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Moscow ties: Delhi rolls out red carpet for Putin
NEW Delhi is all set to roll out the red carpet as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives from Moscow on Thursday fora tightly packed two-day state visit laced with high-level diplomacy, economic negotiations and ceremonial grandeur.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Groundwater extraction highest in Punjab, followed by Raj & Haryana
PUNJAB leads the nation in underground water extraction as 25% of the total 6,762 total blocks in India are over-exploit-ed, critical and semi-critical and concentrated in only nine states. The others being Karna-taka, MP, Tamil Nadu, UP, Delhi, and Puducherry.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
No breakthrough, min promises end to impasse
THE marathon meeting chaired by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya with key stakeholders of Indian Football on Wednesday did not see any major breakthrough.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
12 Maoists and 3 jawans killed in Bijapur gunfight
275 Naxals, 23 security personnel gunned down in C’garh this year
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Vaishnaw bats for strict laws on fake news
Minister says Al-generated deepfake videos, misuse of social media pose a threat to democracy @ After House disruptions, Rijiju hopeful of constructive debate
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sheetal Tejwani arrested in Pune land scam that named Ajit Pawar’s son
THE Pune Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Wednesday arrested Sheetal Tejwani in connection with a 1,800 crore land scam involving 40 acres of land near Pune, in which Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s elder son, Parth Pawar, is allegedly involved.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pregnant B’deshi woman, son welcome, says SC
IN a significant move, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed, on “humanitarian grounds”, the return of Sunali Khatoon, a pregnant woman, and her eight-year-old son, Sabir, to India, seven months after they were deported to Bangladesh.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fill potholes within 72 hours: Gupta
CM Rekha Gupta on Wednesday announced the constitution of a specialised, high-level expert committee to work continuously on controlling pollution in the national capital.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Gill, Hardik back in T20I team, no Rinku for SA series
SHUBMAN Gill is back in the Indian team as vice-captain of the T20I team for the South Africa series as the BCCI announced the squad on Wednesday.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
If you want to do something, do it: WC winner Charani
AT 21, NR Sree Charani has already lived a dream most young cricketers barely dare to imagine. From practising on dusty mud pitches in Erramalle village, Kadapa during the COVID lockdowns to lifting the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup for India—her rise has been nothing short of extraordinary.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
JFE Steel to buy JSW BPSL stake for 15,000 cr
INDUSTRIALIST Sajjan Jindal’s JSW Steel will sell a 50% stake in its subsidiary Bhushan Power and Steel (BPSL) to Japan’s JFE Steel Corporation for 15,750 crore to form an equal joint venture (JV) at an equity value of 31,500 crore.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Embassy REIT to acquire prime asset for ₹852 crore
BENGALURU-based Embassy Office Parks REIT (Embassy REIT), India’s first listed REIT, announced on Wednesday that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire a 3 lakh sq feet marquee office property located within Embassy GolfLinks Business Park for %852 crore in Domlur area of the city.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Israel gets possible hostage remains, moves toward opening Gaza border
ISRAEL received remains of what could be one of the last hostages in Gaza on Wednesday and said it will begin allowing Palestinians to leave the wartorn territory through a border crossing with Egypt.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Key policy paper leaked to Oppn, Revanth sees red
THE state government has ordered a Vigilance inquiry into how details of the Hyderabad Industrial Lands Transformation (HILT) Policy reached BRS leaders days before the GO was issued, setting off speculation within the administration over the source of the leak.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Relief to Soren as no physical appearance in MP-MLA court
THE Jharkhand HC on Wednesday exempted Chief Minister Hemant Soren from physically appearing in the MP-MLA Court in a case related to disobeying summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
STROKES OF RED
The everyday and the transient form the spine of Smriti Dixit’s latest solo show at Delhi’s Art Alive Gallery. And the colour red is almost a code in this showcase.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
RS fixes Vande Mataram, SIR discussions for next week at multi-party meet
THE Rajya Sabha will take up two major debates next week — one marking the 150th anniversary of the composition of Vande Mataram and the other on electoral reforms, including the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
‘New tax on tobacco to be shared with states’
Central Excise (Amendment) Bill passed in LS amid oppn concerns; FM tells states rates on bidis haven't changed
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Siddu-Venugopal huddle in resort
Shivakumar plays down meeting between CM and AICC general secretary in Mangaluru
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Imran Khan accuses Asim Munir of fueling terror
PAKISTAN’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday claimed that Field Marshall Gen Asim Munir’s policies are ‘disastrous’ for the country and accused him of deliberately “igniting tensions” with Afghanistan.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Modi-Shah meeting triggers buzz on new BJP chief again
A meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda and general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh, held in Parliament House on Wednesday, reignited the buzz about the election of a new party president.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
CYCLONE DITWAH REMINDS WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT
HE devastation wrought by Cyclone Ditwah across Sri Lanka is not merely a tragic weather event; it is a stark indictment of its fragile infrastructure, patchy disaster communication, and long-neglected urban planning. Three days of torrential rain triggered by the cyclone caused one of the island's worst floods in decades and exposed several weak links: breached embankments, choked drains, and sprawling informal settlements on riverbanks that turned it into a catastrophe. Early warnings were issued November 22 onwards through text alerts, press conferences, and evacuation notices. Yet, many citizens first learned of the danger when floodwaters reached their doorsteps. Power cuts prevented phone-charging, language barriers muted the messaging in Tamil-speaking areas, and unclear evacuation protocols sowed confusion. Declaring a public holiday and a state of emergency when the storm peaked stranded many citizens, amplifying the chaos.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Panel favours enterprise value over liquidation value in insolvency cases
THE Standing Committee on Finance has recommended that assets of companies undergoing insolvency processes should be valued based on their enterprise value rather than solely on liquidation value to better reflect the corporate debtor’s potential and reduce haircuts.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Worried for our tomorrow in capital': Citizens protest rising pollution woes
A large number of people gathered at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday demanding clean air in the capital, as the city continued to reel under prolonged “very poor” air quality.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
MP records higher stubble burning than 5 states
AS the country grapples with worsening air quality, it has been revealed that Madhya Pradesh—the home state of Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan—is contributing the maximum to stubble burning.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
UK MEDICAL TEAM REACHES DHAKA TO TREAT CRITICALLY AILING KHALEDA ZIA
A four-member specialist medical team from the UK arrived in Bangladesh on Wednesday to assist in the treatment of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, who remains in a critical condition in a private hospital in Dhaka.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Record-breaking Haaland helps City win in thriller
ERLING Haaland made history as the Manchester City striker became the fastest player to reach 100 Premier League goals in aremarkable 5-4 win against Fulham on Tuesday.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sharp rise and fluctuations in Class IX failures
NEW data presented in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday from Delhi government schools reveals significant fluctuations and in some years, steep increases in the number of Class 9 students who failed and were subsequently admitted to the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) over the last five academic years.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
84.91 lakh names likely to be off TN rolls in SIR exercise
WITH eight days left for the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision to be completed, the number of forms that remained “uncollectable” so far in Tamil Nadu stood at 84.91 lakh, indicating that these many voters may potentially be removed from the draft electoral rolls to be published on December 16, 2025.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
BJP dominates, others resist in MCD bypolls
Congress, Left surprise by opening account; all women winners from BJP; AAP manages to stay relevant
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