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Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum said on November 3, 2020 he had received an experimental coronavirus vaccine, becoming the latest United Arab Emirates official to take part in the trials.

Two vaccines are undergoing third-phase trials in the UAE, one produced by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm, and Russia’s Sputnik-V, named after the Soviet-era satellite.

Dubai is the biggest city of UAE.

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A relic showing Gautama Buddha meditating under the tree of awakening was among the 45 antiquities that the Manhattan District Attorney`s office returned to the people of Pakistan.

The repatriated items include a Gandharan frieze featuring seven figures of Buddha beside a Bodhisattva Maitreya (a friendly Buddha), a Gandharan box of religious relics and a gray schist relief of Panchika and his consort Hariti Panchika.

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The legendary Pakistani cricketer, Shahid Afridi has been appointed the new tournament ambassador for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024

ICC Men's T20 World Cup to be held in the West Indies and USA from 1-29 June 2024

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Veteran journalist Robert Fisk, one of the best-known Middle East correspondents who spent his career reporting from the troubled region and won accolades for challenging mainstream narratives, has died after a short illness on November 2, 2020. He was 74.

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At least 22 people were killed when attackers stormed one of Afghanistan`s main universities on November 2, 2020, detonating a suicide bomb and spraying classrooms with bullets in a brazen hours-long assault claimed by militant Islamic State group.

Updated November 5, 2020

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Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Syaed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari November 2, 2020 launched the ‘Country Homes and Luxury Apartments’ scheme at OPF valley Zone V to provide safe, secure and lucrative investment opportunities to expatriates in the housing sector.

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Pakistan’s exports have crossed $2 billion in October 2020 despite the contraction in major markets and the uncertainty created by recent resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Abdul Razak Dawood is the current Advisor to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment.

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Pakistan’s Aleem Dar went past South Africa’s Rudi Koertzen’s record of officiating in the most ODIs as an on-field umpire when he stepped out for his 210th match in the format, the second ODI between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Rawalpindi, on November 1, 2020.

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Third phase of Umrah resumption began on which date?

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, in cooperation with the concerned authorities, began implementing the third phase of the gradual resumption of performing Umrah and visiting from November 1, 2020 for Muslims belonging to foreign countries.