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Remote areas: NA body concerned over utilisation of various vaccines, more polio cases

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination raised...

Updated 14 Aug, 2024 07:32am

World

New push for mRNA bird flu vaccine development: WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization announced Monday a new project to accelerate the development in poorer...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 12:31pm

Pakistan

40 bitten by dogs in Quetta amid vaccines shortage

QUETTA: Dog bite cases are on the rise in Quetta, but lifesaving anti-rabies vaccines are not found in Sandeman...

Published 16 Jul, 2024 06:40am

Pakistan

Essential oral polio vaccines: Japan announces $3.62m grant

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has announced a new USD 3.62 million grant to procure essential oral polio...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am

World

Study confirms AstraZeneca jab’s higher risk of very rare clot

PARIS: AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine has been linked to a 30-percent higher risk of getting a very rare blood clotting...

Published 27 Oct, 2022 11:39am

BR Research

GLAXO: earnings in red

GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited (PSX: GLAXO) has seen its profits fall for 1HCY22 amid rising inflation and cost...

Published 01 Sep, 2022 08:22am

World

Italy kicks off vaccination campaign against monkeypox

ROME: Italy opened its vaccination campaign against monkeypox on Monday, as case numbers have increased at a time...

Published 08 Aug, 2022 05:32pm

World

US ready to deliver millions of Covid vaccines to youngest children

WASHINGTON: The White House on Thursday said it had an operational plan to deliver 10 million doses of Covid vaccine...

Published 09 Jun, 2022 07:33pm

BR Research

Towards universal health care?

Health is an essential component of the Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDGs). The SDG 3.8 specifically aims to...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 08:02am

World

France recommends Covid booster jab 3 months after initial vaccines

PARIS: France on Friday recommended that adults receive a Covid-19 booster vaccination three months after their...

Published 24 Dec, 2021 05:01pm

World

Putin urges Russia to get Covid jabs, no mandatory vaccines

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made another appeal to sceptical Russians to vaccinate...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 08:05pm

BR Research

Confidence shortage!

The past two years have been full of surprises, of which the pandemic and the chaos it brought to the world is...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 07:25am

Pakistan

Pakistan receives another batch of SinoVac, Sinopharm vaccines

NDMA says three million doses of SinoVac and seven million doses of Sinopharm have been handed over to the Ministry of National Health Services

Updated 22 Sep, 2021 02:23pm

World

Taiwan receives first batch of politically charged Pfizer vaccines

TAIPEI: Taiwan received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines on Thursday, a delivery organised by...

Published 02 Sep, 2021 09:30am

World

Yemen gets first batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines

This shipment is the first batch of a total of 504,000 doses it is set to receive from the United States

Published 29 Aug, 2021 05:35pm

World

Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines

Japan has administered more than 124 million COVID-19 vaccine shots, with about 44% of the population fully inoculated

Updated 28 Aug, 2021 03:18pm

World

WHO slams 'shocking disparity' in access to vaccines

BRAZZAVILLE: The World Health Organization hit out on Tuesday at the "shocking disparity" in access to coronavirus...

Updated 24 Aug, 2021 09:11pm

World

World Bank to finance extra Covid jabs for poorer nations

The new mechanism will allow those countries to buy additional doses on top of the subsidised ones they will already receive via Covax

Published 26 Jul, 2021 08:47pm

Pakistan

Pakistan continues to see spike in Covid-19 cases

Country reports 1,808 positive cases in a single day
National Covid-19 positivity ratio stands at 3.84%

Published 12 Jul, 2021 11:12am

World

EU hits goal of delivering vaccines for 70% of adults

All but the J&J jab require two doses to achieve full efficacy, and the EU is home to an estimated 366 million adults.

Updated 10 Jul, 2021 02:57pm

World

World Bank passes $4 bln milestone in funding for COVID-19 vaccines

The World Bank's vaccine financing package can be used by countries to buy vaccine doses through COVAX, the new African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) or other sources.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 12:25am

World

India approves Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

The vast nation of 1.3 billion people was hit by a massive spike in coronavirus cases in April and May that pushed the healthcare system to breaking point.

Published 29 Jun, 2021 07:17pm

World

World passes three billion vaccine mark in race to contain Covid

In low-income nations, the figure is just one shot per 100 people.

Published 29 Jun, 2021 05:13pm

World

Indian police probe fake vaccine scams in two cities

Police in Mumbai said that around 2,000 people who thought they were being vaccinated were in fact injected with a saline solution.

Published 25 Jun, 2021 05:02pm

World

Russia's daily virus cases, deaths hit January highs

Russia, with 131,463 deaths officially recorded, is the hardest hit country in Europe.

Published 24 Jun, 2021 02:55pm

World

Australian PM promises more COVID-19 shots to states amid rollout delays

Victoria state on Monday reported one new locally acquired case linked to an existing cluster while Queensland.

Published 21 Jun, 2021 10:39am

Abu Dhabi group in talks on supply of Covid-19 vaccines

KARACHI: As shortage of anti-Covid-19 vaccines are being reported in various cities of the country, an international...

Published 19 Jun, 2021 03:23am

World

Kuwait to allow entry of fully vaccinated non-citizens from Aug. 1

A PCR test must be taken before flying and another during seven days of home quarantine on arrival.

Updated 17 Jun, 2021 07:49pm

More doses of vaccines reach Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: One million more doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been flown in from China, the National Command and...

Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am

World

More than two billion Covid vaccines given

Oxford/AstraZeneca is the most widely given vaccine, administered in 170 of the 215 countries where campaigns have begun.
It is followed by Pfizer/BioNTech, which is being used in at least 97 countries; Moderna (at least 46); Sinopharm (45); Sputnik V (40); Johnson & Johnson (29).

Published 03 Jun, 2021 05:06pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 28	280.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 28	280
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 27	0.88
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 28	150.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 28	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 28	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 27	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 27	5,693.31
Nasdaq / Mar 27	17,804.03
FTSE 100 / Mar 27	8,666.12
Dow Jones / Mar 27	42,299.70
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 27	22,678.74
France CAC40 / Mar 27	7,990.11
India Sensex / Mar 28	23,448.24
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 28	36,977.70
Hang Seng / Mar 28	77,559.63

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 27	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 27	275,205
Petrol/Litre / Mar 28	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 28	69.76
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 28	3,079.82
Diesel/Litre / Mar 28	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 28	66.73

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 27 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	4.01 ▲ 1 (33.22%)
Parmount Sp. / Mar 27 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.10 ▲ 0.59 (16.81%)
Shaheen Ins. / Mar 27 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	7.50 ▲ 0.97 (14.85%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 27 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.02 ▲ 1.37 (10.04%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 27 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	33.83 ▲ 3.08 (10.02%)
Sardar Chemical / Mar 27 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	35.95 ▲ 3.27 (10.01%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 27 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	69.58 ▲ 6.33 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Mar 27 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	106.28 ▲ 9.66 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	121.88 ▲ 11.08 (10%)
Allawasaya Tex / Mar 27 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1,429.95 ▲ 130 (10%)

Stock	Price
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	11.60 ▼ -98.09 (-89.42%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 27 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Khalid Siraj / Mar 27 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.03 ▼ -0.87 (-9.78%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 27 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	874.01 ▼ -93.68 (-9.68%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 27 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	18.90 ▼ -1.75 (-8.47%)
Cordoba Logistics / Mar 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	12.61 ▼ -1.15 (-8.36%)
Sally Textile / Mar 27 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11.01 ▼ -0.99 (-8.25%)
Masood Textile / Mar 27 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.06 ▼ -4.27 (-8.01%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 27 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.57 ▼ -0.73 (-7.09%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	42 ▼ -3.1 (-6.87%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	45,325,056 ▲ 0.31
Pak Elektron / Mar 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,179,304 ▲ 0.67
P.S.O. / Mar 27 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,879,128 ▲ 1.58
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	20,499,919 ▼ -98.09
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,191,931 ▼ -0.03
B.O.Punjab / Mar 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,148,304 ▼ -0.2
Pak Petroleum / Mar 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,934,134 ▼ -1.85
Engro Fert. / Mar 27 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,419,464 ▲ 0.5
Fauji Cement / Mar 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	14,194,696 ▲ 0.53
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,282,647 ▲ 0.09

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