The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved emergency use of Sinopharm’s protein-based COVID-19 vaccine and it will be available to the public as a booster dose starting January 2022, the health ministry said. The vaccine will be produced and distributed by a joint venture between the UAE’s Group 42 and China National Biotec Group (CNBG), a unit of China National …

PARIS: Paris FC and Olympique Lyonnais were both thrown out of the Coupe de France on Monday for the hooliganism that forced their December 17 tie to be called off at half-time. The teams were all square at 1-1 in Paris when fans spilled onto the pitch following incidents in the stands. Rather than try to finish the match, the …

KARACHI: The third day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Northern was washed out due to a heavy downpour on Monday. Persistent rain in the afternoon and the evening forced the umpires to call off play without a ball being bowled in the day/night final due to a wet outfield here at the National Stadium. The final …

KARACHI: Pakistan on Monday welcomed the Queen’s Baton Relay for next year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Having arrived from Seychelles, the Baton embarked on its three-day sojourn in Karachi for the Pakistan leg of its relay after it was handed over to Pakistan Olympic Association president retired Lt Gen Arif Hasan by Deputy British High Commissioner Martin Dawson during a …

CENTURION: India’s bid to post a daunting first innings total in the first Test against South Africa suffered a blow when rain prevented any play on the second day at SuperSport Park on Monday. The tourists, seeking their first series win in South Africa, were in a strong position at 272 for three at the end of the first day …

LAHORE: The Ministry of Inter-provincial Coordination and the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee have agreed in principle upon the roadmap presented by the latter to complete the election process of the country’s football governing body in eight months’ time after it is handed over the PFF headquarters, sources privy to the talks told Dawn on Monday. A formal announcement in that regard …

Australia retained the Ashes with a thumping innings and 14-run win in the third Test in Melbourne on Tuesday, with debutant paceman Scott Boland laying waste to England’s hapless batsmen with a devastating six-wicket haul. Boland, only the second Indigenous Australian to play a men’s Test match, came off the Melbourne Cricket Ground turf with a prize stump and astonishing …

Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19, a senior doctor said on Tuesday. Ganguly, who underwent minor heart surgery in January, was admitted on Monday suffering from a mild fever, a senior doctor of the Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata said. “His condition is stable. There is no cause for alarm at …

ISLAMABAD: The Central Deve­­l­o­pment Working Party (CDWP) on Monday approved two major projects worth Rs191.722 billion in the field of health, physical planning and housing. The CDWP meeting presided over by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Jehanzeb Khan appr­oved one project and recommended it to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) for further consideration. Rs528m safe blood transfusion …

LAHORE: The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has reprimanded the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) for causing a loss of Rs15.705 billion to the power sector on account of disallowed fuel cost against the economic merit (EM) order deviation. The agency has also expressed grave concerns over the non-responsive behaviour of the company by not responding to the queries/observations …