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  • brazil issues dengue alert

    Brazil issues dengue alert

    World | Mar 13, 2015, 12:03 PM IST

    Brasilia:Brazil has issued a dengue warning for at least 340 cities amid fears of an outbreak.By March 7, the number of registered dengue cases reached 224,100, a 162 percent increase year-on-year, Health Minister Arthur Chioro

  • brazil arrests us sect leader wanted on sex charges

    Brazil arrests US sect leader wanted on sex charges

    World | Mar 01, 2015, 06:39 AM IST

    RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian authorities said Saturday they arrested a self-professed minister put on a U.S. most-wanted list for allegedly molesting two girls in a "Maidens Group" at his religious fellowship in rural Minnesota.A statement

  • whatsapp to be suspended in brazil

    WhatsApp to be suspended in Brazil

    Feb 27, 2015, 12:21 PM IST

    Sao Paulo: A judge says he has ordered the suspension of the globally popular instant messaging system WhatsApp across Brazil because it has allegedly failed to help in an investigation.Judge Luiz de Moura Correia ordered

  • china backs bigger role for india brazil at un security

    China backs bigger role for India, Brazil at UN Security Council

    World | Feb 12, 2015, 11:36 PM IST

    Beijing: China today said it respects the aspirations of India and Brazil to play bigger roles at the UN Security Council, while keeping mum on Japan's candidature.About the Indian and Brazilian applications to become permanent

  • top south american teams through to fifa u 20 wc

    Top South American teams through to FIFA U-20 WC

    Football | Feb 05, 2015, 10:43 AM IST

    Montevideo: Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Colombia booked their berth at this year's New Zealand U-20 FIFA World Cup after the penultimate round of the South American U-20 Championship here.Top scorer Giovanni Simeone from Argentina, son

  • gm crops boom in india despite resistance

    GM Crops boom in India despite resistance

    Jan 31, 2015, 12:05 PM IST

    Despite opposition from different corners, the future of food could well be lying in genetically modified crops .It is evident by their growing popularity in emerging economies like India and Brazil. With 11.6 million hectares

  • rio 2016 olympic torch relay to visit every state in brazil

    Rio 2016 Olympic torch relay to visit every state in Brazil

    Other Sports | Jan 30, 2015, 10:38 AM IST

    Rio de Janeiro: The Rio 2016 Olympic torch relay will visit each one of Brazil's 26 states, carried 20,000 km by 10,000 torchbearers, reaching 90 percent of the Brazilian population, organisers said of the first

  • neymar vows to help brazil win olympic gold in 2016

    Neymar vows to help Brazil win Olympic gold in 2016

    Football | Jan 28, 2015, 12:33 PM IST

    Rio de Janeiro: Football superstar Neymar has vowed to end Brazil's Olympic gold duck by leading his nation to its first title on home soil in 2016."I think we can learn from everything and if

  • brics on growth track through planned reform experts

    BRICS on growth track through planned reform: Experts

    World | Jan 23, 2015, 10:45 AM IST

    Davos (Switzerland):  The economies of BRICS countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- are constantly growing through planned structural reforms, experts said at the 45th World Economic Forum annual meeting here Thursday.In

  • fifa returns 100m to brazil world cup cost 15 billion

    FIFA returns $100M to Brazil; World Cup cost $15 billion

    Football | Jan 21, 2015, 07:32 AM IST

    Rio De Janeiro: Football's world governing body FIFA said Tuesday it had set up a $100 million World Cup Legacy Fund for Brazil, aimed at sports facilities, youth and women's football, and medical and health

  • brazil s ronaldo to attempt comeback with strikers

    Brazil's Ronaldo to attempt comeback with Strikers

    Football | Jan 15, 2015, 05:27 PM IST

    Hollywood, Florida: Brazilian star Ronaldo says he will attempt to make a playing comeback this spring with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the second-tier North American Soccer League.The world player of the year in 1996,

  • neymar says i have learnt from world cup pain

    Neymar says I have learnt from World Cup pain

    Football | Dec 24, 2014, 11:32 AM IST

    Rio de Janeiro: Brazil's star footballer Neymar said he has learnt important lessons from his 2014 FIFA World Cup heartbreak and he looks to the next year for redemption.The Brazil captain Tuesday reiterated that a

  • mexico club threaten to sack ronaldinho

    Mexico club threaten to sack Ronaldinho

    Football | Dec 24, 2014, 10:56 AM IST

    Mexico City: Ronaldinho, two-time world footballer of the year, has been threatened with the sack if he doesn't return to his Mexican club Queretaro on time.The Brazilian had said he would return to the club

  • india can achieve 8 9 percent growth rate manmohan singh

    India can achieve 8-9 percent growth rate: Manmohan Singh

    Politics | Dec 12, 2014, 03:34 PM IST

    New Delhi:  India can achieve a growth rate of 8-9 per cent provided there is a “national consensus” on methods to take advantage of globalised world, said former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose tenure saw

  • brazil great ronaldo buys stake in us outfit

    Brazil great Ronaldo buys stake in US outfit

    Football | Dec 12, 2014, 01:57 PM IST

    Rio de Janeiro: Brazil's soccer great Ronaldo has become a part-owner of US football outfit Fort Lauderdale Strikers.The two-time World Cup winner Thursday said he hoped his involvement would help turn the club into a

  • india can produce more mary koms

    India can produce more Mary Koms

    Other Sports | Dec 07, 2014, 05:35 PM IST

    Gurgaon: India has the potential to produce many Mary Koms, the Asian Games gold medal winning boxer from Manipur said Sunday.Mary Kom said she was working hard to win a gold at the 2016 Olympics

  • mark webber in horror crash in brazil

    Mark Webber in horror crash in Brazil

    Other Sports | Dec 01, 2014, 11:35 AM IST

    Sao Paulo: Mark Webber was undergoing medical checks on Sunday after a horrific crash during the final race of the World Endurance Championship in Brazil.The Australian's Porsche collided with Matteo Cressoni's Ferrari before slamming into

  • brazil and colombia to meet in copa america

    Brazil and Colombia to meet in Copa America

    Football | Nov 25, 2014, 08:18 AM IST

    Vina Del Mar, Chile: Brazil will face Colombia and Argentina will play defending champion Uruguay after the group-stage matchups were drawn for the 2015 Copa America on Monday.Brazil was drawn against Colombia, Peru and Venezuela

  • hyundai to build train factory in brazil

    Hyundai to build train factory in Brazil

    Nov 20, 2014, 07:51 AM IST

    Brasilia: A subsidiary of South Korea's Hyundai announced on Wednesday it will invest 100 million reais ($38 million) to build a train factory in the southern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.Hyundai-Rotem said the facility will

  • pele s son arrested in money laundering case

    Pele's son arrested in money laundering case

    Football | Nov 19, 2014, 08:01 AM IST

    Sao Paulo: The 44-year-old son of soccer legend Pele was arrested in Brazil after losing an appeal in a money laundering case involving a drug gang.Edson Cholbi do Nascimento, known as Edinho, had been convicted

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