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SC raps Maha prison dept for 'shocking' lapses
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday hauled up the Maharashtra Prison officials for repeatedly failing to produce an undertrial accused before the trial court on a majority of hearing dates. Criticising the jail staff, the SC said, “We were shocked at the conduct of thestate authorities.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
BANISHING THE MAOIST PHOENIX
WHAT originated as a protest over land issues in West Bengal’s Naxalbari developed into a highly violent revolutionary insurgency that killed a large number of security personnel, hundreds of civilians, and caused the loss of private and public property worth crores of rupees. By the mid-1970s, the original movement was decimated.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
NIA custody of Red Fort blast accused Jasir Bilal Wani extended by a week
A Delhi court on Wednesday extended by seven days the National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody of Jasir Bilal Wani, a key accused in the Red Fort blast case that claimed 13 lives on November 10. Wani, a resident of Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, was produced before the court as his earlier seven-day remand, granted on November 27 by Principal Sessions and District Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna, expired on Wednesday.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
PINK BALL BONANZA
Australia vs England. Pink ball under the lights. The Gabba. A lot of action on menu...
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
GenZ hooked on to junk food, use apps to order processed items, says study
GEN Z is hooked on junk food and regularly order from popular online app to purchase ultra-processed foods (UPFs) like soft drinks, juices, biscuits, cakes, ice creams, candies, chips, and noodles, said a latest survey, which found that alarmingly one in two packaged food items listed on quick commerce platforms in India is high on fat, sugar and salts (HFSS).
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
ICE-BREAKER IDLIS TO CONTAIN POLITICAL STEAM
Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar are used to staking claim to power forcefully. If breakfast meetings fail to resolve their impasse, the blame will squarely fall on the Congress high command
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
WIDER CONSULTATION NEEDED TO AVOID TECH POLICY U-TURNS
In a swift policy reversal, the Union government has revoked its order requiring all smartphones to compulsorily install the State-issued Sanchar Saathi app.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Trump pauses green cards for 19 nations amid security push
THE Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
DRIVE TO BEAUTIFY CHANDNI CHOWK
CHIEF MINISTER Rekha Gupta on Wednesday launched an extensive drive to clean and beautify the historic Chandni Chowk market and the Red Fort area ahead of the 20th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage at the Red Fort.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Anchor investors ‘spar’ over Meesho shares
E-COMMERCE platform Meesho’s ₹5,422-crore IPO was fully subscribed on the opening day of its public offer on Wednesday, despite a setback in the anchor book after some institutional investors backed out over concerns about disproportionate allocation to SBI Mutual Fund.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Belgium rejects EU plan to use Russian assets for war
THE European Union on Wednesday revealed details of its plan to use billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s needs over the next two years, but Belgium rejected the scheme and insisted that it poses major financial and legal risks.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Government is ready to discuss pollution issue in Parliament, says minister
UNION Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday said the Centre is concerned about Delhi’s high Air Quality Index and is taking multiple steps to mitigate pollution. He was responding during a dis-
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
RPF jawan kills batchmate in post in Raigarh
A Railway Protection Force (RPF) head constable shot his colleague dead inside the RPF post early Wednesday at Raigarh, around 220 km east of Raipur, a police officer said.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Keeping players fresh, videos from parents: UI17 team success story
INDIAN football has had a harrowing time of late what with one negative story after another. But a silver lining has appeared in the form of the men’s U17 team.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Europe says Putin playing for time as peace remains elusive
The Kremlin denies rejecting US plan, says quiet talks are under way
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
TMC won’t allow anyone to touch Waqf properties: Didi
WEST Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the BJP, not her party TMC, introduced the contentious Waqf Amendment Act and asserted that her government will not allow anyone to touch properties.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Mkts fall for 3rd day in row amid depreciating Re
DESPITE blockbuster Q2FY26 GDP data fuelling hopes of bull run in the equity markets, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty tumbled into the red for the third straight session on Wednesday as a sharp fall in rupee value has spooked sentiments.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
China slams UK delay on mega embassy plan
CHINA on Wednesday blasted the UK government's latest delay in deciding whether to approve the construction of a huge Chinese Embassy in London.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Nations blocking talent will be 'net losers', says EAM
EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday warned that countries erecting barriers to the movement of skilled professionals across borders will ultimately be “net losers,” urging nations to recognise that cross-border talent is a shared economic asset, not a political liability.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt orders copter drills near hospital
BANGLADESH'S interim government on Wednesday directed Army and Air Force helicopters to conduct test landings near the hospital where ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia is undergoing treatment, as a team of specialist doctors from the UK arrived here to assist in her treatment.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC comes down heavily on Raj govt for failing to repair school buildings
JUST before the much-hyped ‘Pravasi Rajasthan’ programme, the High Court has delivered an embarrassing jolt to the Rajasthan government.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
BJP hails woman power, AAP sees support, Cong lauds lone win in results
AFTER winning seven of the 12 vacant seats in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) bypolls, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday asserted that securing over 46 per cent of the vote reaffirmed it as the “first choice” of Delhi’s voters.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Teacher-student gap widens in city, says data
Figures tabled in Rajya Sabha shows 2,681 govt schools staffed by 86,095 teachers handle nearly 24.7L students
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
2020 riots: SC asks all accused for permanent addresses
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday directed six accused in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case to furnish their permanent addresses before the next date of hearing on December 9. The direction came during the hearing of their bail pleas.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
DU colleges evacuated after hoax bomb threat email, exam cancelled
BOMB threat emails sent to Delhi University’s Ramjas College in North Campus and Deshbandhu College in South Delhi led to evacuations and exam cancellations on Wednesday before being declared a hoax, officials said.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Hong Kong sets up panel to probe fire that killed 156
HONG KONG will set up an independent committee headed by a judge to determine the cause of adeadly apartment block fire that shocked the city, and to make recommendations to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again, its leader said Tuesday.
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December 03, 2025
The Morning Standard
'2 goals with 1 step': Tihar inmates shaping lives, carving school desks
IN what ties classroom comfort to prison inmate rehabilitation, the Delhi Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has cleared a proposal to procure 10,000 dual desks from the Tihar Central Jail Factory for the city’s government schools.
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December 03, 2025
The Morning Standard
Two-day SIR debate in LS from Tuesday
To be preceded by Vande Mataram discussion on Mon
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December 03, 2025
The Morning Standard
Mothers petition NHRC over ‘toxic childhood’ as air pollution worsens
WARRIOR Moms, a collective of mothers, has urged the National Human Rights Commission to take suo motu action against Delhi’s toxic air, which it said has become a “persistent and preventable” crisis violating children’s fundamental right to life.
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December 03, 2025
The Morning Standard
Housing census by Apr-Sept ’26, population count in 2027
THE long-delayed national population census, which will include caste enumeration for the first time, will be conducted in two phases starting April 2026, the Centre informed Parliament on Tuesday.
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