Despite many countries offering free treatment, tuberculosis patients still face significant costs. Hospitalisation and income loss are maj...

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar inaugurated the new Indian embassy in Rome, emphasizing Italy's significance as a key partner...

The BR-319 highway connects Porto Velho to Manaus. It was abandoned in the 1980s after falling into disuse, but the government has shown si...

Lula will have to navigate more challenging economic conditions than he enjoyed in his first two terms, when the global commodities boom pr...

Bolsonaro later took the offensive and blasted Lula for corruption scandals during the 14 years that his Workers Party governed Brazil. A h...

The race pits incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro against his political nemesis, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. There are nine ...

With 99.9% of he votes tallied, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had 48.4% support and President Jair Bolsonaro had 43.2%. Nine o...

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more than two dozen world leaders appeared in person at the U.N. General Assembly on ...

“Like other countries, India is making efforts. There are three vaccine candidates in different phases of development. An expert group, und...

At this year’s National People’s Congress, China’s annual meeting of parliament, a lawmaker suggested the government should make it a natio...

A delegation led by India's Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, was on a three-day visit to Brazil to study its food secur...

13 of 14 people interviewed in Jardim São Luis said they were sure they would not vote for Rousseff, but could not point to a clear alterna...

FM in his budget 2013 speech said that the govt plans to spend Rs 16.65 lakh crore for the coming fiscal year.

Now that the direct cash transfer (DCT) scheme has been accepted for implementation, the challenge is to design a programme that is Indian.

Three challenges confront Nilekani committee deliberating on delivering subsidies through direct cash transfers.

China has announced that it will cut emissions by a drastic 40-45 per cent compared to 2005 levels by the year 2020.

By making choices available to the poor, the NREGA-plus avoids the assumption that all poor are ready to engage in physical work only.