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The Morning Standard
POLLUTION FIGHT NEEDS BROADER ODISHA EFFORT
DELHI-NCR's dangerous air quality has dominated national headlines, but Odisha is quietly moving up the AQI ladder.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Timo Tjahjanto to direct the HK film, Sleeping Dogs
ACTOR Simu Liu had previously announced that he was working on a live-action film adaptation of popular and critically-acclaimed video game Sleeping Dogs earlier this year.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Trump meets Netanyahu as Gaza truce talks face uncertain next phase
DONALD Trump called again on Hamas to disarm as he began a meeting on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu, after the Palestinian group's armed wing vowed to keep its weapons.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
3-day cultural, literary festival from January 2
THE Delhi government is set to host a three-day cultural and literary festival from January 2 to 4, bringing together leading voices from literature, art and public thought across the country, officials said.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
131-km march against job crisis among Gujarat tribals
TRIBALS from Gujarat's Banaskantha have launched a 131-kilometre padayatra from Palanpur to Gandhinagar, protesting against caste discrimination, arbitrary rejection of caste verification certificates, and delays that have pushed educated tribal youth into unemployment.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fire breaks out at Indonesian retirement home, kills 16
A fire at an Indonesian retirement home killed 16 residents on Sunday evening, police said.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
IIT pre-placement offers see surge
Institute witnessed an encouraging season, reflecting students' industry readiness: Prof
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
10 years on, fate of ESI hospital hangs in balance
A decade after the foundation stone was laid for a 100-bed ESI Super Specialty Hospital at Seetharambagh in Goshamahal amid much fanfare, not a brick has been laid at the project site.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
China pushes bigger role in Cambodia-Thailand talks
Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand convened with their Chinese counterpart on Monday as the Beijing government, building on its expanding presence in global diplomacy, sought to play a stronger mediating role in the violent border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
House panel discusses transition to G-RAM-G in 6 months
'It's not true that members supported new law'
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Andhra crime rate drops 6.17%, but economic offences rise: DGP
ANDHRA Pradesh police are building capacities to curb cybercrimes, said DGP Harish Kumar Gupta, adding the state saw 6.17% fewer crimes in 2025 with 1,03,397 cases vs 1,10,193 cases in 2024.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Kashmiri shawl traders harassed, assaulted in HP
A group of Kashmiri shawl sellers in Himachal Pradesh were recently harassed, assaulted and told to leave the state despite possessing the valid documents.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
FERTILE POLITICS, FAILED DEBATE
N January 5, the Congress party will launch 'save MGNREGA' movement.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
RBI to issue guidelines on mis-selling
THE Reserve Bank will issue a comprehensive set of norms on advertising, marketing and sales to the entities under its watch to help prevent the rising instances of mis-selling of financial products and services to consumers, apart from reviewing the instructions related to the conduct of recovery agents and loan recovery processes they employ, and issue harmonised instructions in this regard.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ex-TDB member held in gold theft case
So far 10 arrested by SIT in Sabarimala case
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
1 L bamboo saplings to be planted in Chandaka to prevent jumbos' entry
IN view of the frequent straying of elephant herds of the fragmented Chandaka forests into the capital city, the Forest department has planned to undertake large-scale plantation of bamboo saplings.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Minister: BRS slowed down irrigation scheme
ACCUSING the previous BRS government of having \"ordered the slowing down\" of works on the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS), Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said there would have been no problem had the previous government executed the project with an assured allocation of 90 tmcft of water before the new Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Krishna Water Disputes TribunalII (KWDT-II) under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, cameinto force.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Power equation in Gujarat BJP unit redrawn
THE BJP's long-awaited Gujarat state executive announcement has done more than fill posts; it has redrawn power lines.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt sets up expert panels to seek ideas for curbing city's worsening air quality
THE Delhi government has constituted an expert committee to provide independent ideas, suggestions and solutions to tackle the capital's chronic air quality crisis, officials said on Monday.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Southern Rly speeds up 65 trains
New timetable to be effective from January 1, other initiatives include upgradation of tracks
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
MCD aims to expand revenue, tables budget plans from 12 zones
THE chairpersons of the 12 zones of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) presented budget proposals for the financial year 2025-26 and 2026-27 on Monday.
1 min |
December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
CBI files preliminary chargesheet against 16 in SI recruitment exam scam
THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed the preliminary charge sheet against 16 accused people in connection with the police sub-inspector (SI) recruitment scam.
1 min |
December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
AAP playing politics on serious issue like pollution: Mayor
THE Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has condemned the statements made by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) regarding the directions of the Supreme Court related to toll plazas.
1 min |
December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Y-plus security for Bengal CEO amid SIR row
THE Centre has provided Yplus category security cover to West Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal in view of safety concerns due to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, officials said on Sunday.
1 min |
December 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
VERDICT OF A DISAPPEARING SHIELD
Aravalli Hills have shielded Delhi and vicinity from heat, dust and water scarcity. But recent top court order recognising hills above 100 metres triggered protests. Amid much criticism, fate of the Aravallis is tied to survival in the capital, reports Vismay Basu & Aditi Ray Chowdhury
6 min |
December 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
L-G rejigs capital admin, transfers 76 IAS, DANICS officers in biggest shuffle
IN a major bureaucratic reshuffle, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has issued transfer and posting orders for 19 IAS officers of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre and 57 officers of the Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS) across various departments.
1 min |
December 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
YEAR OF BIDDING
WHEN the Rio Olympics opened on August 5, 2016, India had their bestever Games four years ago in London. Expectations were very high. Six medals in 2012, though there was no gold like in the 2008 Games, London had sown new seeds of belief.
7 min |
December 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Amid Cong pushback, Digvijaya backtracks on BJP-RSS praise
EVEN as the Congress grapples with internal unease triggered by Digvijaya Singh's remarks praising the organisational power of the RSS and the BJP, the senior leader on Sunday went into damage control mode, saying there were no ideological differences within the party and that it stood firmly united under the Nehru-Gandhi leadership.
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December 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Dhaka terms attacks on Hindus 'isolated crimes'
DHAKA on Sunday strongly rejected India's concerns over the safety of religious minorities in Bangladesh and said recent incidents involving members of the Hindu community were \"isolated criminal acts\" and not reflective of any systematic persecution.
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December 29, 2025
The Morning Standard
Anticipating snowfall, tourists make a beeline for Manali and Atal Tunnel
AHEAD of the New Year, popular tourist destinations like Kullu-Manali and adjoining areas in Himachal Pradesh are seeing a sharp rise in tourist inflow.
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