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India gets Ukrainian engines for its stealth frigates, sends them to shipbuilder in Russia

Construction of two frigates for Indian Navy are going on according to schedule — first one to be delivered by 2022-end & the second 6 months later in 2023.

China’s CanSino Covid vaccine could get its first global approval from Russia

The CanSino vaccine is currently undergoing Phase 3 trials and has been granted military approval in China, which is more limited than emergency authorisation.

Olympics losing public support in Japan, gorillas test positive in US and other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine has no peer-reviewed data yet. Question is — would you take it

Russia hasn’t released late-stage phase 3 data on its vaccine. That said, what we do know about Sputnik V and its design should give us some degree of confidence.

US cites Russia as likely SolarWinds hacking culprit, bucking Trump

The FBI said it is still focused on identifying victims, collecting and analysing evidence about the sophisticated hack. Russia has rejected accusations it was behind the hack.

Putin battles to sell Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine amid new rift with the West

Putin has pushed inoculation since touting Russia’s approval of Sputnik V in Aug as the globe’s first Covid shot. But many nations have been unwilling to give it fast-track approval.

Russia opens new criminal case against Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny

Russia's Investigative Committee said Navalny had spent $8 mn on personal purposes from donations transferred to various funds, including the Anti-Corruption Foundation he set up.

Argentina begins Covid vaccination drive with Russia’s Sputnik V

Argentina joins North America, EU, UK, China and Chile in offering preventive shots. It also boosts Russia’s attempts to push the vaccine into developing nations.

Heading from bad to worse, says Russia on ‘deeply hostile’ US under Biden administration

Russia said it hadn't initiated any contacts with Biden’s transition team and added it was up to the Americans to decide when and how to make ties work.

How corruption cuts both ways in Russia’s surveillance state

The Russian state is both strong and corrupt, and it both hogs and leaks the data on which its strength increasingly rests.

On Camera

The Beckhams’ PR game is on track. Victoria’s 50th birthday was a pop culture moment

The Beckhams have had the sleekest, unassailable PR game in celebrity town. And much of it rests on their carefully curated social media image, especially on Instagram.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.