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The Morning Standard
VVIPs move, Delhi stops in tracks for AI summit
DIVERSIONS and traffic restrictions amid VVIP movement linked to the ongoing AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam led toa third day of traffic snarls in several parts of the national capital, especially in central Delhi, on Wednesday.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Garbage disposal hit in Bengaluru as Bellahalli villagers stop 250 trucks
BENGALURU will face a major garbage crisis as villagers from Bellahalli, which is a landfill site, have stopped 250 garbage compactor trucks, demanding that the promised development projects be taken up in their area.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
SHINY, HYPED OR A NEW TAKE?
A review of the Margot Robbiestarring Wuthering Heights, a cult classic that everyone is talking about. The film is gorgeous to look at, but is a desperate attempt to search for the most sexual in the mundane.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
500 Indian students join class action suit on Covid
AROUND 500 students based in India are believed to be among over 20,000 international applicants seeking compensation from 36 UK universities in a class action legal case for not receiving the level of education they paid for during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
No privileges or ethics committee in LS for 2 yrs
NEARLY two years into the tenure of the Lok Sabha, two of its key oversight bodies, the Privileges Committee and the Ethics Committee, are yet to be constituted, even as the government is weighing the option of referring Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's case to one of them.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
SAXENA ORDERS PENALTY FOR OFFICER OVER FALSE FIRE INSPECTION REPORT
LIEUTENANT Governor V K Saxena on Wednesday ordered a “major penalty” against a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) officer for allegedly submitting a “false” inspection report.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
NEW MANDATE IN JAPAN AND INDIA’S MOMENT
A landslide in Tokyo gives the new government room to act in a tough age. This shift will shape Asia. India must step up with firm will and a strong plan
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Govt orders new plants for treating biomedical waste
IN abid to significantly strengthen environmental infrastructure in the national capital, the Delhi government has decided to establish new common biomedical waste treatment facilities (CBWTFs).
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, COLLABS POUR IN AT AI IMPACT SUMMIT
Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm line up to plug into India's Al space
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
J&K’s miracle song: Despite conceding lead, team enters historic final
UNTIL the middle of third day, the skies were still gloomy.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
GUARANTEES vs GROWTH KARNATAKA BUDGET BIND
THE Karnataka government is pruning allocations to the five guarantee schemes credited with bringing the Congress back to power in 2023.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
0,0,0- India's Abhishek issue
ZERO. DNP.0.0. When Abhishek Sharma took strike in the opening game against the United States of America, no one would have expected his scores in the group stage of the T20 World Cup to be made of a binary.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Indonesia strengthens state control of nickel in high-stakes EV industry push
INDONESIA is tightening state control over the world’s largest nickel supply after years of betting the metal would anchor a homegrown electric-vehicle industry, and just as global demand begins shifting away from heavy reliance on nickel.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Biker death: No bail for two contractors & sub-contractor
A Delhi court on Tuesday denied anticipatory bail to two contractors against whom arrest warrants were issued after a 25-year-old biker died when his bike fell into a 15-foot-deep pit dug by the Delhi Jal Board in Janakpuri on the intervening night of February 5 and 6.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Further Oppn slide expected in RS biennial polls
RIDING high on its strong showings in the Maharashtra and Bihar elections, the NDA appears set to make significant gains
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
3-fold spike in Kerala NSE investors post Covid
Women are shaping state’s investment landscape
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
₹4L cr Budget unveiled as Gujarat bats for tourism, AI and Olympic ambition
GUJARAT Finance Minister Kanu Desai unveiled a record ₹4,08,053 crore Budget for 2026-27 in the state on Wendesday.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Only online applications for new ration cards now
THE Delhi government has decided to accept applications for new ration cards only through online medium.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Presenting Amrita With Strings Attached
Through puppets, music, textiles and the artist’s own letters, Dadi Pudumjee’s new production is set to stage the short but extraordinary journey of artist Amrita Sher-Gil — the way she saw it
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Digital health India, France launch joint AI centre at AIIMS
IN a boost to Indo-French collaboration in digital health, Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda and French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday inaugurated the Indo-French Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Health (IF-CAIH) at All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Festo opens GCC in B'luru, plans to hire 600 people
AUTOMATION company Festo opened a new Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Bengaluru and said the centre will support work in automation and smart manufacturing, and will create capacity for 600 people.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Galgotias Univ chucked after robot dog byte
THE government has asked Galgotias University, which showcased a Chinese-made robotic dog as its own creation at the India AI Impact Summit, to vacate its booth from the ongoing exhibition.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
THE IDEA OF NEUTRAL LAW
THE standard foundational myth of political modernity portrays the modern State as the offspring of a linear trajectory of disenchantment.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
₹2.1k cr projects launched to improve water, sewer infra
AIMING to increase sewage treatment capacity and strengthen water supply and sewer networks in the national capital, CM Rekha Gupta on Wednesday launched several water projects worth over ₹2,100 crore at Ramlila Maidan, Todapur, in West Delhi.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Cigarette stocks rise as cos go for steep price increase
SHARES of cigarette companies surged sharply on Wednesday following a price revision to offset the impact of higher taxes.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Ukraine war talks in Geneva end without any deal
THE latest US-brokered talks between envoys from Moscow and Kyiv over Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine ended Wednesday with no sign of a breakthrough and with both sides saying the talks were \"difficult,\" as the war's fourth anniversary approaches next week.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
2 more major shrines in U’khand seek to restrict entry of non-Hindus
AHEAD of the Char Dham Yatra, a move to restrict the entry of non-Hindus into the state’s shrines is gaining momentum.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Police fire teargas shells as farmers’ protest turns violenct in Punjab district
A protest by farmers at Jeond village in Bathinda on Wednesday turned violent, leaving several people injured after clashes broke out between protesters and police personnel.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
New video shows SUV driver and sister blaming victim after Dwarka hit
DAYS after a 23-year-old man lost his life in an accident in Delhi’s Dwarka area, where an SUV hit his motorcycle, a fresh purported video has surfaced on social media showing the driver and his sister allegedly attempting to shift the blame onto the victim, claiming that he was speeding.
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February 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Couple, aide nabbed with ₹7.5 crore heroin consignment in Delhi-NCR
Trap laid near Bhopura border to nab accused
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