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PLAGUED BY SUSPENDED SCEPTICISM
THE Mongols are believed to have used the first bioweapon in recorded history in 1347, when the forces of the Golden Horde under Khan Jani Beg catapulted a corpse infected by bubonic plague into the besieged Genoese citadel of Caffa in the Crimea.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
PRESERVING VISION OF ACINEMATIC MAESTRO
IN a world grown more chaotic, atomised, and close to breaking point, Ritwik Ghatak’s cinema feels newly legible.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
RBI eases debt repayment guidelines for exporters amid global headwinds
THE government continues to offer help to exporters — this time in the form of RBI easing the rules for repayment of debt and credit by exporters.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
The PK factor that wasn’t: Mismatch in hype & reality
THE Bihar Assembly poll results on Friday brought with it a harsh reality check for Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) which failed a secure a single seat.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Customers queue up to dine at flooded restaurant
A restaurant in central Thailand was bursting with a stream of customers coming for a unique dining experience: Enjoying a meal while sitting in flood waters, surrounded by live fish they bring into the establishment.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
MANDIR NARRATIVE OUTSHINES MANDAL CALCULUS IN BIHAR
For the first time, the BJP has emerged as the largest party in Bihar. It did so by playing second fiddle to erstwhile socialists with pragmatism and keeping other allies close
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
PICKLED MEMORIES
In an AI-driven era, Rachel Tom Antony’s 14-minute hand-drawn animation Kannimanga is a meditation on memory and the quiet, enduring bonds of her grandmother's silence.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
NiMo LANDSLIDE
NDA GETS THREE-FOURTHS MAJORITY; BJP SINGLE-LARGEST PARTY WITH ABOUT 90% STRIKE RATE; JD(U) CLOSE BEHIND; BICKERING INDIA BLOC SWEPT AWAY; RJD SUFFERS HEAVY DRUBBING; SECOND-WORST PERFORMANCE BY CONGRESS
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Nothing ‘grand’ about grand alliance as Cong flickers and RJD flounders
BIHAR poll results show that there is nothing “grand” about the Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Israel returned bodies of 15 more Palestinians, Gaza officials say
ISRAEL returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Friday, officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said, in the latest step to fulfilling the terms of the fragile US-brokered ceasefire agreement.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
HISTORY IS MADE IN BIHAR, NOW TO IMPROVE HER STORY
EXIT polls are usually criticised for amplifying the degree of probable scenarios.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Erigaisi, Harikrishna draw opening game of Rd 5
GM Arjun Erigaisi's efforts to break through GM Levon Aronian's defence did not fructify while GM P Harikrishna played out a quick draw in the opening game of Round 5 at the FIDE World Cup 2025 here on Friday.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC relies on ocular proof over med records, upholds Pocso conviction
THE Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a man found guilty of aggravated sexual assault on a four-year-old girl, holding that the consistent testimony of the child’s parents was enough to sustain the verdict even in the absence of medical evidence or eyewitnesses.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Left is left with very little, suffers major setback
THE Left combine on Friday failed to recreate the magic of the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
INDIA FIELD FOUR SPINNERS: ONE-OFF OR NEW STRATEGY?
IN the pre-match press conference ahead of the first Test between India and South Africa, Shubman Gill was answering a question answered by as many as four previous Test captains (permanent or stand-in). Kuldeep Yadav’s place in the Test XI.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Blast at J&K police stn tied to terror
A massive explosion took place inside the Nowgam police station on the outskirts of Srinagar late on Friday night amid heightened security in the Valley after the busting of a militant module linked to the Delhi blast.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
FEAR OF ‘JUNGLE RAJ’ RETURN, SOPS TO WOMEN: BJP’S WINNING MANTRA
A yearlong plan, backed by discreet RSS groundwork and two prominent factors—financial women-centric schemes (F-2) and the widely fanned fear of the return of Jungle Raj under an RJD government—moved together strategically to benefit the BJP in Bihar's 2025 Vidhan Sabha elections.
2 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
70-yr-old ex-surgeon loses over ₹1.6 cr to digital arrest
Cops: Accused built extreme fear in victim
2 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Woman pilgrim goes missing after Guru Nanak Jayanti visit to Pakistan
A woman Sikh pilgrim has gone missing from the 1,932-member Indian Sikh jatha group of devotees who had travelled to Pakistan on November 4 to celebrate the Parkash Purab (birth anniversary) of Guru Nanak Dev.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
DPDP Act notified; to be rolled out in three phases
In the first phase, some basic parts of the law will come into effect
2 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Naidu says escrow a/cs for investors for fast payment of promised incentives
CHIEF Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced that the State government will open escrow accounts for investors to ensure prompt payment of incentives promised to them.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Tensions remain high, says US as Iran seizes oil tanker
IRAN seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Friday, a US official said, turning the ship into Iranian territorial waters in the first-such interdiction in months in the strategic waterway.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bumrah’s magic gives India command
Pacer claims 5/27 from his 14 overs as the hosts bowl out South Africa for 159
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Modi attributes it to new M-Y—Mahila and Youth
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Friday termed the NDA win in Bihar as a vote for pro-people governance and said BJP’s victory march will follow the flow of Ganga from Bihar to Bengal.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Temple-connect' packages for Sabarimala pilgrims
PILGRIMS embarking on spiritual journey to the Sabarimala hill shrine this pilgrimage season have an enriched experience awaiting them, thanks to the novel initiative of the KSRTC Budget Tourism Cell (BTC).
2 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Chirag’s ‘jo jeeta wohi sikandar’ moment: A turnaround story
LJP(RV) MAY STAKE CLAIM TO DEPUTY CM POST AFTER FORMIDABLE 19-SEAT WIN
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
KARNATAKA 60-yr-old man mauled to death by stray dog
A 60-year-old man was mauled to death allegedly by a street dog at Kumpala on the outskirts of Mangaluru on Friday morning.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
DVAC registers FIR in Anna univ ghost faculty scam
THE Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Thursday registered an FIR against 10 Anna University officials — including two former registrars — and three professors as well as four colleges on the charges of cheating, collusion, and corruption in the ‘ghost faculty’ scam brought to light by Arappor Iyakkam, an anti-corruption NGO, in July last year.
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
6 killed in Russian attack on apartment block in Kyiv
Moscow says Ukraine drone debri hit Russian nuclear plant
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November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
'HERSTORY' SCRIPTS NDA SUCCESS, PROVES TO BE A REAL GAME-CHANGER
WOMEN voters have emerged a decisive factor behind the National Democratic Alliance’s landslide victory in Bihar, adding to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s long cultivated image as the champion of women’s empowerment in the state.
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