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The Morning Standard
Collective security key to sovereignty: Rajnath
DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday reaffirmed India’s stance in the Indo-Pacific, stressing that its emphasis on the “rule of law” does not target any country but seeks to protect regional interests collectively.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
A man's resolve to give 900 schools a facelift bears fruit
From procuring furniture for schools to implementing schemes, he went the extra mile to fix education, writes Namita Bajpai
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
… TODAY JOY CAME, BUT I AM STILL WEEPING’
THE eyes welled up, and tears rolled down her cheeks. Unable to control, Jemimrah Rodrigues broke down. She was inconsolable. She spoke about her mental health and the trepidation that kept her on the edge for the last month, throughout the ICC Women’s World Cup. She confessed to having cried and cried during those endless nights when everything seemed a shade darker than usual.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
When the Forest Stares Back
A nocturnal trail in Sri Lanka's Sigiriya shows how humans can coexist with wildlife
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Worn, Weathered, and Wonderful
From forgotten antiques to curated treasures, RARA by Arshiya Singhvi brings history back to life
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC: Don’t want to pass order which may hurt Russia ties
EXPRESSING serious concerns over a lack of concrete response from the Russian Embassy on the whereabouts of a Russian woman, who has reportedly fled to her country with her four-year-old child, the Supreme Court recently observed that it did not want to pass any order which could hurt India-Russia relationship.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
The Future of a Stable India Depends on UBI
Kerala, we are told, is now the first state in India to be declared “extreme poverty-free.” It is a magnificent headline and, if true, a substantial achievement.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
S'pore submits Zubeen's autopsy, toxicology reports
THE Assam Police have received crucial postmortem and toxicology reports of music icon Zubeen Garg from Singapore authorities.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC seeks SOPs for cellphone use in open jail
THE Delhi High Court has directed the Director General (Prisons) to frame and notify a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) governing the use and access of mobile phones by inmates lodged in open prisons.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
The Alpha School Project: A Daring Innovation
The Alpha Schools enterprise is a highly innovative experiment in school education in the US that commenced in 2014 based essentially on the use of AI. It is a bold departure from the traditional.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bopanna calls time on playing career
INDIAN tennis veteran Rohan Bopanna, one among the only four Indians to win Grand Slam titles, on Saturday announced his retirement from professional tennis, bringing an end to a career spanning more than two decades on the challenging ATP Tour.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Connect Before You Correct
Facts rarely change minds; warmth does. Connection disarms defensiveness, turning resistance into willingness to learn
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
A Dam Good Weekend
Punekars have a new getaway, and it's not Goa or Karjat, but quiet waters just outside the city
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
IS AIR INDIA BECOMING TATAS' ACHILLES' HEEL?
THE sale of the collapsing government-owned Air India to the Tata Group on January 27, 2022 was greeted with some fanfare.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
China eases export ban on Nexperia chip
CHINA said on Saturday it will exempt some Nexperia chips from an export ban that was imposed over a row with Dutch officials and has alarmed European businesses.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rate cut effect: Oct GST mop-up shows flat growth
THE recent rate cuts have started showing their effects on Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections. Net GST collection was almost flat at ₹1.69 lakh crore in October 2025, showing a 0.6% year-on-year growth.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
30 countries to join major maritime info sharing workshop in Haryana
AMID the growing importance of global maritime security, Gurugram will next week host the world’s leading maritime experts for the Maritime Information Sharing Workshop (MISW) 2025, the Indian Navy’s flagship event organised by the Information Fusion Centre, Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR).
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
UPI hits new high with 21 bn transactions in Oct
THE festive season spending during Dussehra and Diwali driven by GST rationalisation has seen the unified payments interface (UPI) setting a new transaction milestone in October, processing a whopping 20.7-billion payments worth ₹27.28 lakh crore, its highest ever monthly volume, showed the National Payments Corporation (NPCI) data.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Unseasonal rains wreak havoc on farmlands...
UNSEASONAL rains have once again turned Gujarat’s farm-Jands into a battlefield of despair and determination. As the skies opened up for days, drowning standing crops and washing away livelihoods, the state government moved into crisis mode.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
A year of stigma: When a rescue became a crime for a T’gana man
WHAT began as a moment of teenage impulse ended in a year of anguish for two young lives— one who ran from home and another who was branded an offender.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
THE LONG GAME OF BELONGING IN A CITY
WHO does the city really belong to? Those who are born there, those who made it their home, those who migrate there to work and build a life, or those who work for it?
3 min |
November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
App to help book appointments with ministers
First of its kind in country, says speaker UT Khader
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ban imposed on non-Delhi BS-III goods vehicles, checks at 23 points
THE Delhi government on Saturday enforced a ban on non-Delhi registered commercial goods vehicles that do not meet BS-IV emission standards, deploying joint teams of the Transport Department and Delhi Traffic Police at 23 major city entry points.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Test of taste: Lucknow makes it to UNESCO list of 'city of gastronomy'
UNESCO has included Lucknow in the list of Creative Cities Network under the ‘gastronomy’ category, a global recognition of the Lakhnavi platter replete with flavours of cuisine quintessential to the city’s regal legacy.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
It’s ‘sushasan’ vs ‘jungle raj’: Shah
Citing Rabri brother’s ‘high-handesness’, home minister warns of fallout of Oppn win @ Cong MP says Delhi controls govt, Nitish has no say
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
'We can't Live Under a Threat'
Rebecca Ferguson speaks with Hilary Morgan about her latest film, A House of Dynamite, and why it is important to have conversations about nuclear powers
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
From insurgency to innovation
In an Assam district singed by insurgency, this man chose to cultivate change by working as a daily wager before finding his calling in farming, Prasanta Mazumdar narrates
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
WHAT IS SO SCIENTIFIC ABOUT ARTIFICIAL RAIN?
DESPITE having a firm scientific understanding, even the scientific community was somewhat curious—after all, some of the country’s top institutions were leading the effort.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
2005 fallout on Lalu, Nitish villages
IN Bihar’s political heartland, two villages—Kalyan Bigha in Nalanda and Ful waria in Gopalganj — stand as contrasting portraits of their most illustrious sons, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.
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November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Hosabale slams Kharge's RSS remarks
RASHTRIYA Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Saturday dismissed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s call to ban the RSS, saying that society has accepted the organisation as one that works for national unity, security, culture and development.
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