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The Morning Standard

BEYOND LUXURY, CLEAN AIR AS AN INVESTMENT

STEP out on a winter weekday morning in Delhi, and you can almost feel the economy slowing with the traffic.

2 min  |

November 04, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

CUP IN HAND: STARS TO SUPERSTARS

Celebrations the order of the day as Harmanpreet & Co soak in the historic moment in Navi Mumbai

4 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

Differently abled kids sexually assaulted by pvt school teacher

IN a horrific incident, minor children with communication disorders were allegedly sexually harassed and abused by a teacher at a private speech and hearing school in Kollegal, Chamarajanagar district, for over 13 years.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Cong has taken contract to finish RJD, says Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the RJD of stalling development projects in Bihar by putting pressure on Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to \"avenge\" its ouster from power in the state in 2005.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

QUEENS OF CRICKETDOM

With passion in their hearts and resilience in their game, the Indian women's team soared to an unforgettable World Cup triumph

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

India plans to bring eight cheetahs from Botswana

INDIA plans to bring another batch of eight cheetahs from Botswana by the third week of December that are currently under quarantine.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Hundreds of PNB employees take part in cyclothon for vigilance week

PUNJAB National Bank (PNB) organised Cyclothon 2025 on Sunday as part of Vigilance Awareness Week (VAW), observed from October 27 to November 2.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

K Vijaya Kumar appointed as CEO of IIMS

AS India embarks on an infrastructure and mining expansion, Innovative Infra & Mining Solutions (IIMS), part of the diversified CKA Birla Group, has appointed industry veteran K Vijaya Kumar as its new CEO.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

Oppn hits out at govt on bad air, Rahul joins the chorus

AS air quality in the city turned increasingly toxic, the BJP, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress on Monday engaged in a sharp exchange of accusations.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Industry bodies seek biz-friendly tax regime

AS the finance ministry is gearing up for the next Union Budget, industry chambers like CII, ASSOCHAM, PHDCCI, FICCI called for a more predictable and business-friendly direct tax regime with more focus on faster dispute resolution and employment boost.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

CM moves on tackling pollution

Rekha Gupta reviews control measures, warns officials of action for dereliction

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

A LINGUISTIC GAME OF DEFINITIONS

OFTENTIMES definitions can limit you, imposing unnecessary constraints, enclosing things within the four corners of a narrow, arbitrary boundary that you set for yourself. Other times, they provide no real meaning as the thing defined may not mean anything by itself.

3 min  |

November 04, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Biren tapes tampered, top forensic lab tells SC

AUDIO recordings allegedly implicating former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh in the 2023 ethnic violence in the state were tampered with and are not scientifically fit for voice comparison, the National Forensic Science Laboratory (NFSL), Gandhinagar, has informed the Supreme Court.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

A skills centre brings cheers, freedom to Mandawa women

FOR the women of Rajasthan's Shekhawati region, Monday brought cheers as a skills training centre was formally inaugurated for over a hundred women in Mandawa.

2 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

Law students can't be barred from exams for attendance: HC

THE Delhi High Court on Monday ordered that no law student in the country can be stopped from taking exams for want of minimum attendance, and directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to review its attendance rules.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

Rohera helps Pondicherry take lead vs Delhi

OPENER Ajay Rohera's 151 and Jayant Yadav (71) helped Pondicherry take first innings lead against hosts Delhi in a Elite - Group D Ranji Trophy fixture on Monday. At stumps, Delhi were at 76 for no loss. They are still trailing by 111 runs.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

ERADICATING POVERTY: A JOB NOT FULLY DONE

KERALA has declared itself free of extreme poverty-a bold claim which, if true, marks a major milestone even for a state that takes pride in its human development achievements.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

TWO DAYS, 29 DEATHS 14 dead near Jaipur as truck hits parked cars

A day after 15 people were killed and two injured in Phalodi district of Rajasthan when a mini bus collided with a trailer along the Bharatmala Highway, a tragic road accident in Jaipur's Harmada area on Monday afternoon left 14 people dead and over 18 injured.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

Ukraine gets more Patriot systems from Germany

UKRAINE has received more American-made Patriot air defense systems to help it counter Russia's daily barrages, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members, including two children, in the latest nighttime attack.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

Recognition, fame and riches, India women wake up to new reality

AS the embers of the beautiful night melted in the dawn, India women woke up to a new reality —the World Champions. Har-manpreet Kaur and her team must have realized life will no longer be the same again.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

College student raped by three in Coimbatore, accused on the run

A 20-year-old college student was abducted and sexually assaulted by a three-member gang at a secluded spot behind the Coimbatore International Airport around 11pm on Sunday, triggering outrage across the state. The gang is still at large.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

City Union Bank profit up 15% at ₹329 cr on interest income, better asset quality

KUMBAKONAM-based private lender City Union Bank on Monday reported 15% rise in net profit from ₹285 crore in Q2FY25 to ₹329 crore Q2FY26, driven by an increase in interest income and better asset quality.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

Zubeen murdered, chargesheet by Dec 17, says Himanta

ASSAM Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Zubeen Garg's death was not accidental but a case of murder on Monday.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

28-year-old nabbed for blackmailing minor using objectionable pictures

A 28-year-old man was arrested from Noida, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly blackmailing a minor girl after obtaining her obscene pictures through a phishing link on social media, police said on Monday.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

SC rejects creditor's plea against Aakash rights issue

THE Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by USbased lender GLAS Trust Company LLC, a creditor of Think & Learn Pvt Ltd, parent company of BYJU's, against the rights issue proposed by Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), clearing the way for the capital raise that will reduce Byju's holding in the company from 25.75% to about 5%.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

14-month-old dies after SUV crashes into him

AN infant was killed after being allegedly hit by an SUV in Delhi’s Samaypur Badli area, police said on Monday.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Mamdani takes strong lead as race nears final stretch

NEW YORK City is all set to elect a new mayor on Tuesday as the mayoral race enters its final lap, with Indian-descent Zohran Kwame Mamdani emerging as the frontrunner to take up the top political post in America's biggest city.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

Earthquake kills 20, injures hundreds in northern Afghanistan

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640 others, as well as damaging the historic Blue Mosque, officials said.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025

The Morning Standard

US pushes for Sudan truce as ICC probes Darfur atrocities

THE United States is working with both sides in Sudan's war for a possible humanitarian truce, a US envoy told The Associated Press on Monday, while International Criminal Court prosecutors said they are trying to preserve evidence from last week's rampage through a besieged city in the Darfur region.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Changes we saw post '83, we hope & expect the same now: Saikia

0 N a dreamy night, India beat South Africa to win their first Women's World Cup. BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia called it a \"landmark event\" that will change the landscape of women's cricket in the country. Over the last few years, the BCCI has taken some steps to grow the women's game with equal match fees for international cricketers and the introduction of the Women's Premier League.

1 min  |

November 04, 2025