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COVID-19 cases in Brazil rise by record 90,570 to over 11.87 million: Mini
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Brasilia, [Brazil], March 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by a record 90,570 to 11,871,390 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Friday.
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Switzerland to extend restrictions due to surge in COVID-19 infections
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland has decided to extend its coronavirus restrictions due to an increase in incidence, Alain Berset, the head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs, said Friday.
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Chinese workers fear job discrimination as govt plans to raise retirement
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Beijing [China], March 19 (ANI): As China plans to "gradually" increase its mandatory retirement ages, many Chinese workers are worried that it might exacerbate discrimination in the job market.
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Despite increase in COVID-19 cases, mortality rate remains low in Pune
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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 19 (ANI): Amid the concerns over spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, the Pune administration on Friday informed that despite a surge in positivity rate, mortality rate remains low in the city.
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Uniqlo suffered 44pc fall in sales in South Korea last year due to COVID-1
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Seoul [South Korea], March 19 (ANI/Global Economic): Fast-fashion brand FRL Korea Co Ltd, which operates clothing retailer Uniqlo in South Korea, failed once again to get out of sales slump last year. Uniqlo's sales decreased by more than 40% and operating loss increased nearly sevenfold.
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Urdu Bulletin: India's rising COVID cases, RS passing Insurance Bill cover
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New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): Various Urdu newspapers in their Friday editions have highlighted the rising number of COVID-19 cases across the country. They have also reported Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's announcement regarding an increase in COVID-19 vaccination in the city.
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Hope for mango traders in Pune as customers increase
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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 19 (ANI): Pune's Alphonso mangoes traders, who had suffered losses last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, believe that the situation is improving as the demand and price of mangoes have witnessed a spike this year.
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Study sheds light on rare genetic variants that increase risk for lung can
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Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. While the risk for this disease can be influenced by environmental and lifestyle factors like smoking, studies estimate that 18 per cent of lung cancer cases are due to inherited genetic variants. New research
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Study sheds light on Covid-19 risk for adults living with, without childre
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London [UK], March 19 (ANI): There are small increased risks of infection and hospital stay during the second wave of Covid-19, but no materially increased risk of death, suggests the findings of a new study.
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Commercial establishments to close in Sikkim by 10 pm as part of measures
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Gangtok (Sikkim) [ANI], March 19 (ANI): In view of the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Sikkim Government has taken measures to prevent its spread and issued directions that all commercial establishments will close by 10 pm every day.
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Information security, risk management spending to grow 9.5 pc in India: Ga
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 18 (ANI): Enterprise information security and risk management spending in India is likely to increase by 9.5 per cent this year to 2.08 billion dollars (about Rs 15,076 crore), according to Gartner Inc.
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Bihar will scale up daily COVID-19 tests to 70,000: Nitish Kumar
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Patna (Bihar) [India], March 17 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said that the state government has decided to increase the number of daily COVID-19 tests to 70,000 again.
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