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IndiGo chaos pushes up bus fares in K'taka cities

AFTER IndiGo's mass cancellations triggered chaos for air travellers, private bus operators seized the moment, hiking fares to exorbitant levels following inflated flight fares.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

The Morning Standard

INDIA’S PARADOX: RISING GROWTH AND FALLING RUPEE

AST week, India and Indians got a happy surprise.

4 min  |

December 07, 2025

The Morning Standard

IPBL: Hyderabad stun Chennai to reach final

HYDERABAD ROYALS staged a stunning comeback from 0-2 down to topple Chennai Super Warriors in Qualifier 1, sealing the first coveted spot in the final of the Indian Pickleball League.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Bollywood inspired gold heist gets plot twist, 5 accused land in real jail

INSPIRED by the Bollywood movie \"Special 26\", a gang carried out a raid in a jewellerymaking workshop in Prasad Nagar, stealing 1.1 kg of gold.

2 min  |

December 07, 2025

The Morning Standard

Five Sabarimala pilgrims killed in road accident, 7 sustain injuries

FIVE persons, including four pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh, were killed and seven others sustained injuries after a speeding car rammed into a parked vehicle on the East Coast Road near Keelakarai during the early hours of Saturday.

1 min  |

December 07, 2025

The Morning Standard

Guts & glory: India pull off thrilling win

Sharda Nand Tiwari slots in all three penalty strokes in shoot-out win against Belgium; hosts to face Germany next

2 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

ADDING LIFE TO YEARS, NOT JUST YEARS TO LIFE

Quality of life is slowly gaining global attention as a preferred target for healthcare systems. Once its metrics of measurement are widely accepted, resource allocation can be fairer

4 min  |

December 06, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

US military’s focus to shift to Latin America under Trump’s new policy

White House calls for cultivating resistance within Europe against pro-immigration govts

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

No new tax proposals in MCD budget

Sanitation gets large allocation at %4,795 crore, 20 new multi-level parkings to be developed

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

BLACK FRIDAY IN RAINBOW INDIA

WHAT is Black Friday doing in India, I asked myself when I saw a spate of online promotions and colourful ads promising discounts galore.

3 min  |

December 06, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Pasupathy praises Homebound

ON Tuesday, Homebound director Neeraj Ghaywan praised Mari Selvaraj’s sports film Bison Kaalamaadan, starring Dhruv Vikram in the lead role.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

National Herald case: Delhi cops issue notice to DKS, brother

THE Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has issued notices to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and his younger brother D K Suresh in the National Herald money laundering case.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps to lift economy

THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%, aiming to lend a lease of life to the economy amid global headwinds including steep US tariffs.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

DGCA blinks, withdraws weekly rest rule for pilots amid IndiGo outage

WITH over 1,000 IndiGo flights cancelled on Thursday and all 235 domestic departures from Delhi grounded for 24 hours, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Friday announced immediate suspension of aviation regulator DGCA's revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms to ease crew shortages that resulted in the crisis.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

SEBI cracks down on Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy, impounds ₹546 crore

IN a major crackdown, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Friday issued an ex-parte interim order against the Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy Private Limited (ASTAPL) and its founder Avadhut Sathe, alleging that the entity operated as an unregistered investment adviser and research analyst and collecting %601.38 crore from over 4.1 lakh participants across various courses between July 2015 and October 2025.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

In a 1st, desilting of Bhakra Dam to take place

FOR the first time since the Bhakra Dam was dedicated to the nation in 1963, a desilting operation will be carried out at the Gobind Sagar reservoir.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

Putin offers 'uninterrupted shipments of fuel' to India

AMID US pressure to curb Russian oil imports, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday assured India of an “uninterrupted supply” of fuel.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

RBI UNLOCKS ‘GOLDILOCKS’ PHASE OF GROWTH, RUPEE NEW BALANCING CONCERN

AFTER a brief pause, the RBI on Friday resumed monetary easing, reducing the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 percent, the lowest in over three years.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

CONG FAILED TO FORESEE MAMKOOTATHIL RECKONING

THE Congress in Kerala has finally expelled its disgraced MLA, Rahul Mamkootathil—an action taken only after every other option had collapsed.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

Govt ropes in corporates for upkeep of key roads & flyovers under CSR

Large-scale cleaning, road-washing & water-sprinkling drive today across Ring Road corridor

2 min  |

December 06, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Delhi's new mini Ethiopia corner

Did you know that the Ethiopian Cultural Centre is Delhi’s only African cultural centre? Coffee ceremonies, homestyle dishes, a museum section - it's a good case for seeking membership that's opened this week

3 min  |

December 06, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Australia seize control on Day 2

A RELENTLESS Australia seized a 44-run lead over England in the day-night second Ashes Test in Brisbane on Friday, with aggressive opener Jake Weatherald and Steve Smith leading the charge.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Tharoor hosts KLF 2026 curtain raiser

Nobel Laureates Abdulrazak Gurnah and Olga Tokarczuk are expected to attend the fest

2 min  |

December 06, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Unesco heritage list may showcase Diwali after Durga Puja, Kumbh Mela

DIWALI is likely to be included in the prestigious Unesco’s intangible cultural heritage list of humanity during the 22nd session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) starting on December 8 in Delhi.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

INDIA, RUSSIA FAST FORWARD

India-Russia Economic Roadmap 2030 launched; FTA talks to be fast-tracked, Modi nudges Putin to end Ukraine war, says the conflict must end through dialogue, diplomacy

1 min  |

December 06, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Meghwal makes U-turn on Punjab canal project

THE Union government has made a U-turn on celebrating the 100th anniversary of the construction of Gang canal, which flows from Ferozepur in Punjab to Hanumangarh in Rajasthan.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

DMK, BJP face off in House over TN lamp row

Baalu accuses BJP of trying to ‘ignite’ communal tension; Rijiju says DMK leader cannot cast aspersions on judiciary

2 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

Economists see one more cut before pause

PEGGING the terminal policy rate at 5%, unless inflation surprises on the downside, most economists are unanimous in forecasting one more rate cut.

2 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

Moscow to boost India sourcing, tariff & regulatory hurdles to ease

RUSSIAN President Vladimir V Putin confirmed that, to narrow the massive trade deficit with India, Russian businesses will ramp up the supply of Indian goods, and both governments have agreed to work on reducing challenges created by tariff and non-tariff barriers.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

The Morning Standard

At Putin dinner, Tharoor in but Rahul and Kharge out

POLITICAL tempers ran high on Friday after Congress MP Shashi Tharoor appeared on the guest list for the state dinner hosted for Russian President Vladimir Putin, even as Leaders of the Opposition in both Houses — Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge — were conspicuously left out.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025