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Jaishankar snubs UN over Pak terror, says 'all not well'
EAM says Islamabad blocks world body's sanctions over Pahalgam attack
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October 25, 2025
The Morning Standard
Cong slams Centre over official maps of Great Nicobar Island
2021 map no longer shows Galathea Bay
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October 25, 2025
The Morning Standard
BJP scores surprise win in 1 seat, NC bags 3 in RS polls
THE Opposition BJP on Friday pulled off an unexpected victory in one of the four Rajya Sabha seats from J&K due to cross-voting by at least four legislators, while the ruling National Conference (NC) won the remaining three seats.
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October 25, 2025
The Morning Standard
Gold rally lifts forex reserves by $4.5 billion
THE record rally in gold prices, which scaled past $4,300/ounce mark in the reporting week, have lifted the overall forex reserves by $4.5 billion to near the record level it had scaled in September when it was near $705 billion.
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October 25, 2025
The Morning Standard
EC fast-tracks process, directs state officials to make SIR preparations
THE Election Commission of India has instructed all the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of the states and the Union Territories to finalise their preparations for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in their respective states/UTs at the earliest and report back to it, officials said on Thursday.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
TN rejects UPSC list of 3 IPS officers for top cop position
THE Tamil Nadu government has objected to the three names shortlisted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the post of state Head of Police Force (HOPF/DGP), and Chief Secretary N Muruganandam has written a letter to the UPSC explaining the reasons for the objection, law minister S Reghupathy has said.
1 min |
October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
LET THERE BE LIGHTS
This Diwali and the day after, there were pledge cards, potluck dinners, sweet-making...some Delhi families imposed a self-ban on firecrackers and made small changes for a smokeless Diwali.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
Farm fires, post-Diwali pollution in Punjab, Haryana weigh on city’s AQI
EVEN as Punjab and Haryana continued to reel under “poor” to “very poor” air quality following the extended Diwali celebrations and crop residue burning, Delhi's air quality also remained in the “very poor” category for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, despite a marginal improvement aided by stronger surface winds.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
Friendship no licence to rape': HC denies anticipatory bail to accused in Pocso case
THE Delhi High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl, rejecting his claim that the incident was consensual because they were friends.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
Advanced machine to clean Yamuna
Govt procures dredger machine from Finland at a cost of 8 cr, to be operational from Jan
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
AAP says BJP faking clean Yamuna, gets a jab in return
BOTH the BJP and Aam Admi Party (AAP) traded barbs on Thursday over the Yamuna's cleanliness ahead of the Chhath festival. BJP hailed the river's revival under Rekha Gupta government, while AAP accused the ruling dispensation of staging a \"fake clean-up\" by diverting canal water from Uttar Pradesh into the river.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
FIGHTING THE BLIGHT OF THE CENTURY CREEPING UP ON US
Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death and disease around the world. But the US has torpedoed a new UN plan to tackle them that had been painstakingly negotiated
4 min |
October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
Court says housewife owner can seek tenant’s eviction for husband’s good
THE Delhi High Court has held that a housewife landlady can legitimately seek eviction of a tenant if the premises are required for the welfare or occupation of her husband and family, observing that such a need qualifies as a “bona fide requirement” under law.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
Test done, cloud seeding on Oct 29 likely
THE Delhi government has successfully tested cloud seeding in Burari, paving the way for the maiden run of artificial rain on October 29.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
EU, US impose sweeping sanctions, targeting oil, gas to pressure Putin
Aim to curb Russia’s war funding and strengthen support for Ukraine
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
321kg gold smuggled through 7 main routes seized in 10 months, says DRI
THE Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has uncovered an increasingly sophisticated gold smuggling operation spanning continents. Between January and October this year, DRI intercepted and seized around 321kg of smuggled gold, valued at ₹406.35 crore.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
EXTRADITIONS FORCE INDIA TO CONFRONT ITS PRISON REALITIES
INDIA'S recent affidavit before a Belgian court, outlining the facilities awaiting fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail, underscores how detention conditions now shape international extradition decisions.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
PM, Modi speaks to Malaysian to virtually address meet
INDIA and Malaysia announced on Thursday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join the ASEAN-India summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 26 virtually after a telephonic conversation between Modi and Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
₹79K cr def projects approved
From missile systems to advanced torpedoes, new acquisitions to bolster combat capability
1 min |
October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt backs women for night shifts, issues guidelines for employers
Notification stresses on safety, consent, monetary rewards and restricted working hours
2 min |
October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
4 'most-wanted' gangsters from Bihar killed in city encounter
IN the early hours of Thursday, a joint operation by Delhi Police and Bihar Police resulted in a shootout in Rohini, in which four criminals from Bihar were killed.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
TAKE AI’S HELP FOR SPEEDY JUSTICE
FEW phrases encapsulate the despair of the Indian litigant more powerfully than Sunny Deol's anguished outburst in Damini: \"Tareekh pe tareekh\" (hearing after hearing).
3 min |
October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rise and rise of 'Son of Mallah' in Bihar political potboiler
INDIA bloc bets on Dy CM face Mukesh Sahani to make dent in EBC vote base of NDA, PM tells party workers to reach out to new voters
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
ARUNDHATI'S METHOD
Arundhati Devi was among Tollywood's leading ladies in the '60s. Unlike her more glamorous peers like Suchitra Sen, her films were an interplay of art and social consciousness. An ongoing exhibition in Delhi reconstructs not just the career of a Bengali actor but the worldview of a truly modern woman.
3 min |
October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
Jarkiholi capable to succeed Sidda: Son
Remark of Chief Minister’s son adds new dimension to leadership race, deepens Congress internal rift in K’taka
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
'CARBIDE GUN' PARTIALLY BLINDS AT LEAST 14 IN MP
A 'desi firecracker gun' landed as many as 122 Deepawali revelers in hospitals across Madhya Pradesh, at least 14 of whom have partially lost their eyesight.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
Tejashwi is INDIA bloc's CM face, Sahani deputy
Announcement after Gehlot-Lalu meet; no word yet on seat-sharing
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
A SMRITI STORM
AROUND 7 PM on Thursday evening at the DY Patil Stadium, the umpires were having a chat with the two New Zeacaptains land's Sophie Devine and India's Harmanpreet Kaur next to the boundary ropes.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
University of Queensland, IIT-Delhi launch joint PhD plan for 2026
THE Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, have opened applications for their joint Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme for the 2026 intake, offering a fully funded scholarship to selected candidates.
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October 24, 2025
The Morning Standard
US sanction on Russian oil cos: India import bill to rise
Rosneft and Lukoil account for 60% of Russian oil supplies to India
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