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The Morning Standard
Tighter norms to curb mis-selling
WITHIN days of announcing to come up with a stricter direction to curb the rising menace of mis-selling of financial products, mostly insurance and mutual funds, the Reserve Bank on Wednesday issued a draft direction proposing tighter norms on marketing and sale of financial products, and also banning their bundling by banks, dark patterns, apart from mandating explicit customer consent.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
GHMC in T’gana trifurcated for better services
A day after the five-year term of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Council ended on Tuesday, the state government formally reorganised the Core Urban Region (CURE) by trifurcating the expanded GHMC into three separate municipal corporations.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Iyer exits Akasa, Srinivasan new CCO
AKASA Air co-founder and chief commercial officer (CCO) Praveen Iyer has exited the airline. Co-founder and chief information officer Anand Srinivasan will assume the role of CCO.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Rajasthan Budget gives sops to youth, farmers, takes note of Aravalli protest
THE Rajasthan Budget 2026, presented by Finance Minister Diya Kumari on Wednesday, has introduced healthcare reforms, focusing on extending coverage to under-served populations.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
MCD removes 380 banners in clean-up drive
AHEAD of the India AI-Impact Summit, the MCD has removed nearly 380 unauthorised banners, hoardings, and pole kiosks from several locations, as part of an ongoing drive to clear public spaces of illegal advertisements, official records stated.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Health, infra, jobs top focus of ₹9.12L cr Budget
THE Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday presented its biggest-ever budget, the last one before the Assembly elections due next year, with a total outlay of over ₹9.12 lakh crore.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
SISTERS’ SUICIDE Police recover phone sold off by girls’ father
POLICE have recovered a mobile phone that the father of the three sisters, who died by suicide in Ghaziabad, had sold to a shopkeeper a fortnight before the horrific incident and sent it for forensic examination.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Super, Super finish for SA as cricket comes out winner
SOMETIMES, just sometimes, live sport has this unbridled capacity to make viewers lose themselves.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Steps to stop caste-based discrimination in univs
MINISTER of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that central universities across the country are being sensitised regularly to ensure that their faculty and officials refrain from discriminatory acts as well as put in place internal mechanisms for reporting them by students and staff.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
SPEAKER MUST BE SEEN AS NEUTRAL, USE OTHER TOOLS TO ENSURE DECORUM
SHOWDOWNS at the highest institutional echelons are not a trifling matter, nor must they become the new normal.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
THE SPACE BETWEEN TASTE AND MEMORY
LAST week, on a bright and obliging Saturday afternoon, asmall group of us gathered at Triveni Kala Sangam, tucked into the gentle, familiar folds of central Delhi.
3 min |
February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
NEW FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS INDIA’S ENERGY TRILEMMA
The balance between energy availability, affordability and sustainability is tough at the best of times. Who will fill the void being created by the retreat from Russian oil purchases?
4 min |
February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Social sciences students at JNU announces strike against admin crackdown
THE School of Social Sciences (SSS) Council at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) held a general body meeting to discuss the alleged unjust rustication of JNUSU office-bearers, the imposition of hefty fines on students, and the broader crackdown on student movements demanding implementation of the Rohith Act and the UGC Promotion of Equity Regulations, 2026.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Kerala councillors at BJP HQ for 4-day training
A delegation of newly elected BJP councillors of the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation, along with the party’s representatives in other civic bodies from Kerala, arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday to participate in a four-day administrative and governance skills development training programme.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Overnight Russian drone strike kills father and three children in Kharkiv
A Russian drone smashed into a home in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region overnight, killing a father and his three small children and seriously wounding their mother who is 35 weeks pregnant, officials said on Wednesday.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Israel to seek broader focus in Iran nuclear talks with US
WITH US President Donald Trump saying he believes Iran wants to make a deal on its nuclear programme, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to arrive at the White House on Wednesday with his own urgent message: Expand the talks further.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Odisha used just 57% of Budget in 10 months, 13% below expected spending
AS Odisha gears up for Budget 2026-27, expected to cross ₹3 lakh crore mark, the state's fiscal performance in the current financial year remains a concern due to subpar spending.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
DMK boss Stalin rules out power sharing in TN, says alliance with Congress intact
REJECTING the demand for a share in power from a section of Congress leaders in the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday asserted that there is no question of sharing power with allies, but the alliance with Congress would remain intact.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
India slump to 1-3 vs Belgium
INDIA let in two goals in the final quarter to suffer a 1-3 defeat to Belgium in their Rourkela leg of the FIH Men’s Pro League 2025-26 match here on Wednesday.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Pentagon laser test plan led to brief E] Paso airspace closure
THE sudden and surprising airspace closure over E] Paso, Texas, stemmed from the Pentagon’s plans to test a laser for use in shooting down drones used by Mexican drug cartels, according to three people familiar with the situation who were granted anonymity to share sensitive details.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Hopes, apprehensions as B’desh goes to polls
BANGLADESH heads to the polls on Thursday under an unprecedented political landscape, following the sudden exit of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina after a mass upsurge in 2024.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
2 contractors granted anticipatory bail in biker death case
A Delhi court has granted interim protection from arrest to two contractors in connection with the death of a 25-year-old motorcyclist who died after falling into an uncovered 15-foot-deep pit dug by the Delhi Jal Board in West Delhi recently.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
SC seeks report from govt on AI crash in Ahmedabad, sets 3-week deadline
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to file a detailed status report within three weeks on the June 12, 2025, Ahmedabad Air India Boeing 787-8 crash that killed 260 people.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
ANOTHER WAY TO PROTECT & ATTRACT
SINCE 1991, when a new generation of economic reforms were initiated, Indian policymakers in successive governments have tried to strike a balance between attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and protecting domestic businesses, especially small firms in many sectors.
3 min |
February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
States to get over ₹25 lakh cr in FY27: FM
FINANCE Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday rejected allegations levelled by several Opposition-ruled states that the Centre was not transferring states’ share from the divisible pool of taxes.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
IIT-Delhi to soon get first 10-storey academic block, 1,400-beds girls’ hostel
UNION Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday laid the foundation stones for anew academic block and a girls’ hostel at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, marking a major expansion of the institute’s academic and residential infrastructure.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Amid landslides, geological survey planned for hills near Bhakra Dam
AMID rising incidents of landslides during the monsoon season, a comprehensive geological study of the hillocks surrounding the Bhakra Dam is likely to be undertaken by the Geological Survey of India (GSI).
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Rutherford, Motie make WI dream of 2016 again
OF late, off-spinner Gudakesh Motie has become West Indies’ primary spinner irrespective of the formats.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Lamborghini ‘driver’ owns up crash, plea for surrender nixed
THE high-profile Lamborghini accident case took a dramatic turn in Kanpur on Wednesday when the man claiming to be the driver of the vehicle surrendered before a court in the afternoon, while the complainant, Mohammad Tausif, reached a compromise in the matter.
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February 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
No 3-wk furlough to convict in Nitish Katara murder case
THE Delhi HC on Wednesday denied a plea by Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year jail term without remission for the murder of business executive Nitish Katara in 2002, for his release from prison on a threeweek furlough.
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