Tag: Brazil

Brazil’s Lula welcomes back Venezuelan Prez for 1st time after ban

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva welcomed back his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro for the first time in the country since the latter was banned in 2019 by former leader Jair Bolsonaro.

May 30, 2023

Govt in talks with Brazil for import of Urad

In view of the demand-supply gap, India imports 7-7.5 lakh tonnes of urad annually, of which 74 per cent comes from Myanmar, he said.

May 23, 2023

G7 Summit: PM Modi holds meeting with Brazil’s President Silva

Other than the Brazilian leader, today, PM Modi also met UK's counterpart Rishi Sunak.

May 21, 2023

G7 members stand against Russia’s “illegal,” “unjustifiable, “unprovoked” war against Ukraine

The joint communique stated that the leaders of the Group of Seven countries are taking concrete steps to support Ukraine for "as long as it takes" in the face of Russia's illegal war of aggression.

May 20, 2023

Dangers lurk

Of particular concern were the years when Jair Bolsanaro ruled the country, when his government rolled back environmental regulations. This resulted in widespread destruction of bat habitats

May 19, 2023

Model G20 Summit: Students replicate foreign delegates in Srinagar ahead of 3rd G20 Tourism Working Group meeting

The mock summit, in the run-up to the global event, was organised at the same venue and saw the participation of students from Jammu & Kashmir and across the country, replicating foreign delegates.

April 29, 2023

Brazil parroting Russian, Chinese propaganda: White House

Lula during a visit to Beijing on Saturday said, "The United States needs to stop encouraging war and start talking about peace."

April 18, 2023

Brazil Para-Badminton International: Pramod Bhagat, Sukant Kadam book semis spots

Ace Indian shuttler Pramod Bhagat and World No 4 Sukant Kadam have secured their spots in the semi-finals of the ongoing Brazil Para-Badminton International 2023, here.

April 16, 2023

Death toll from Brazil landslides increases to 65

The death toll after last week's heavy rains that triggered deadly floods and landslides along the coast of Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state has increased to 65, local authorities said.

February 27, 2023

Brazilian President Lula sacks army chief Arruda in aftermath of capital uprising

Arruda was sacked over threats to the country's democracy following the January 8 uprising in the capital by far-right protesters.

January 22, 2023

Brazil SC agrees to include Bolsonaro in riots probe

The Supreme Court of Brazil has agreed to include former President Jair Bolsonaro in its probe into the riots on January 8 staged by his thousands of his radical supporters in capital Brasilia.

January 14, 2023

Brazil’s President Lula criticizes police for protesters’ breach of government buildings

Protesters supporting the far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro besieged government buildings on Sunday.

January 10, 2023

Brazilian authorities clear govt offices of protesters, at least 170 arrested

Police said authorities have taken control of three main government buildings -- Supreme Court, presidential palace and Congressional.

January 9, 2023

Brazil’s legendary footballer, Pele passes away at 82

The three-time World Cup champion, whose actual name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was reportedly dealing with kidney and heart issues.

December 30, 2022

“Covid not over yet, we are prepared to manage any situation…” Health Minister Mandaviya

"COVID is not over yet. I have directed all concerned to be alert and strengthen surveillance.," tweeted Union Health Minister.

December 21, 2022

Centre directs States to conduct genome sequencing of COVID positive samples to track variants

The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday requested States and Union Territories to send samples of all COVID-19 positive cases to INSACOG labs.

December 21, 2022

Bad faith

Like India, Brazil uses electronic voting and has been doing so since 1996. There have never been complaints of the sort of malfunction the Bolsonaro camp cited in their petition. Voted out of power, Bolsonaro has played to the script the man he is often compared to writing after his loss in the American presidential election. With his right-wing ideology and his dismissal of climate change and environmental imperatives, Bolsonaro is likely to nip at the heels of the government in power, just as Trump has done in America.

November 29, 2022