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Bolsonaro’s presidency lives on despite Brazil’s inept Covid strategy, calls for impeachment

Even as he bleeds support, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s 31% approval rating can save him from impeachment and slip him into an electoral runoff in 2022.

Brazil President Bolsonaro invokes Hanuman while thanking PM Modi for Covid vaccine

Tweeting an image of Hindu god Hanuman carrying a mountain of coronavirus vaccine to Brazil, Bolsonaro thanked India for helping his country with the jabs.

Brazil’s provinces to secure own vaccines, Singapore tightens restrictions & 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.

Political crisis in Italy, African Union buys 270 million doses of vaccine & 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.

Jair Bolsonaro asks followers to pivot away from Twitter, Facebook after Trump ban

The Brazilian president invited his 6.6 million Twitter followers to subscribe to his channel on the messaging app Telegram, a competitor to Facebook’s WhatsApp.

Brazil’s Bolsonaro writes to PM Modi, wants vaccine shipment expedited

Letter from Brazil’s President comes after AztraZeneca’s partner in the South American nation said a shipment expected to arrive Saturday won’t land up until end of the month.

Trump, Macron, Madonna, Usain Bolt — Covid didn’t spare the most powerful & world famous

In 2020, the Covid-19 virus spread across the world infecting heads of states, Hollywood celebrities and sportspersons. Here is a roundup of all who caught the virus abroad.

‘Brazilians won’t be guinea pigs’ — Jair Bolsonaro backtracks on Chinese vaccine deal

Brazil's health ministry faced flak after it announced the deal to purchase China's Coronavac vaccine, which was to be distributed nationwide.

Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro and Boris Johnson downplayed Covid and ended up catching it

The White House Friday said US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump had contracted Covid, possibly from close aide Hope Hicks.

India & Pakistan to get Ig Nobel Peace Prize, PM Modi among ‘Medical Education’ winners

Not to be confused with the prestigious Nobel Prize, the Ig Nobel is a satirical or parody prize awarded for unusual 'achievement'. The name plays on the word 'ignoble'.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.