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Brazil hunts for vaccines as India’s Covid crisis slows deliveries globally

Pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro is mounting as lawmakers investigate his government’s response to a pandemic that’s taken the lives of nearly 400,000 Brazilians.

PM Modi congratulates ISRO, Brazilian president on successful launch of PSLV-C51

India's Polar rocket on Sunday successfully launched Amazonia-1 of Brazil and 18 other satellites from the spaceport in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.

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.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.