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Nearly 500 mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine by July 2021, says Harsh Vardhan

He also said that the government was also keeping an eye on immunity data with regard to Covid-19 while finalising these plans

No final decision on phase-3 trials of Russia vaccine as yet: Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan clarified on Sunday that the government is yet to take a final decision on phase-3 trials of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine candidate Sputnik V.

How Russia shortened the Covid-19 vaccine race to declare victory

For years, Putin has pushed to rebuild Russia's prowess in long-neglected life sciences

Top headlines: Trump, Melania test Covid positive, trade unions call strike

From US President, First Lady testing positive for Covid-19 to Musk hinting at Tesla's entry in India next year, Business Standard brings you top news of the evening

Russia's Alexei Navalny accuses President Putin of being behind poisoning

Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the attack in comments released Thursday

Russia behind most nation-state cyberattacks on consumers: Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. has issued 13,000 alerts about nation-state hacking attempts to its customers in the last two years,

Japan PM Yoshihide Suga urges Vladimir Putin to resolve island dispute

Suga has had a series of phone talks with global leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Russia coronavirus update: Moscow's Covid-19 death toll reaches 5,203

The death toll from the coronavirus in the Russian capital city of Moscow has reached 5,203, with 23 new fatalities recorded over the past 24 hours

Russia, China block release of United Nations report criticising Russia

Russia and China blocked the official release of a report by UN experts on Libya that accused its warring parties and their international backers of violating a UN arms embargo

US elections 2020: If Joe Biden wins, it is probably bad news for Putin

US politics have become so polarized that there's little need for Russia to step in and invent new controversies

Russian President Putin seeks cyber deal with US for no 'poll meddling'

Putin called for an agreement between the two countries to prevent incidents in cyberspace.

You are good people: Alexei Navalny thanks Russian pilots, medics

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny thanked Russian pilots and paramedics for acting quickly after he fell into a coma on a flight from Siberia.

Iran, Russia discussing joint production of Covid-19 vaccine: Report

The Russian Direct Investment Fund has said it is in talks with a number of countries about the possibility of producing the Russian 'Sputnik-V' vaccine abroad

US Presidential elections: Facebook purges 3 Russia-based fake networks

Facebook has pulled down three separate networks for violating its policy against foreign or government interference that originated in Russia

FB suspends fake Russian accounts, warns of US polls hack-and-leak threat

The Russian foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment after normal working hours in Moscow

Facebook takes down fake Russian accounts, warns of US poll hack threat

The company said the accounts, which it suspended for using fake identities and other types of 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour', were linked to Russian intelligence

At UN, China, Russia and US clash over Covid-19 pandemic responses

The remarks at the UN Security Council came two days after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the lack of international cooperation in tackling the still "out-of-control" coronavirus

Russia's Sberbank enters tech space; to compete with Google, FB, Amazon

The 179-year-old bank, which commands a market valuation of $67 billion and is majority-owned by the Russian government, is present in 17 other countries, including in India through branches

Russia to supply 17 more countries with coronavirus drug Avifavir

Avifavir gained approval from the Russian health ministry in May and is based on favipiravir, which was developed in Japan and is widely used there as the basis for viral treatments

India's Covid diplomacy: US to Russia, Delhi part of every vaccine alliance

India is party to Sputnik-V, the vaccine under development jointly by Russia's Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology and Indian pharma company Dr Reddy's Laboratories