Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is in good condition after brain surgery, speaking and eating normally with no lasting effect expected, the Sirio-Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulo said Tuesday morning at a press conference.
The PM met Jonas Masetti and team after seeing their performance of the Ramayana in Sanskrit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Guyana from Brazil on Wednesday on the last leg of his three-nation tour. This is the first visit by an Indian PM to Guyana in 56 years.
Lamenting the fact that the global growth rate at just over 3 per cent is the lowest since the turn of the century when an average of nearly 4 per cent prevailed till COVID pandemic,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on his journey to Guyana from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking the final leg of his significant three-nation tour.
Since the beginning of this year, Brazil has been facing a new wave of the virus, which has resulted in the collapse of a large part of its healthcare system.
Brazil's caseload and death toll is the second highest in the world after the US.
Brazil's other major state football leagues - in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul - are continuing as usual despite the worsening pandemic.
Since January 17, Brazil has vaccinated more than 10 million people, with more than 8 million having received the first dose.
Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of Covid-19 fatalities at 260,970, followed by Mexico (188,044) on the third place and India (157,435) on the fourth.
