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Aus to Get Japanese stealth frigates in $6 billion deal
JAPAN agreed on Saturday on a deal to provide Australia’s navy with the first of almost a dozen stealth frigates, part of a wider military build up by Canberra aimed at boosting its long-range firepower to deter China.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
How India Became the World's Most Prolific IPO Market
\"In August 1602, a maid named Neeltgen Cornelis invested 100 guilders, saved on wages of 50 cents a day, in the Dutch East India Company, a venture that sent ships across the Indian Ocean to trade in nutmeg, mace and cloves.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Oppn will pay for its women's bill 'sin': Modi
PM seeks forgiveness from all women of the country as bill to expedite quota fell in LS
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April 19, 2026
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The God of All Things
A journey across time leads into Manipur's forests, where ritual, and ecology intertwine.
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April 19, 2026
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Bigotry is Robbing Our Students of a Future
Another student has taken his own life, leading to a few days of intense TV debates aimed at boosting TRP ratings, before we quickly return to business as usual.
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April 19, 2026
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The Storyteller
When Shashi Tharoor called Neelima Penumarthy's A Brief History of Indian Independence: From the Mughals to the Mahatma a \"must listen,\" she felt a sense of affirmation.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Shah says PM's address necessary, Oppn sees red
NDA, Oppn spar day after women quota bill failed to clear LS hurdle
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Israel draws Gaza-style 'Yellow Line' in Lebanon
ISRAEL’s military said Saturday it had established a “Yellow Line” demarcation in southern Lebanon, similar to one separating its forces from Hamas-held areas in Gaza, adding it had hit a “terrorist cell” operating near its troops along the line.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
In Praise of Places That Refuse to Be Designed
We first came by Lodhi garden through stories: how cool it was, how verdant, how effortlessly chic.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
COPS BUST RADICAL MODULE; 4 HELD ACROSS 3 STATES
DELHI Police has arrested a welder, a Class XII student, a security guard, and a plumber who were allegedly radicalised and believed in the emergence of an ‘army’ (lashkar) from Khurasan bearing black flags to establish a caliphate in the Indian subcontinent and beyond, officials said on Saturday.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
POLITICAL PAYDAY OF POWER AND PERKS
DEMOCRACY is a sacred social settlement which presumes a covenant of consent, consultation and constant accountability.
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April 19, 2026
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Pakistan urges realism on US-Iran talks; Turkey meet backs cooperation
PAKISTAN’s efforts to resolve the conflict between the US and Iran have been going on with a “realistic and positively optimistic” approach, official sources said on Saturday, while emphasising “a deal is only done when it’s done”.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
WHAT LUTYENS REALLY THOUGHT OF MADRAS
WHEN Edwin Lutyens—the British architect who designed imperial New Delhi and what is now Rashtrapati Bhavan—wrote about India, he was not always speaking in generalities.
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April 19, 2026
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False Alarm
Abuse doesn't just inflict harm-it rewrites reality, a tactic known as DARVO that leaves victims doubting their own truth.
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April 19, 2026
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'I Connect With Broken Parts of People'
Vijay Varma speaks with Puja Talwar about his latest series, Matka King, and why the messiness of human nature intrigues him
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April 19, 2026
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PL: Brentford held by London rivals Fulham
BRENTFORD missed the chance to leapfrog Chelsea into the Premier League’s top six after being held to a 0-0 draw by west London rivals Fulham on Saturday.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Community watch: It's a tide of woes along 1K km TN coast
ON a night in December last when Cyclone Ditwah struck, 70-year-old fisherwoman A Anjamma of Chandirapadi in Mayiladuthurai began to recall past disasters as seawater fast advanced into the coastal village.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Heart of Fire
The man lifts a blackened pot with a cloth-wrapped hand and turns it over the fire as coal crackles beneath.
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April 19, 2026
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Key Noida unrest accused arrested
STF nabs B Tech graduate for ‘inciting violence by mobiliing workers via WhatsApp groups’
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
NOIDA UNREST SIGNALS LABOUR CODES FAILURE
THE ferocity and the suddenness of the recent workers protests in Noida took many by surprise.
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April 19, 2026
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WARS, WHAT WARS? MARKETS SAY DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY
A surreal spectacle is playing out.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Chennai restrict Hyderabad to 194/9
FIFTIES from Abhishek Sharma (59) and Heinrich Klaasen (59) took Sunrisers Hyderabad to 194/9 against Chennai Super Kings on Saturday.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Over 90 per cent tracks in India are substandard: Sumariwalla
HIGHLIGHTS FROM AGM
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April 19, 2026
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The Shape of Things to Come
Artist Mayur Gupta presents an immersive show where forms emerge slowly, carrying imprint, touch, and time within them
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
The Clean Versus Clinical Debate
A few months ago, a young patient walked into my clinic holding two serumsLone wrapped in earthy glass with delicate botanical illustrations, the other sleek, clinical, almost pharmaceutical.
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April 19, 2026
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Temp dips and AQI improves after rain: IMD
A day after moderate rainfall, Delhi witnessed a dip in temperatures and an improvement in air quality on Saturday, according to official data.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Cabinet nod to 2% DA hike for Central govt employees, pensioners
THE Union Cabinet Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday approved two railway ministry projects with a combined cost of ₹24,815 crore.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Desi maritime insurance pool to protect cargo amid conflict
AS the war in West Asia disrupts oil and gas supply— partly due to reduced vessel movement linked to insurance constraints—the government on Saturday approved the creation of the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool (BMI Pool) with a sovereign guarantee of 12,980 crore.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
QUEEN’S GAMBIT: RISE OF VAISHALI
ANDAR PARDIKAR
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Passengers deplaned, sent to Delhi by bus after flights diverted to Jaipur
UNFAVOURABLE weather conditions and reduced visibility in Delhi caused major disruptions to flight operations on Friday night, leading to the diversion of 25 flights to Jaipur.
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