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Chicken in the air to keep skies clear on R-Day
AS fighter jets slice low across Delhi's winter sky this Republic Day, a quieter operation will be underway on the ground — one involving 1,275 kilograms of boneless chicken and a calculated effort to keep black kites fed and away.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Odisha to add 502 PG seats in govt med colleges
TO strengthen medical education and the healthcare sector, the state government has initiated the process to add 502 more postgraduate (PG) seats in government medical colleges and postgraduate institutes.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
India supporting rules-based system, says Das
INDIA is responding to a rapidly fragmenting global economic order by supporting a cooperative, rules-based system while strengthening domestic capabilities through self-reliance, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Shaktikanta Das said on Friday.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Infra, education & transport get boost in revised budget estimate
THE Delhi government has increased capital expenditure from ₹28,115 crore to ₹30,248 crore in the revised estimate for the 2025-26 fiscal to pump in more money into infrastructure, transport, education and civic services, but the budget size will be retained at ₹1 lakh crore.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
36 missing as Philippine landfill garbage, debris avalanche kills two, traps dozens
AN avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing two people, injuring a dozen and leaving 36 others missing, officials said on Friday.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
'Unethical': BJP slams Didi for hindering probe
THE BJP on Friday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of interfering in an Enforcement Directorate (ED) search, calling her actions “unethical, irresponsible and unconstitutional” and alleging they amounted to “serious penal offences.”
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Assam Oppn claims govt deleting voters from poll rolls, files police complaint
BJP state chief at centre of row ahead of polls
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Reliance Jio plans to divest 2.5% stake via IPO this year
RELIANCE Jio Platforms is planning to sell 2.5% of its shares through an upcoming initial public offering (IPO) this year.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
CAGER PUSHPA’S RAILWAYS JOURNEY TO BETTER LIFE
A salary of Rs 6000 a month and getting to see their daughters Sathiya and Pushpa Senthilkumar just once a year — this was the norm for Manjula after her husband and farmer Senthilkumar passed away in 2012.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
'Paradise lost': British tourist opens up on Gokarna
IT is paradise lost for this British woman, who has been visiting Gokarna every year for the last 46 years.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Senior citizen chased, mauled to death by stray dogs in Dwarka
AN elderly man was mauled to death by stray dogs in Dwarka after he was chased and attacked, police said on Friday.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Unpaid challans to push vehicles off the road
E-CHALLANS & ROAD SAFETY
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Abandoning pet canines in Kerala to soon invite hefty fine and prison time
IN a major step towards ensuring responsible pet ownership, the Local Self Government Department (LSGD) and the Kerala Animal Welfare Board have initiated amendments to strengthen dog licensing and curb the abandonment of pets.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Delhi rebukes Mamdani over Khalid note
INDIA on Friday disapproved of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s note expressing solidarity with Umar Khalid and said public representatives must respect the independence of the judiciary in other democracies.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Capital shivers at 4.6° C, season’s lowest
Air quality index worsens yet again with 28 monitoring stations in the city slipping back to ‘very poor’ category
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
EPL: L’pool & Arsenal draw
ARSENAL missed a chance to pull eight points clear in the Premier League after a 0-0 home draw with Liverpool.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Edu minister calls for stronger links between college campuses & market
THE Delhi government on Friday launched the Delhi Startup Yuva Festival 2026 at Netaji Subhas University of Technology, with Education Minister Ashish Sood describing students as key drivers of innovation and calling for stronger links between campuses and markets.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
2 more arrested in Turkman Gate stone-pelting case
THE Delhi Police on Friday arrested two more persons accused in the Turkman Gate stone-pelting incident, taking the total number of arrests to 13, while security personnel deployed in the area remained on high alert in view of Friday prayers, officials said.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
High-profile critics released by Venezuela in 'peace' gesture
VENEZUELA released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists — both citizens and foreigners — Thursday in what the government described as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former President Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces to face drug-trafficking charges.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Charges framed against Lalu for running Railways as ‘personal fiefdom’
A Delhi court on Friday ordered framing of charges against RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife and former CM Rabri Devi, and their son and former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav in the alleged land-for-jobs scam.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Agriculture, dairy continue to be bone of contention between India and US
THE US has been asking India to open up a couple of sensitive sectors — agriculture and dairy —as part of the bilateral trade agreement, and this is the primary reason for the two countries not able to close the bilateral trade talks, ‘despite being very near to the closure’, saida government source on Friday.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Key indices see biggest weekly fall in 3 months
DOMESTIC benchmark equity indices — BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 — extended losses for the fifth straight session on Friday amid concerns over potential new US tariffs, foreign institutional investor (FII) outflows, geopolitical tensions, and caution ahead of Q3FY26 earnings.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
13 KILLED, 50 HURT IN BUS CRASH IN HIMACHAL
AT least 13 people were killed and 30 others were injured after a private bus plunged nearly 500 feet into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district on Friday afternoon, police said.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
New-look Black Caps head into the unknown
With the ODI series against India beginning on Sunday, it will be interesting to see how the visitors perform without some big-hitters
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Himachal HC orders panchayat polls by April 30
THE Himachal HC on Friday directed the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led state government to conduct the elections to Panchayati Raj bodies and urban local bodies before April 30.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Not passing the buck, but BJP inherited water supply issues from AAP: Parvesh
ISSUES like contaminated water, pipeline leakages and irregular water supply in the national capital are not recent, but the result of years of neglect, Water Minister Parvesh Verma said on Friday, in apparent reference to the previous AAP government.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
‘NOT ACCURATE’: INDIA REJECTS US CHARGE ON MODI NO-CALL
INDIA on Friday rejected claims by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that a long-pending India-US trade agreement collapsed because Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not place a phone call to President Donald Trump and termed the characterisation of events “not accurate”.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Tilak out of three NZ T20Is, recovering well for T20 WC
IN what comes as a crucial setback for the Indian team, batter Tilak Varma is ruled out of the first three T20Is against New Zealand.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Sebi allows brokers to engage in other activities
THE markets watchdog Securities and Exchange Board (Sebi) has overhauled its more than three-decades-old stockbroker regulations, allowing brokers to engage in other activities in areas regulated by other financial regulators/authorities, in amove aimed at providing ease of compliance, as well as ease of doing business.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Designs that pop
ART is often confined to frames, but Delhi-based designer Raseel Gujral Ansal invites it to live. In the new limited-edition collection, 'Inscape', years of her vision and craftsmanship for Casa Paradox come together in a new form.
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