| Welcome to The Morning Filter, your guide to the busy news day ahead. We hope you are staying safe. Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today:
1) Coronavirus | Latest numbers The number of coronavirus cases in India stands at 1,90,598 with the death toll at 5,400. As India's tally is set to cross 2 lakh it has now become the world's seventh worst-hit country in terms of coronavirus cases.
2) Unlock 1.0 | India reopens - follow up State governments have come out with varied 'Unlock 1' guidelines including on allowing inter-state travel even as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana extended the lockdown till June 30 with several relaxations, a day after the Centre eased the 68-day shutdown curbs significantly with an economic focus.  A bus conductor issues tickets on a bus in Tiruchirapalli after Tamil Nadu government allows for the plying of intra-district buses as lockdown norms are eased.
3) Coronavirus | Singapore gears up to exit lockdown from Monday Singapore is gearing up to lift its circuit breaker measures imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic after two months, even as the city-state reported 518 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the total number of infections to 34,884.
4) Coronavirus | Istanbul's Grand Bazaar swabbed, tables spaced as Turkey eases restrictions The 15th century Grand Bazaar has been closed since March 23 and got its floors scrubbed before other parts of business and social life restart in Turkey on Monday.
5) Lt. Gen. Manoj Pande to take over as Commander-in-Chief of Andaman and Nicobar Command on Monday Lieutenant General Podali Shankar Rajeshwar, the 14th CINCAN retired from service on Sunday.
6) U.S. protests continue with violence flaring up in multiple cities Another night of unrest in every corner of the country left charred and shattered landscapes in dozens of U.S. cities on Sunday as years of festering frustrations over the mistreatment of African-Americans at the hands of police boiled over in expressions of rage met with tear gas and rubber bullets.  A police officer throws a canister of gas during a protest against the deaths of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police and George Floyd by Minneapolis police, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
7) Sri Lankan cricketers to resume training on Monday after coronavirus hiatus Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said in a statement that a "selected squad of 13 members will undergo a 12-day 'Residential Training Camp' at the Colombo Cricket Club".
8) U.K. government authorises return of live sport The British government has approved the return of domestic competitive sport behind closed doors from Monday. Horse racing is set to be the first major sport back in action at Newcastle on Monday, with the first Classic meeting of the season, featuring the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, on June 6.
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