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Amid lockdown dispute, Musk says he will move Tesla out of California

Tesla Inc's chief executive Elon Musk tweeted https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259162367285317633 on Saturday that Tesla will move its headquarters and future programs to Texas or Nevada from California immediately.




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Aquarium asks public to FaceTime shy eels under lockdown

"It seems like the spotted garden eels are getting used to a non-human environment and have forgotten about people."




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Scientists describe 'chaos' of being stuck in the field amid coronavirus lockdowns

Greta Dargie was deep in a forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo when her university sent a speed boat to get her out.




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Lockdown: फिरोजाबाद आने और यहां से जाने वालों की मदद को हेल्पलाइन नंबर जारी

फिरोजाबाद आने और यहां से जाने के लिए इन नंबरों पर करें कॉल




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Lockdown in kolkata: ट्रांसप्लांट नहीं होने से ब्लड डिसॉर्डर के मरीजों का जीवन संकट में

कोविड-19 महामारी के कारण बढ़ी मुश्किलों के बीच ब्लड डिसॉर्डर (रक्त विकार) के मरीजों को इलाज नहीं मिलने से उनका जीवन संकट में है।




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Mike Rowe says many Americans workers feel labeled 'nonessential' by coronavirus lockdowns

The U.S. response to the coronavirus outbreak has led to "unintended consequences" -- including lost pride for many American workers, TV host Mike Rowe said Saturday night.




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Lockdown 3.0: डीएम ने दुकानदारों को दी ये सख्त हिदायत, एक गलती पर मिलेगी ये सजा

डीएम के. विजयेंद्र पांडियन ने सभी दुकानदारों को हिदायत दी है कि उनकी दुकानों पर सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग यानी हर ग्राहक के बीच छह फीट की दूरी सुनिश्चित कराना उन्हीं की जिम्मेदारी होगी।




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Lockdown 3.0: इस कपल ने शादी के लिए घर वालों को मनाया आठ साल, अब इस वजह से प्यार में लगा ग्रहण

आठ साल के इंतजार के बाद एक प्रेमी युगल का प्यार परवान चढ़ने ही वाला था कि कोरोना संकट का ग्रहण लग गया।




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Lockdown 3.0 : सेना की कैंटीन में सामान के लिए डिमांड एक दिन पहले व्हाट्सएप पर देनी होगी

सबएरिया कैंटीन ने पूर्व सैनिकों को सामान लेने के लिए कड़े नियम तय किए हैं। कैंटीन में सामान के लिए उम्र के हिसाब से दिन तय किए गए हैं।




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Lockdown Mutiny Brews in California After Guv Blames Nail Salon for Spreading COVID-19

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On Thursday, the Professional Beauty Federation of California published a press release to the “Hot Topics” section of their website. It was titled: “Time to Sue Governor Newsom.” 

The release came in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement that the following morning, California would officially enter “Phase Two” of the “Safer at Home” order. Select businesses, from florists to clothing retailers to toy stores, would be able to resume operations in a limited capacity. But absent from the list of acceptable businesses: beauty salons. Newsom placed businesses like nail salons and barbershops in “Phase Three”—a stage he believes to be “months, not weeks” away. 

“This whole thing spread in the state of California—the first community spread—was in a nail salon,” Newsom said in a press conference last week, without providing details about the date or location of the case. “Many of the practices that you would otherwise expect of a modification were already in play in many of these salons, with people that had procedure masks on, were using gloves, and were advancing higher levels of sanitation.”

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Lockdown: ढाका में हुई उत्तराखंड के युवक की मौत, परिजन सरकार से लगा रहे शव वापस लाने की गुहार

बांग्लादेश की राजधानी ढाका में उत्तराखंड के टिहरी जिले के जाखणीधार ब्लॉक के म्यूंडी गांव निवासी एक व्यक्ति की हार्ट अटैक से मौत हो गई है। परिजनों ने शासन-प्रशासन से मृतक का शव स्वदेश लाने की गुहार लगाई है।




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#CoronaLockdown: कर्नाटक से 1140 प्रवासियों को लेकर झारखंड के लिए रवाना हुई विशेष ट्रेन

कर्नाटक में फंसे 1140 प्रवासी मजदूरों को लेकर विशेष ट्रेन मंगलूरू रेलवे स्टेशन से झारखंड के लिए रवाना हो गई है।




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Hashtag Trending – Facebook bans anti-lockdown protesters; Amazon VP condemns Amazon, quits; New Apple Macbooks

Anti-quarantine protesters jumped onto other social platforms after being shut down by Facebook, Amazon Vice President Tim Bray said Amazon is designed to create a climate of fear and quits the company, Apple releases new MacBook 13 with an improved keyboard and more storage.   Anti-quarantine protesters are being kicked off Facebook and quickly finding…




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Australia's biggest state to ease coronavirus lockdown from May 15




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UK wants to 'slowly and cautiously' ease lockdown to restart economy - minister




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NDMA Issues Guidelines For Restarting Manufacturing Industries After COVID-19 Lockdown, Says 'Don't Try to Achieve High Production Target'

The National Disaster Management Authority, which comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has issued guidelines for restarting manufacturing factories after the lockdown.





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Consider 1st Week Post Lockdown as Trial: Govt on Industry Restart

Centre has issued fresh “guidelines for restarting manufacturing industries after lockdown”.





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Lockdown brings change in buying behaviour, more older people hop onto digital tech: Survey

The study also found that COVID-19 has helped in forming an opinion for pushing the 'Make in India' agenda, with 42 per cent believing that "there is an active and deliberate attempt by China to spread COVID across the world for economic gains" which has led to a strong anti-China sentiment.




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Lockdown in Weston-super-Mare: How are local businesses coping?

So what would the public like to hear from the Prime Minister tomorrow? And how are businesses coping while the lockdown restrictions remain in place? 




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Arctic explorers stranded amid coronavirus lockdowns

They were first women to overwinter in the Arctic Circle without a man. Now Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålulm Strøm face a longer stay due to the pandemic.





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Could lockdown herald an exciting new chapter for the book trade?

The pandemic has thrown publishing and booksellers into crisis – and left customers struggling to obtain books when they most want them. But some in the industry sense an opportunity to drag it into the 21st century

On 18 March, Emma Corfield-Walters received the news that for the second year running, her shop, Book-ish, in Crickhowell in the Brecon Beacons, had landed the title for Wales in the regional round of the independent bookshop of the year award. Corfield-Walters has run Book-ish for 10 years. It has 16 staff and a cafe, is the base for a literary festival that she also organises, and is credited with having played a major part in the regeneration of Crickhowell’s award-winning high street. Above all, it is a highly successful business: 2019 was a record year. The fact that it would now again be a contender for the overall prize – to be announced in June at the British book awards – was for Corfield-Walters a hard-earned affirmation of a decade’s passion and work.

But she was hardly celebrating. Britain was then five days from lockdown. “It was surreal,” she says. “We’d won best bookshop in Wales, yet I wasn’t sure for how much longer I’d have a shop that people could visit. It was like that scene in Star Wars when the walls are moving in, and the room’s getting smaller and smaller. The goalposts were shifting every day. At first, we thought: OK, we’ll buy hand sanitiser! But by the weekend, it was clear the shop would have to close.” Her first thought was for her staff, who are “like family” to her; the government’s subsequent announcement of its furlough scheme came as a huge relief. But there was also the question of her stock, and how she might keep selling it. Suddenly, the Book-ish website, hitherto used only to sell event tickets and signed copies, came into its own: “On the Saturday before lockdown began, we managed to get all 6,000 titles from the shop on to our website.”

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Australia's biggest state to ease coronavirus lockdown from May 15

Australia's most populous state, home to Sydney, will allow restaurants, playgrounds and outdoor pools to reopen on Friday as extensive testing has shown the spread of the coronavirus has slowed sharply, New South Wales state's premier said on Sunday.




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UK wants to 'slowly and cautiously' ease lockdown to restart economy: minister

The British government wants to slowly and cautiously restart the economy, housing minister Robert Jenrick said on Sunday ahead of a televised address from the prime minister to set out plans to begin easing the coronavirus lockdown measures.




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How might lockdown differ between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?

Boris Johnson's announcement on how the UK will take its first steps out of lockdown is just hours away, but the Prime Minister's authority is not absolute across the country.




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Brits urged not to 'throw away' coronavirus lockdown efforts as Boris Johnson prepares to exercise 'extreme caution' with restriction easing

Boris Johnson will exercise "extreme caution" in easing lockdown restrictions, the Transport Secretary has said, as he warned the public not to "throw away" their hard work by going outside.




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Boris Johnson to replace 'stay home' message with 'stay alert' as he delivers lockdown 'road map' address to nation

Boris Johnson is to replace his "stay at home" slogan with a fresh rallying cry to the nation, as the battle against coronavirus rages on.




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UK coronavirus LIVE: Boris Johnson to address nation on lockdown plan as new 'stay alert' slogan set to be rolled out

It comes as trade union leaders warn that they will not tell their members to return to work unless safety standards are improved. Mr Johnson is expected to urge employees who cannot do their jobs from home to begin returning to their workplaces while following social-distancing rules.




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Sex and Dating to Get Even More Complicated Once Lockdown Lifts...


Sex and Dating to Get Even More Complicated Once Lockdown Lifts...


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Can I visit my family or parents for Mother's Day? Australia’s coronavirus lockdown rules and restrictions explained

Can you get takeaway coffee with a friend? What about visiting your family or parents for Mother’s Day? Laws to stop spread of Covid-19 seem to change daily and in some states carry a big fine. Untangle them with our guide

Australia is well into its second month of Covid-19 lockdowns and every state enforcing physical distancing laws slightly differently.

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Coronavirus Australia updates live: anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne as NSW and WA set to ease Covid-19 restrictions – latest news

Cafes and restaurants will reopen for limited numbers of people as part of a relaxation of Covid-19 rules in both states. Follow all the latest news, live

We will leave our live Australian coverage there for the day. You can follow our rolling global coverage here or read a summary here.

Here’s how things stand in Australia:

South Australia has established a rapid response team to deal with any coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes.

Twenty-seven of the 97 people to die in Australia after testing positive to Covid-19, died in nursing homes.

The dedicated SA Pathology team has been assembled to provide greater protection for some of the state’s most vulnerable citizens.

If an outbreak occurs, the team will immediately test everyone in the facility, helping to quickly identify cases, limit the spread and protect both residents and staff.

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Coronavirus in Sweden: What life is like in a country without lockdown laws

Unlike most images of public spaces around Australia and the rest of the world, life in Sweden paints a much different picture.In lieu of a strict, national lockdown, the Scandinavian country has asked its citizens to self-police...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: Anti-lockdown protesters clash with police in Melbourne

Dozens of anti-lockdown protesters swarmed the steps of Victoria's Parliament House today with several people being arrested.More than 200 people flouted social distancing restrictions to furiously demand an end to the coronavirus...




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Taarak Mehta actress Jennifer Mistry aka Roshan makes a short film in the midst of lockdown




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Karan Tacker: Lockdown has almost turned me into a chef




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Boris Johnson's lockdown speech: what time is it, what will he say, and how can I watch it?




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‘They're making it up as they go along’: confusion dilutes lockdown message

With picnics tolerated and even a pub doing takeaway drinks, it seems few in Hackney are obeying the stay-at-home rule

As the mounted police approached, the group leapt up from their picnic, clearly fearing the worst. They were wrong. Grinning, the officer encouraged them to enjoy the sun and suggested that if the park became too crowded they should consider leaving.

For people sunning themselves in London Fields, Hackney, the incident signified another unheralded shift in the UK’s coronavirus lockdown strategy. “Two days ago, police were confiscating beer from drinkers’ hands,” said media consultant Gavin Jamieson, 34. “Weeks before that, they were turning up in vans and telling people to leave the park.”

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Lockdown easing and Little Richard dominate front pages of Sunday papers

The front pages are led by Boris Johnson’s anticipated “road map” to a new normality.




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What does a post-lockdown school look like in Queensland?

Senior, prep and Year 1 students are heading back to school tomorrow and, for the most part, life won’t be hugely different to what it was before.




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Coronavirus: Fifty million plastic pieces sifted from beach in lockdown

Artist Rob Arnold is spending his lockdown sifting 40 sacks of beach litter in Cornwall.




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PM to unveil five-stage coronavirus warning system for easing lockdown

The prime minister will unveil a five-stage coronavirus warning system as part of a gradual easing of the lockdown.






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Lockdowns do no help much in lower & middle income countries, important to let people work: Lancet Paper

“Let shopkeepers sell their wares and provide services. Let construction workers return to building sites. Allow farmers to harvest their crops and to transport them to be sold on the open market,” the authors wrote, while arguing that restrictions should be placed only in clusters which report higher number of cases.




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Amid lockdown, Madhya Pradesh government reshuffles 50 IAS officers

This is the first major bureaucratic rejig by the BJP-led state government since Shivraj Singh Chouhan became chief minister in March this year.




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Countries set to lift lockdown measures as world’s Covid-19 cases surpass 4 million

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped four million as some of the hardest-hit countries readied Sunday to lift lockdown restrictions, despite concerns about a second wave of infections.




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France prepares to ease Covid-19 lockdown: What you need to know

On Thursday, the French government confirmed that the country will begin a “gradual” easing of its Covid-19 lockdown measures on Monday, May 11. Here’s everything you need to know about the restrictions being lifted.




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Isolating but not isolated – a photo essay of lives in lockdown

When Rhys Graham first picked up his camera in lockdown, he assumed he would take a few portraits of friends. Now, weeks in, it has turned into a sprawling project documenting Australia’s new domesticity

In these strange, suspended times, a camera and lens can be an emotional bridge from one person to the next.

As a film-maker you become reliant on the manic energy of shooting and the warmth of your community – crews, actors, colleagues or subjects – to keep you buoyant.

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How to save in lockdown … from buying chairs and laptops to car insurance

We may be spending less by not travelling to work, but with an uncertain future it’s time to take stock of personal finances

With gyms shut, taps turned off in pubs and the prospect of a holiday a distant dream, many people are finding their outgoings have dropped since lockdown. But the shadow of a looming recession and concern about whether jobs will even exist when offices reopen, means many are looking at their finances even more closely.

So what are the best ways to improve them amid extraordinary times and an uncertain future?

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