Before Jair Bolsonaro’s term began in January 2019, the Brazilian Amazon hadn’t recorded a single year with more than 10,000 square kilometers of deforestation in over a decade.
Brazil's health minister tested positive for the coronavirus in New York after President Jair Bolsonaro spoke at the U.N. General Assembly.
The ban came after 12.13 mn Corona Vaccine doses already entered the country in 25 batches.
Amid testing times due to Covid, a Brazilian natural cosmetics brand is eyeing to go big in India. Founded in 1995, Surya Brasil began operations in the US in 1997 and since then the company has expanded its base to many countries.
The candidates found the Quantitative and Logical reasoning section a bit difficult, while sections like English, GK and Current Affairs were appeared to be easy.
The termination of the MoU came after the deal with the Brazilian government for supply of 20 million doses of the vaccine landed in controversy and attracted investigation by authorities in that country.
Announcing the Brazil government's decision, its Health Ministry said in a statement that "with the recommendation of the Office of the Comptroller General of the Union, the Ministry of Health temporarily suspended the contract for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccine from Covaxin this Tuesday (29)."
Brazil had in February signed a deal with Bharat Biotech to procure 20 million doses of Covaxin for USD 324 million.
The country of some 213 million people is registering nearly 100,000 new infections and 2,000 deaths a day.
India on Sunday became the third nation after the U.S. and Brazil to cross as many as three lakh deaths due to COVID-19.
Brazil on Thursday became the second country to officially top 400,000 COVID-19 deaths
According to the research, published in the journal Cell, recovery from COVID-19 as well as vaccination may offer only incomplete protection against these mutant virus forms.
A possible new variant of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has been detected in several regions of Brazil, the Ministry of Science and Technology's National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC) said.
The variant, which was first found in Manaus, Brazil, appears to be more contagious than other COVID-19 strains. It can potentially be contracted by someone who was already infected or who has been vaccinated.
So far Brazil has vaccinated less than 4 per cent of its population of 210 million people, with some cities stopping immunization campaigns last week due to shortages.
American social network company Twitter has introduced voice messages to direct messages as a new feature for users in India, Brazil, and Japan. According to The Verge, the new feature allows users to send a voice DM (Direct Message) or a voice clip to the Twitter contact.
The Centre on Wednesday issued new guidelines for international arrivals as mutant variants of SARS-CoV-2 spread across the world. These will supersede all guidelines issued since August 2, 2020.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found a total of 192 Covid-19 cases of the new variants of mutated SARS-CoV-2 in last two months, including four from the variant emerging in South Africa and one from the Brazilian variant, officials said on Tuesday
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has thanked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government for exporting coronavirus vaccines to Brazil. Taking to Twitter, Bolsonaro thanked PM Modi for vaccines.
Outgoing US President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order to lift travel restrictions on European countries and Brazil which his administration had imposed in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
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