India’s total number of COVID-19 infections has reached 13.5 million NEW DELHI: India has authorized Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, a leading local drugmaker said Tuesday, in a boost for the nation’s inoculation drive as virus cases mount. “We are very pleased to obtain the emergency use authorization for Sputnik V in India,” Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories co-chairman and managing director G.V. Prasad said in a statement.