARI)	598 ▼ -61.53 (-9.33%)
Hala Enterprise / Jan 22 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	12.10 ▼ -1.21 (-9.09%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▲ 0.04
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,158,485 ▼ -0.07
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	83,500,175 ▲ 3.03
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 3.23
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▼ -0.08
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 1.04
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.10
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 22 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	18,601,390 ▼ -0.41