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In 2014 Brazil were knocked out in the semifinal stage by Germany. (Photo: AFP)

2018 FIFA World Cup: Neymar's Brazil to lift the trophy in Russia says...

Goldman Sachs Group made the prediction based on its forecast on data mining, machine learning and econometrics.

12 Jun 2018 12:23 PM IST

After spending three weeks in hospital, Marinho, one of four patients given the procedure, was discharged and is now thrilled with the results. (Photo: Pixabay)

Woman born without vagina becomes first in world to have one made out...

The 23-year-old from Brazil, Jucilene Marinho, underwent a neovaginoplasty in April last year after being born with...

1 Jun 2018 1:06 PM IST

No vaccine is currently on the market, though several are being developed. (Photo: AP)

Here's what scientists know today about Zika and its effect on...

Zika began spreading in Brazil in April 2015 and the country saw more than 260,000 probable cases in 2016, according to...

6 Jun 2018 10:25 AM IST

Some retailers are betting on fans superstition to help them sell televisions, especially after Brazil was unceremoniously axed from the 2014 contest in a 7-1 blowout loss to Germany.

As World Cup approaches, soccer-mad Brazilians rush to buy TVs

Stores are also coming up with novel methods to get Brazilians to pull the trigger on new TV sets, with many offering...

6 Jun 2018 8:44 AM IST

According to Funai, the more the organisation knows about isolated communities way of living, the more equipped they are to protect them. (Photo: AP)

A whole new world: New drone shots show isolated Amazonian tribe in...

The agency has been studying the community in the images for years, but this was the first time it was able to catch it...

23 Aug 2018 8:13 AM IST

People watch as flames engulf the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. According to its website, the museum has thousands of items related to the history of Brazil and other countries. The museum is part of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: AP)

Fire rages through Rio museum, 200 years of knowledge 'lost'

Esteemed National Museum in northern Rio, which houses artefacts from Egypt, Greco-Roman art and some of the first...

3 Sept 2018 9:12 AM IST

Currently, import of raw and white sugar attracts 40 per cent customs duty.

India to surpass Brazil as top sugar producer, eyes bigger export...

Total supplies would be around 45 million tonnes against local demand of 25.5 million tonnes.

6 Sept 2018 8:26 AM IST

Once permission as given Ayala cuddled the baby and started to breastfeed him, after which he stopped crying immediately. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Dad 'high on drugs' shoots and kills his six-month-old baby as wife...

Man in question was arrested and charged with killing his child after arguing with his 20-year-old wife, in Brazil.

13 Sept 2018 7:24 PM IST

20 satellites make up the Global Positioning System, or GPS, enabling precise positions to be measured at any time.

Brazil space station opens for small satellite business

Space cooperation between the United States and Brazil took a big step forward when they signed a SSA agreement.

15 Sept 2018 8:13 AM IST

Doctors said the child, from Brazil, only survived because she was given multiple doses of antidote within a two-hour time frame. (Photo: Pixabay)

Newborn baby gets stung 7 times by deadly scorpion, survives

Medical staff in Brazil found the yellow scorpion, considered Brazil's deadliest, attached to the child's umbilical...

25 Sept 2018 11:08 AM IST

The controversy, however, is more about the drug regulators emergency approval to the second coronavirus vaccine, the indigenously produced Covaxin, before critical efficacy data of the third phase of clinical trials are out.

Brazil signs COVID-19 vaccine deal with Bharat Biotech

So far Brazil has vaccinated less than 4 per cent of its population of 210 million people

26 Feb 2021 10:51 AM IST

South Korea reported eight new cases, raising its total to 10,661 with 234 deaths. (AFP Photo)

Governments across globe under pressure to control covid19 economic...

Governments face pressure to reopen factories, shops, travel and public activities

19 April 2020 12:42 PM IST