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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 / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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