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Panic grips Gujarat as 19 schools get bomb threats, students and teachers safe
A wave of bomb threats sent by email jolted Gujarat on Wednesday, putting at least 19 prominent schools in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Kalol on high alert.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
UNESCO education report makes case for mother tongue instruction in India
THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Tuesday called for a national mission in India to ensure consistent mother-tongueor home language-based instruction in the country.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Dangerous leap': Oppn sounds alarm as NDA backs pvt push in nuclear energy bill
Opposition MPs point out dangers of privatised nuclear expansion without adequate safeguards, saying SHANTI Bill ignores national interest. NDA MPs say the legislation is essential for energy security, investment, and long-term growth
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
India-Oman to sign free trade agreement today
COMMERCE Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said India and Oman will sign comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Oman.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
4 dead in attacks by elephants in a day in J'khand
A herd of wild elephants went on a rampage in the Ghatto OP area of Jharkhand's Ramgarh, about 40 km from the state capital Ranchi, killing at least four people - including two women - within a few hours on Tuesday.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Late goals help Barcelona win
BARCELONA needed late goals by Andreas Christensen and Marcus Rashford to defeat third-division club Guadalajara 2-0 on Tuesday in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey in a game delayed because of problems with the stadium’s temporary grandstand.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Snicko admits operator error led to Carey’s reprieve
THE operator of the Snicko technology being used in the Ashes has admitted an error led to a reprieve for Australia’s Alex Carey on the first day of the third Test in Adelaide on Wednesday.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bharat Taxi to roll out from January 1; 56,000 drivers onboard
POSITIONED as a competitor to ride-hailing platforms like Uber, Ola and Rapido, a new driver-owned ride-hailing service, Bharat Taxi will be hitting the roads of Delhi from January 1, 2026.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
A Season Written in Peas
I laughed when I saw that meme about peas turning up in everything the moment winter arrives.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Teaser out for Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web
ET for release on Netflix on January 14, the teaser for the high-stakes crime drama series Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web, was unveiled on Wednesday.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
TN colleges to form anti-stray dog committees
IN response to the recent Supreme Court guidelines, the Higher Education Department has directed all higher educational institutions in Tamil Nadu to compulsorily form stray dog prevention committees to ensure students' safety in campus.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
India, Ethiopia 'natural partners' in peace, security and connectivity, says PM
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday described India and Ethiopia as \"natural partners\" in regional peace, security and connectivity, asserting that the two countries share a vision for a world that is \"more just, more equal and more peaceful.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
BIS for uniform hosp billing norms
Draft aims to ensure transparency in billing practices by disclosing all charges incurred
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
At Alpine SG Pipers, a great team comes with caveat – 3 for Candidates
AFTER the second day of the Global Chess League on Monday, just when Alpine SG Pipers’ team bus had pulled up at the hotel to drop the players off, Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri were sitting side by side next to the door.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Re recovers 55 paise on RBI intervention
AFTER being nearly absent from the forex market for a while to let the rupee find its own feet, the Reserve Bank on Wednesday stepped in to support the rupee, a day after it breached the 91-mark, propelling the local currency to the biggest single-day gain in seven months, in a move seen intended to punish those betting on a one-way slide in the currency.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
India Inc to see 9% salary growth in 2026
AVERAGE employee salaries in India are set to increase by 9% in 2026, with a renewed focus on short-term incentives and skills-based systems, a report said on Wednesday.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
‘Excessive fog’ leads to T20I abandonment
BY the time the fourth T20I between India and South Africa in Lucknow was officially called off on Wednesday, two and a half hours had passed.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Devotees reject mediation offer in Deepam row
THE suggestion made by the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board before the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court to consider resolving the issue of lighting the Karthigai Deepam on the Thiruparankundram hilltop through a court-monitored mediation was strongly objected by the counsels representing the Hindu devotees, who called it an attempt to further complicate the issue.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Kerala now faces one of highest cancer burdens in South India: Experts
IT'S alarming.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ban demolition work in NCR from Oct to Dec, says Bhupender Yadav
UNION Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday said that demolition work should be prohibited in the National Capital Region (NCR) during the peak pollution period, i.e., October to December.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
51 cartons of Nehru papers sent to Sonia missing, says govt
DAYS after informing the Lok Sabha that no documents related to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru were missing from the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library (PMML), the culture ministry on Wednesday clarified that 51 cartons of Nehru papers had been sent to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi in 2008, and were therefore not untraceable.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
No to PIL seeking 4 times of IndiGo tickets refund
THE Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking directions for increasing compensation to four times the amount of the tickets that were cancelled during the IndiGo crisis.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
President Murmu unveils Param Vir Chakra gallery at Rashtrapati Bhavan
THE official residence of the President of India, who also serves as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, has now unveiled the Param Vir Dirgha (gallery) as a tribute to the 21 valiant warriors who have been awarded the Param Vir Chakra - India's highest and most revered gallantry honour.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
BJP seeks K’taka minister's resignation over ‘land grab’
POLITICAL temperatures at the ongoing winter session of the legislature soared after Leader of Opposition in the Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy demanded the resignation of Revenue Minister Krishna Byregowda, alleging that he has illegally acquired ownership rights of a lake and a cemetery in Kolar district, both have reportedly been transferred into the minister's name.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Maha minister quits after arrest warrant issued
MAHARASHTRA Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate on Wednesday submitted his resignation from the minstry to NCP chief Ajit Pawar after the Nashik district sessions court issued an arrest warrant against him in a 1995 cheating and forgery case related to securing two LIG flats under the CM's discretionary quota.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
EU to tap frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine
EUROPEAN
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sebi overhauls MF charges, removes exit load
Introduces abridged IPO prospectus; approves tighter caps on brokerage and mutual fund distribution commissions
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Trump broadens travel ban to 20 more nations, adds Palestinian Authority
THE Trump administration has expanded its travel ban and restrictions to 20 additional nations as well as the Palestinian Authority as part of its efforts to \"protect US national security and public safety interests\".
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ratle power project in J&K set to face 2-yr delay
THE hopes of relief from power outages in electricity-deficit Jammu and Kashmir have dimmed as the 850-MW Ratle hydroelectric power project in Kishtwar district is set to face a delay of more than two years in its commissioning.
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December 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Don orders blockade of oil tankers to Venezuela
DONALD Trump said he is ordering a blockade of all \"sanctioned oil tankers\" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country's authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country's economy.
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