- Monday, February 24, 2025
PAKISTAN will purchase 1.2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm, a minister said on Thursday(31), the first official confirmation of a vaccine purchase by the South Asian country as it battles a second wave of infections. China approved a Covid-19 vaccine developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant…
INDIA’s drug regulator on Friday(1) approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, two sources said. The decision clears the vaccine’s rollout in the world’s second-most populous country which, after the US, has the highest number of Covid-19 infections. India wants to start administering the…
INDIA’s market regulator has imposed fine on Reliance Industries and its chairman Mukesh Ambani, the country’s richest man. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Friday(1) imposed penalties on Reliance, Ambani, and two other entities for alleged manipulative trading in the shares of erstwhile Reliance Petroleum (RPL) in…
The US Attorney General said on Tuesday (29) the United States “stands ready” to try a militant convicted of murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl whose release was ordered by a Pakistani court. The decision by Sindh High Court to release the accused comes months after it sparked outrage for overturning…
In 2020, we have heard and read a lot about Rhea Chakraborty. She was Sushant Singh Rajput’s girlfriend and was arrested by NCB over allegations of consuming drugs. However, Rhea had denied the allegations. Currently, Rhea has only one film in her kitty, Rumi Jaffery’s Chehre which also stars Emraan Hashmi and…
An Indian state ruled by prime minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party on Wednesday (30) passed a law abolishing all Islamic schools, saying they provided sub-standard education. Opposition politicians criticised the move and said it reflected the government’s anti-Muslim attitude in the Hindu-majority country. More than 700 of the schools, known as…
Hundreds of Muslims attacked and set fire to a Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, police and witnesses said. Videos circulating on social media showed men using hammers to damage the temple walls as thick grey smoke rose up from the site. The incident took place in a remote…
INDIA’s ruling party has urged the government to put more money in the pockets of middle-income families in the next budget and cut the costs of raw material for small and medium-sized businesses, a party spokesman said on Thursday(31). After the coronavirus impact shrank the economy in the last two…
A LEADING musician, community leaders, campaigners and choreographers are among Asians honoured in the Queen’s New Year Honours List, announced this evening (30). This year’s is the most ethnically diverse list yet, with 14.2 per cent of recipients coming from a black, Asian or ethnic minority (BAME) background. In total,…
Filmmaker Aanand L Rai, who was busy with the shooting of Atrangi Re, has been tested positive for Covid-19. The director took to Twitter to inform everyone about it. He posted, “I have tested covid positive today.Just wanted to inform everyone that I don’t feel any symptoms & I feel fine.…
