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India caps airfares over IndiGo crisis | The Express Tribune

December 6, 2025 Admin No Comments

Country’s biggest airline cancels flights due to pilots’ shortage following new rules MUMBAI/BENGALURU: India capped airfares on Saturday as hundreds of passengers gathered outside Bengaluru and Mumbai airports after IndiGo cancelled 385 flights on the fifth day of a crisis at the country’s biggest airline that has crippled air travel. IndiGo has cancelled thousands of…

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RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel defers vote on hepatitis B shot for babies until Friday

December 4, 2025 Admin No Comments

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine committee on Thursday deferred crucial votes on hepatitis B vaccines for babies until Friday, saying it will give members more time to review proposed language on the measure. One panel member, Dr. Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics at the Dartmouth Geisel School of…

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Pakistan–ASEAN trade reaches $11.5bn but deficit widens in 2025 | The Express Tribune

November 21, 2025 Admin No Comments

Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines drive fastest import growth as Islamabad pushes for FTAs to rebalance trade ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade volume with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) stood at $11.5 billion in 2024, a figure officials say remains below potential and requires rationalisation. Despite steady engagement, the trade deficit in 2025 continues to widen in…

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Novo Nordisk cuts direct-to-consumer prices for Wegovy, Ozempic to $349 a month

November 17, 2025 Admin No Comments

Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk at a pharmacy in London on March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters Novo Nordisk on Monday said it has cut the direct-to-consumer prices of its blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy and diabetes counterpart Ozempic, adding to efforts by the company and the Trump administration to…

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Chambers join hands to prop up economy | The Express Tribune

November 8, 2025 Admin No Comments

KARACHI: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) and the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) have agreed to strengthen cooperation for Pakistan’s economic revival. During a meeting held at KCCI on Saturday, KCCI President Rehan Hanif and LCCI President Faheemur Rehman Saigol said that Pakistan had great potential despite facing serious challenges,…

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Punjab collects Rs66.4b revenue in Q1 | The Express Tribune

October 9, 2025 Admin No Comments

LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has recorded an impressive performance by collecting Rs66.41 billion in taxes during the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2025-26, reflecting a 28% increase compared to the collection of Rs51.98 billion in the same period of last year. Additionally, Rs1.7 billion was collected under the Punjab Infrastructure Development…

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CDC takes down more than a dozen webpages on sexual and gender identity, health equity

September 26, 2025 Admin No Comments

A sign for the CDC sits outside of their facility at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roybal campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 30, 2025. Megan Varner | Reuters More than a dozen pages on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website related to sexual and gender identity, health equity, and other…

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Pak-China Business Conference Sees Landmark MoU Agreements – SUCH TV

September 7, 2025 Admin No Comments

At a landmark Pakistan-China Business-to-Business Investment Conference, several historic Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed, marking a significant boost for foreign investment in Punjab. The successful event was credited to the proactive efforts of the Punjab government and Muntaha Ashraf, Chairman of the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT). Agreements were inked with top…

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Eli Lilly’s obesity pill remains a viable rival to Novo’s oral Wegovy despite data that underwhelmed investors

August 24, 2025 Admin No Comments

A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images Eli Lilly‘s stock is still recovering after the drugmaker released trial data earlier this month on its closely watched obesity pill that underwhelmed Wall Street. In a key late-stage trial,…

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US licenses Nvidia to export chips to China | The Express Tribune

August 9, 2025 Admin No Comments

Listen to article BENGALURU: The US Commerce Department has started issuing licences to Nvidia to export its H20 chips to China, a US official told Reuters on Friday, removing a significant hurdle to the AI bellwether’s access to a key market. The US last month reversed an April ban on the sale of the H20 chip to…

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