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Coronavirus India lockdown Day 46 live updates | Testing capacity for COVID-19 scaled up to 95,000 per day: Harsh Vardhan

India's recovery rate currently stands at 29.36%, according to the Union Health Ministry.




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Commercial Street, adjoining roads shut down by BBMP, police

Shop owners and businesses in the area failed to follow social distancing norms, despite repeated reminders and warning by the BBMP and Police.




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Special cargo flight lifts 11 tonnes of vegetables, flowers from Tiruchi to Singapore

The flight, operated by SpiceJet, is the first exclusive freighter service from Tiruchi since the COVID-19 lockdown began




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Egypt’s president expands powers, citing virus outbreak

An international rights group condemned the amendments, saying the government has used the global pandemic to expand, not reform, Egypt’s abusive Emergency Law.




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Lockdown | Migrant workers clash with police in Surat

They were demanding the district administration to arrange for their travel back to their hometowns in U.P., Bihar, Odisha




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Coronavirus lockdown | 150 enter State via Muthanga

Those without domestic pass would be sent back, say authorities




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Riding out the lockdown

As they cannot hop on to their bikes now, three intrepid bikers instead mull over what they miss the most about not being on the road and where they plan to go once lockdown is lifted




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A.P. power sector employees oppose Centre’s proposed electricity Bill

The Andhra Pradesh Power Employees' Joint Action Committee (JAC) and APSEB Engineers' Association (APSEBEA) are opposing Centre’s proposed Electricit




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Providing adequate ration to Rohingya refugees during COVID-19 lockdown: AAP govt to HC

The Bench was hearing a plea seeking immediate relief for the Rohingya families at settlements in Khajuri Khas in north east Delhi and Shram Vihar and Madanpur Khadar in south Delhi




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Coronavirus lockdown | HC closure of liquor shops is judicial overreach, TN tells SC

Curbs will lead to ‘grave’ revenue loss, says State govt. plea




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Coronavirus lockdown | Bengal arranging special trains to bring back 30,000 stranded people: Official

‘The stranded people are mostly migrant workers, patients and their attendants, students, pilgrims and tourists from West Bengal’




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Tamil Nadu to further relax COVID-19 lockdown restrictions from Monday

Timings for shops and fuel outlets have been extended, and tea shops will be able to offer parcel services




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Coronavirus lockdown | Evaluation for class 10, 12 board exams to be done at home by teachers

The pending board exams will be held from July 1 to 15.




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S.M. Street traders booked for violating lockdown norms

The Town police on Saturday booked Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samiti (KVVES) leader T. Nazirudheen and four other traders who tried to open shop




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Mattu Gulla growers hope to make profits before season ends

With Udupi district coming under the green zone, prospects have brightened for the growers of Mattu Gulla, a brinjal enjoying Geographical Indication




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Covid-19: Toll now 100 in R'sthan; tally 3,453




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Oil drops 4% to below $30 a barrel as glut grows, output cuts eyed

Signalling a slow recovery in demand, data from the Energy Information Administration showed US crude and distillate inventories rose last week.




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April jobs data to show a record-shattering loss of jobs in US: Report

This would mean that nearly all the job growth in the 11 years since the Great Recession had vanished in a single month




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Coronavirus task force to stay for now, new members will be added: Trump

Two of its top health officials, Dr Anthony Fauci and Dr Deborah Birx, would continue to be members of the task force, Trump told reporters




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Israel SC allows PM Netanyahu to form govt despite corruption charges

The court unanimously rejected petitions that sought to disqualify Netanyahu because he faces prosecution on felony corruption charges




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Covid-19 to push UK economy towards deepest recession: Bank of England

It would also be the sharpest annual contraction since 1706, according to reconstructed Bank of England data going back to the 18th Century




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Coronavirus impact: Now 33.5 mn seek unemployment benefits in US

The reports support many economists' belief that the economic slump could persist for a while




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Hong Kong eases lockdown as no local Covid-19 transmission seen in 19 days

While gyms, beauty salons, bars, restaurants and other such public places have been reopened, saunas, karaoke lounges, party rooms and nightclubs would remain closed for at least another two weeks




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Tesla ordered to keep US vehicle factory in Fremont closed amid lockdown

Elon Musk has said those employees who do not feel comfortable coming back to work are not obligated to do so




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The Power of Virtual Distance: A Guide to Productivity and Happiness in the Age of Remote Work, 2nd Edition


 

This revised second edition presents 15 years of data on Virtual Distance metrics and their predictive impact on organizational success factors ¯shedding new light on how to correct for communication challenges that often show up as a foggy set of digital disconnects where the vitality of the virtual workforce often gets lost in transmission.

This still-evolving Digital Age conundrum continues to present new complications. The rise of remote work which



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The Game of Life and How to Play It: The Self-help Classic


 

The classic self-help guide, full of timeless wisdom

Florence Scovel Shinn’s The Game of Life and How to Play It first appeared in bookstores in 1925 and is now considered a classic in the self-help genre. The author’s insights into achieving meaning, happiness and success are just as relevant and effective today as they were nearly a century ago, hence its reissue as part of the exciting Capstone Classics line.



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Positively Geared: How to Build a Multi-million Dollar Property Portfolio from a $40K Deposit


 
Fast-track your financial dreams with this Aussie property investment guide for the 2020s

Positively Geared offers a powerful approach for clever property investment, empowering readers to make money when they buy properties, not just when you sell them. This sustainable approach to wealth building will equip you with the knowledge, skills and insider strategies to not only build a diverse property portfolio, but also maintain a portfolio that achieves


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Be Less Zombie: How great companies create dynamic innovation, fearless leadership and passionate people


 

Make innovation more remarkable, inevitable and profitable

'Zombie’ companies cling to what kills them: Obsolete and frustrating ways of working that crush innovation and drain people’s motivation.

Be Less Zombie distils 10 years of field research amongst some of the world’s leading innovators into a pragmatic, actionable toolkit. Designed for managers who need more remarkable innovation with repeatable, scalable approaches, it shows readers how to:



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The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Content Marketing, Podcasting, Social Media, AI, Live Video, and Newsjacking to Reach Buyers Directly, 7th Edition


 

The seventh edition of the pioneering guide to generating attention for your idea or business, packed with new and updated information

In the Digital Age, marketing tactics seem to change on a day-to-day basis. As the ways we communicate continue to evolve, keeping pace with the latest trends in social media, the newest online videos, the latest mobile apps, and all the other high-tech influences can seem an almost impossible task. How can you keep



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Why Bollywood is not growing

'Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan now act in only about one film each year, and made money through advertisements and television.' 'This meant that many people, even if they had the money to spend on a movie and wanted to go, often had nothing available for them to watch.'





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How the North Indian Launda saved Hindi movies

'Pink a movie that's assembled especially for that section of prejudice-free Indians who are all on this side of the screen.' 'Look...there's virtuosity staring at you, 24 Frames per Second.''Soak it in; more power to the revolution, more wax to the candlelight vigils,' says Sreehari Nair.




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Rocky showed up at The Golden Globes -- and she won!

Rocky showed up at The Golden Globes -- and she won! Raja Sen sums up the 74th Golden Globes perfectly.






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How about Alia and Bhumi together in a movie?

Savouring Spielberg's fierce, fine movie; salivating over MAMI's line-up; gobbling a Shrek cake; visualising a desi Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants with Alia, Bhumi and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.




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Golden Globes: When stars let down their guard

'To me,' says Aseem Chhabra, 'the Golden Globes hold the most meaning as one gets to see stars celebrating, getting emotional, letting their guard down and showing us their regular human side.'




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'Till yesterday, you were glowing like a queen'

'The very fact that she survived her migration to Bollywood, where many young lives have been sacrificed or abandoned to the streets, bears testimony to her grit, determination and good fortune,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.






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How much will Priyanka be paid for Salman's Bharat?

Soorma Director Shaadi Ali moves on to his next biopic.Vivek Agnihotri reveals the subject of his next film.Bolly Gupshup with Subhash K Jha.




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'Alok Nath shows no remorse for what he did'

A meeting with the head of Zee TV, film-maker Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi, would never be forgotten.'He asked me to leave the show, and the country.''When I refused, he asked his staff members to push me out of the room.''Men like Alok Nath feel empowered to misbehave with women because they have the tacit backing of powerful peers.'




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It's been 30 years since Flop Show!

Jaspal Bhatti's feel for the grime, the confusions, and the madness in our system was so complete that he could take on every kind of woman or man God ever gave to the institutions of India, feels Sreehari Nair.




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How Shah Rukh beat Letterman at his game

Shah Rukh Khan had David Letterman in his grip, giving him no quarter whatsoever, declares Sreehari Nair.






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Irrfan Khan: A powerhouse, an ustaad, a yaar

'Irrfan transcended celluloid and gave us a taste of his humility and humanity,' observes Sukanya Verma.




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Sit Down Servant, Sit Down

Much can be said about this song’s sacred and secular connotations. At first glance, one might assume that the song speaks to its religious roots; however, given the environment in which the song was created, the song can be taken literally. Taken from The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s enhanced CD, From Ear to Ear, and adapted from field recordings by John and Alan Lomax, this song was known to have been sung by the 1871 Fisk University Jubilee Singers.




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The World Turned Upside Down

The Fifes and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg carry forward the tradition of military music heard on the battlefields of Yorktown.