Brazil

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Making the existing global population more productive remains the critical, unachieved, objective. (Representational Image)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Too many people: Think before you have a baby…

Till we achieve global climate stability, encouraging the young to think before becoming a parent is fairly sound advice

27 Apr 2023 12:00 AM

If there are two large and rising powers in a region, rivalry is inevitable. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Are India and China going to be rivals for all time?

The roots of our problem with China go back a couple of hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in July 1807

06 Dec 2022 12:00 AM

Feats of the underdogs turning the form book upside down are the stuff of sports lore and we had a lot more of those in the Qatar edition with many a bunch of minnows shining. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Football proves the great leveller

Sporting tales often become most interesting when the mice roar in the face of the lions

05 Dec 2022 12:15 AM

Elected president for the leftist Workers Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential run-off election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 30, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Ray of hope dawns for Brazil

Swing to the Left may be in line with what has been happening in Latin America where at least 6 nations have gone down this political road

01 Nov 2022 12:15 AM

Lula wins Brazil's bitter presidential vote, Bolsonaro silent

The victory marks a stunning turnaround for the charismatic but tarnished leftist heavyweight, who left office in 2010

31 Oct 2022 5:15 PM

India was never meant to be a union of linguistic states, but a union of well governed and managed states. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Only small states will be able to save the republic

Demand for new administrative units will be a continuous one, one that seeks to bring distant provincial govts in remote capitals

11 Oct 2022 12:05 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his September 30 address, threatened Nato with, among other things, his nuclear arsenal. (Photo: AP)

K.C. Singh | Russia, Iran, China, Brazil: Realpolitik in global churn

During this testy phase of international relations, all nations, big or small or intermediate, are practising realpolitik

05 Oct 2022 12:00 AM

Brazil's Fred reacts at the end of their Copa America quarterfinal match against Chile in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Ten-man Brazil edge Chile 1-0 to set Copa America semi-final with Peru

Second-half substitute Lucas Paqueta helped Brazil book a Copa America semifinal showdown with Peru

03 Jul 2021 6:57 PM

The surge was blamed on the Delta variant and government complacency after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory over the virus in January. (AP)

India hits 400,000 coronavirus deaths as vaccinations slow

Total deaths are 400,312, according to the health ministry, behind only the United States and Brazil, with total cases almost 30.5 million

02 Jul 2021 1:54 PM

Eder Militao scores the opening goal against Ecuador during the Copa America fixture in on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

Ecuador hold Brazil to reach Copa America quarters

A late goal for Ecuador earned a draw for the Ecuadorians, while Peru beat Venezuala 1-0

29 Jun 2021 1:27 AM

A medical worker holds a vial of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19. (AP)

Sputnik vaccine gets nod from Centre's panel

This is the third vaccine approved by the Indian government, and is expected to address the present shortage of vaccines in the country

13 Apr 2021 1:42 AM

Brazil health ministry signed a deal with Indian pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech for the purchase of 20 million doses of the Covaxin vaccine. (AFP)

Brazil signs COVID-19 vaccine deal with Bharat Biotech

So far Brazil has vaccinated less than 4 per cent of its population of 210 million people

26 Feb 2021 10:51 AM

Global deaths from COVID-19 surged past 600,000. (AP Photo)

6,00,000 people succumb to COVID-19 globally

While the U.S. leads global infections, South Africa now ranks as the fifth worst-hit country in the pandemic with 350,879 cases

19 Jul 2020 12:39 PM

The in-app payment feature in WhatsApp, which could be accessed directly within a conversation with a participating business, was free for users. Businesses were to be charged a small fee similar to a typical credit card transaction.

Blow to Facebook as Brazil suspends WhatsApp digital payments just a week after launch

Brazil’s central bank said the payments platform was anti-competitive and there were concerns over data privacy.

24 Jun 2020 6:06 PM

Workers in protective suits take the temperatures of people at a COVID-19 testing site for those who were potentially exposed to the coronavirus outbreak at a wholesale food market in Beijing. (AP Photo)

Coronavirus cases surge in US, but slow in China, South Korea

World Health Organization reported largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours

22 Jun 2020 1:27 PM

A patient with symptoms related to COVID-19 is brought to the coronavirus unit at San Juan de Dios hospital by firefighters in protective gear in Guatemala City. (AP)

North and South America currently have 4 of the 10 worst hit countries in the world

The disease is 'highly active in Central and South America, says WHO's emergency expert, highlighting problems in Brazil and Mexico

13 Jun 2020 11:17 AM

White House bans travel from Brazil

Trump had already banned travellers from China, Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland and, to a lesser extent, Iran, but not Russia

25 May 2020 9:03 AM

Global coronavirus cases surpass 5 million. (PTI Photo)

Global coronavirus cases surpass 5 million with over 3,26,000 deaths

Latin America accounted for around a third of the 91,000 cases reported earlier this week

21 May 2020 1:32 PM

Workers from the Iztapalapa government talk to people trying to enter the cemetery to explain that only are allow two persons at a time outside Pantheon of San Lorenzo Tezonco in Mexico City. (AFP)

Brazil and Mexico report record surge in coronavirus cases

Leaders of both countries receive criticism for intensified attempts to reopen their economies

15 May 2020 11:56 AM

The New Development Bank of the BRICS countries has fully disbursed USD one billion emergency assistance loan to India. (PTI File Photo)

BRICS' new development bank provides $1 billion loan to India to fight pandemic

The 'Emergency Assistance Program Loan' to India was approved by the NDB Board of Directors on 30 April

13 May 2020 1:30 PM

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