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With President Lula's visit, India-Brazil trade ties touch new heights

Brazil Prez concluded his India visit after signing an array of agreements

'Touched': Brazilian President Lula hails India's cultural hospitality

Speaking at the India-Brazil Economic Forum on Sunday, the President recalled how these gestures mirrored a similar surprise he had arranged for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the latter's visit

Adani firm, NMDC, and Vale sign MoU to develop iron ore blending hub

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ), through its subsidiary Adani Gangavaram Port Ltd, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with NMDC Ltd and Vale SA to develop an integrated iron ore blending facility and dedicated Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Gangavaram Port. The MoU was signed at the India-Brazil Business Forum Summit in New Delhi during the official visit of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the company said in a statement. Under the agreement, the three parties will jointly develop, operationalise and manage an SEZ-based ecosystem for blending, value addition and commercialisation of iron ore. The initiative is aimed at strengthening the iron ore export value chain on India's East Coast by improving efficiency, scale and global competitiveness in mineral processing and trade. With the proposed development, the capacity of Gangavaram Port is expected to increase to 75 million tonnes, positioning it as a major export hub for iron ore

India-Brazil trade to cross $20 bn in 5 yrs in 'win-win' deal: PM Modi

PM Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held talks in New Delhi, focusing on boosting trade, technology, energy cooperation and strengthening strategic ties between the two nations

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pays tributes at Rajghat

On Friday, President Lula inaugurated the first office of the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) in New Delhi

India, Brazil set to sign pharma, aerospace, trade pacts during Lula visit

India and Brazil are poised to sign private-sector agreements across pharma, aerospace, ethanol and trade during President Lula's visit, as both nations expand cooperation in critical minerals and AI

Brazilian Prez hails AI Summit, says digital world returned to its homeland

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday said his country advocates governance which ensures that artificial intelligence (AI) strengthens democracy, social cohesion and sovereignty of nations. In his address at the Leaders' Plenary Session at the AI Impact Summit here, he also asserted that putting human beings at the "centre of our decisions is an urgent task". Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the summit and unveiled the 'MANAV' vision for a human-centric approach and use of AI with a strong accent on sovereignty and inclusivity. The inaugural ceremony saw the presence of several heads of state, including President Lula, French President Emmanuel Macron, many global AI leaders, academicians and researchers, heads of many tech giants and philanthropists, among others. At the Leaders' Plenary Session, the Brazilian president delivered an address in Portuguese. He also posted excerpts from his speech in a series of posts in Portuguese on X along wi

Beyond diplomacy: India and Brazil should seize this strategic opportunity

Brazil President Lula's India visit signals a shift towards deeper economic and technology cooperation; both nations must close the trade-investment gap and align on global governance reform

Brazilian Prez Lula da Silva to visit India with 'largest-ever delegation'

The bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Lula on February 21 is expected to be the key highlight of the visit

Lula's visit to focus on defence, open office of Brazilian trade in Delhi

Brazilian President Lula will visit India from Feb 19-21 to inaugurate an ApexBrasil office in New Delhi, attend the AI World Summit and sign agreements spanning defence, critical minerals, energy

Brazil's prez holds calls with Canada, Mexico and Colombia on Venezuela

The calls came just days after a deadly US military operation captured Maduro and stunned Latin America, generating stiff rebukes

Lula stares down Donald Trump and scores tariff victory for Brazil

In an executive order, Trump exempted dozens of Brazilian food products, including coffee and beef, from the 40% increased tariffs he imposed in an ill-fated attempt to help former President Jair

Trump's trade war unites India and Brazil in a hunt for new markets

Government officials and business executives from Brazil and India are converging this week in New Delhi, seeking to forge new relationships and triple the countries' $12 billion trade partnership

Trump holds call with Brazil's President, says both nations 'will do great'

Trump recounted his meeting with Silva at the United Nations General Assembly, saying that he was a good man

Open to US trade talks if Brazil treated as an equal, says Lula da Silva

'We want to negotiate. We want to negotiate on equal terms,' Lula said Sunday at an event for his leftist Workers' Party in Brasilia

Trump pressures Brazil to drop charges against Bolsonaro; Lula hits back

In a letter addressed to Bolsonaro, Trump described him as a victim of terrible treatment and demanded that the trial against the former president end immediately

Want India-Brazil relation to be as passionate as football: PM Modi

India and Brazil on Tuesday set a target of nearly doubling the bilateral trade to USD 20 billion in annual trade in the next five years and inked six agreements to expand cooperation in a range of sectors including energy and agriculture following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The two leaders also deliberated on combating terrorism with Modi saying both sides were clear that there is no place for double standards on terrorism. "We have a similar thinking on the fight against terrorism -- zero tolerance and zero double standards. We are clear that there is no place for double standards on terrorism," the prime minister said in his media statement. "We strongly oppose terrorism and those who support terrorism," he added. Modi travelled to Brasilia on Monday evening after attending the two-day BRICS summit in this seaside Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. "We want India-Brazil relations to be as colourful as carnival,

Brazil's President Lula signs law to expand affirmative action policies

Brazil's President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva on Tuesday signed a new law to expand the country's affirmative action policies, increasing the quota for government jobs reserved for Blacks from 20% to 30% and adding Indigenous people and descendants of Afro-Brazilian enslaved people as beneficiaries. The changes apply to candidates applying for permanent and public employment positions across Brazil's federal administration, agencies, public foundations, public companies and state-run mixed-capital companies. As approved by Congress, the quota will be revised in 2035. "It is important to allow this country for one day to have a society reflected in its public offices, in the Prosecutors' Office, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the Attorney-General's Office, in the Internal Revenue Service, everywhere," Lula said at the presidential palace in the capital, Brasilia. "We still have few women, few Black people, almost no Indigenous people." Brazil's first law on racial quotas for ..

Global uprisings: Protests and movements which shook the world in 2024

Kenya's cost-of-living crisis, to martial law in South Korea. Here's a look at major protests that erupted across the globe in 2024

Brazil's Lula to undergo new surgery to minimise further brain bleeding

The follow-up procedure had been discussed by doctors since Tuesday's surgery, and does not represent a worsening of Lula's health situation, according to Kalil