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Best of BS Opinion: Mosques in the rear-view mirror, Covid-19 crisis & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Futility of protest: Easier to start a revolution than influence its course

Myanmar, Belarus, China's Hong Kong and Russia have all pointed to a futility of protests, and that even sustained street revolutions fail now in country after country, writes T N Ninan

President Putin supports building good ties with US, says Dmitry Peskov

Russian President Vladimir Putin prefers to establish good relations with the United States despite Washington's "aggressive policy," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

Pak FM, Russia's Lavrov review cooperation in defence, counter-terrorism

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Qureshi and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov held wide-ranging talks and reviewed their bilateral cooperation in the field of security, including counter-terrorism

Sergei Lavrov to visit Pakistan, 1st by a Russian foreign minister in 9 yrs

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will reach Pakistan on Tuesday on a two-day visit to hold important talks with the country's top leadership and the Army chief

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs law paving way to rule until 2036

If elected both times, he would remain president until 2036, surpassing Josef Stalin as the longest-serving leader of Russia

Illegal content row: Russia extends punitive Twitter slowdown until May 15

Russia said on Monday it would extend a punitive slowdown of Twitter until May 15 though it acknowledged the US social media company had speeded up deletion of banned content

No Sputnik V approval yet, SEC asks Dr Reddy's for more data on vax

The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Indian drug regulator, tasked with vetting Covid-19 vaccine proposals, sought additional data on Russian Covid-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V'

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov to visit India from April 5-6

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit India from April 5 to 6 with an aim to prepare ground for the annual India-Russia summit as well as to discuss bilateral cooperation.

Russia sees 'encouraging signs' from US on returning to Iran nuclear deal

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the US has shown "encouraging signs" with regards to finding a compromise and returning to the Iran nuclear deal

Wait for Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine may get over in a few weeks: DRL

"We expect to get the approval in the next few weeks," said Deepak Sapra, CEO, API and pharmaceutical services, Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL)

Top seed Daniil Medvedev reaches 3rd round of Miami Open

Top seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia needed two tie-breaks over more than two-and-a-half hours to overcome an inspired Alexei Popyrin of Australia 7-6 (3), 6-7 (7), 6-4 in the third round

Dr Reddy's expects Covid vaccine to get nod from India in next few weeks

Pharma major Dr Reddy's Laboratories expects the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V to get approval from the Indian regulator in the next few weeks, a company official has said

Russia could achieve herd immunity by late summer, says President Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the country could obtain herd immunity against Covid-19 by the end of summer

Turkey, Russia agree to prevent ceasefire violations in Syria's Idlib

On Monday, Turkey expressed concern to the Russian envoy in Ankara over recent attacks in Idlib

US needs to understand India has longstanding ties with Russia: US Admiral

The US needs to understand that India has had a longstanding relationship with the Russians for security cooperation and military equipment, a top American admiral told lawmakers

Russia passes bill allowing Vladimir Putin to run for two more terms

Russia's lower house of parliament the State Duma approved a bill, enabling incumbent President Vladimir Putin to run for two more terms starting 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin to get coronavirus vaccine shot today

President Vladimir Putin said he will get a coronavirus vaccine shot on Tuesday, several months after widespread vaccination started in Russia

One year on

Ravages of last year's lockdown may still affect economy

Pak govt to cap prices of Russian, Chinese vaccines imported by pvt firms

Pakistani authorities have decided to cap the maximum retail price of the Russian and Chinese Covid-19 vaccines imported by private firms, amid a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in the country