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Kremlin convinced WHO will approve Sputnik V vaccine within months

MOSCOW: The Kremlin is convinced that the World Health Organization (WHO) will recognise Russia’s flagship Sputnik...

Published 20 Dec, 2021 06:29am

World

Sputnik V provides 'strong' defence against Omicron variant

DUBAI: Russia's Sputnik V vaccine provides a strong defence against serious symptoms and hospitalisations caused by...

Published 17 Dec, 2021 06:50pm

World

Russia admits WHO yet to approve Sputnik jab over lack of data

MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday admitted that its homegrown Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine had not yet been approved by the...

Updated 14 Dec, 2021 04:53pm

World

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

Russia sees no hurdles for WHO approval of Sputnik V vaccine

MOSCOW: All the barriers to register Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine with the World Health Organization (WHO)...

Updated 02 Oct, 2021 08:06pm

Pakistan

Pakistan finalizes deal to acquire two million doses of Sputnik V vaccine

The first consignment of two million doses of Sputnik V vaccine will be transported to Pakistan soon
Russian scientist says the shot had proven 97.6 percent effective against COVID-19 in a real-world assessment, based on data from 3.8 million people

Published 18 May, 2021 12:30pm

Business & Finance

Austria says it will only buy Sputnik V vaccine after EMA approval

Facing public frustration at a slow vaccine roll-out, Kurz said on March 31 Austria would probably order a million Sputnik V doses within a week, but completion of that order still has yet to be announced.
As far as the contract negotiations are concerned, they have been completed, so we do not see that as the big challenge but rather the decisive factor is simply how long EMA needs for approval here.

Published 04 May, 2021 06:45pm

World

Nepal approves Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Nepal began is vaccination campaign in January with AstraZeneca vaccines provided by India but suspended it last month following lack of supply.
"Conditional permission has been granted for emergency use authorization of Russia's Sputnik V in Nepal," Santosh K.C, a senior official in the Department of Drug Administration, told Reuters.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 07:51pm

World

Russia says its COVID vaccines work on new variants after South Africa cases discovered

Consumer regulator Rospotrebnadzor said earlier on Tuesday it had identified the first two cases in Russia of the new variant of the coronavirus first detected in South Africa.
In fact, trials have already been done in Russia and we can say with confidence that the (Sputnik V and EpiVacCoriona) vaccines registered in Russia also work against new strains.

Published 16 Mar, 2021 09:20pm

World

Italy factory to produce Sputnik vaccine

ROME: An Italian-Swiss pharmaceutical company has agreed to produce Russia's Sputnik V vaccine in Italy, the first...

Updated 10 Mar, 2021 09:50am

World

Italy factory to produce Sputnik vaccine, first in EU: trade body

Several European Union countries have already begun distributing Sputnik V, but it has yet to be approved by the bloc's medicines regulator.

Published 09 Mar, 2021 05:44pm

World

EU must be united over Russian, Chinese COVID-19 vaccines

Russian and Chinese vaccines await EU regulator's approval.
French minister warns about EU unity, public health.

Published 05 Mar, 2021 05:53pm

World

Hungary to extend AstraZeneca jabs to people over 60

A week ago, Hungary became the first European Union member to start inoculating people with China's Sinopharm vaccine after rolling out Russia's Sputnik V vaccine as well, even though neither has been granted approval for emergency use by the bloc.
A new change is that it (AstraZeneca jab) can be given to everyone above the age of 18 without any age limit. There has been sufficient data that proves its efficacy also for older people.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 08:52pm

World

First doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine arrive in Mexico

The delivery of the 200,000 doses of the vaccine come after a recent conversation between Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Published 23 Feb, 2021 11:39am

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

Pakistan

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine likely to reach Pakistan in two weeks

An official of a private lab says they are working on appointment setting system and more details regarding the vaccine will be shared soon
Sputnik V vaccine developed by Russia proved to be 92 percent effective in preventing coronavirus

Published 14 Feb, 2021 10:14am

World

Russia vaccinates 2.2mn people with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Russia hopes to vaccinate the bulk of its population by mid-summer, reaching a figure of 70% immunity.
Around 4 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine have thus far been distributed to Russia's regions.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 08:00pm

World

Chile says in talks with Russia to acquire Sputnik V vaccine

Chile's trade undersecretary confirmed to Reuters a report in daily newspaper El Mercurio that negotiations with Russia had begun.
Chile moved fast and early to lock down vaccines, signing deals with US-based Pfizer, British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 09:37pm

World

Mongolia approves Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19

Mongolia granted the vaccine an emergency use authorisation without conducting its own clinical trials.
Pharmaceutical firm Mongol Emimpex Concern LLC supported the process.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 08:40pm

World

Panama says buying vaccines for more than 80% of its population

Panama also aims to acquire 1.1 million doses manufactured by AstraZeneca PLC and 300,000 shots produced by Johnson & Johnson, Health Minister Luis Sucre said.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 10:32am

UN’s Covax Facility: Pakistan to receive 17.2m doses of vaccine in H12021: IMF

ISLAMABAD: The UN’s Covax Facility, aimed at covering priority groups - around 20 percent of the population, has...

Published 07 Feb, 2021 04:07am

World

Hungary may start Russia's Sputnik shots next week, says PM

It is scheduled to receive 600,000 doses of Sputnik and another half a million doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine this month.
Orban said so far 264,530 Hungarians - healthcare workers and the most vulnerable elderly - have received at least one shot from the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 05:48pm

Business & Finance

German state would back production of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine

If IDT Biologika wants to produce the Russian vaccine and it would be approved in the EU.
"There are no ideological reservations against Sputnik V. We welcome anything that can help in the fight against corona."

Published 04 Feb, 2021 08:23pm

World

Russia has asked Germany's IDT about making Sputnik vaccine: ministry

German firm IDT is itself working on a Covid-19 vaccine, but early trial results have not been encouraging.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 08:15pm

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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

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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

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