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Falling rupee to make consumer goods costly
White good makers who depend on imported compressors, controllers are staring at input cost rise; auto industry also mulls price hike
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fake IAS officer arrested after multi-state fraud exposed in Gorakhpur
A high-profile impostor who posed as an IAS officer for nearly three years was arrested in Gorakhpur on Tuesday, police said.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
THERE WILL BE PAINTING IN DARK TIMES
Aban Raza’s new canvases at a Delhi gallery recalls various geographies of struggle — from MKSS activism, the Maruti stir to Shaheen Bagh. They foreground the politics of assembly, but also the unglamorous intervals.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Finalise V-C candidates: SC to panel
Justice (retd) Sudhanshu Dhulia committee told to submit report in sealed cover by Dec 17
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
India accuses Pak of trade transit terror
AT a United Nations Security Council session on Wednesday, India's Ambassador, P Harish Parvathaneni, criticised actions he described as \"trade and transit terrorism\" in an oblique reference to Pakistan and urged the international community to uphold economic rights and security for Afghanistan, a landlocked nation.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
FIFA WC 2026: Amul to sponsor Argentina again
AMUL, the world’s largest dairy cooperative and India’s leading food brand, has extended its partnership with the Argentina Football Association (AFA) for another season, continuing as the Official Regional Sponsor of the reigning FIFA World Cup champions.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Cong leadership steps in to defuse Punjab situation
THE Congress high command has stepped in to defuse the political crisis triggered by former Punjab MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu's cash-for-CM post remark, with party leader Rahul Gandhi calling a meeting with AICC general secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs Bhupesh Baghel and other leaders later this week to discuss it.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Najafgarh drain to be 57-km highway
Govt to develop elevated road, two service roads on both banks in ₹454 cr revamp project
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
In a 1st, Bihar to conduct panchayat polls through EVMs, not ballot papers
FOR the first time, Bihar is set to conduct panchayat elections next year through electronic voting machines (EVMs), in a shift from traditional ballot papers.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Interim bail for Umar Khalid in 2020 riots case
A Delhi court on Thursday granted interim bail to former JNU scholar Umar Khalid, an accused in the alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots, allowing him to attend his sister's wedding later this month.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Four arrested for trying to circulate demonetised currency worth ₹3.59 cr
THE Delhi Police has busted a racket and arrested four men for allegedly attempting to circulate invalid demonetised currency worth ₹3.59 crore.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Top leader surrenders in MP, Naxals on back foot
TWO Naxalites carrying cumulative rewards of ₹43 lakh on their heads surrendered before the security forces in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Power failure for local stars
Another setback from Gill, Yadav leads to 51-run defeat as South Africa level series 1-1
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
ROW OVER QUALITY OF KERALA MEDICINE
THE Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed a protest during Zero Hour from the CPI(M) over allegations of spurious and substandard medicines in Kerala.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Almost a quarter of real estate buyers in Dubai are NRIs
WITH the new property ownership norms under which the Dubai government has allowed foreigners to own residential and commercial properties on a freehold basis, the real estate market in the city-state has seen a major shift and almost a quarter of units have been snapped up by NRIs.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
US trade officials conclude 3-day visit
A high-level delegation from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), led by Deputy US Trade Representative Ambassador Rick Switzer, concluded a three-day visit to India on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Campaign launched to save Aravallis from mining, ensure water security
ENVIRONMENTALISTS and civil society groups on Thursday launched a campaign to save the Aravallis, country’s oldest mountain range, from ‘senseless definitions and excessive mining’.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC suspends ex-judge for abuse of power
THE Madras High Court has suspended former Kancheepuram Principal Sessions and District Judge Pa U Chemmal, who came under scrutiny after ordering the remand of a Deputy Superintendent of Police for allegedly failing to act on a complaint registered under the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Prez visits Manipur amid shutdown call by rebels
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu arrived in Manipur on Thursday on a two-day visit amid a shutdown called by a body of banned insurgent groups.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Don launches ‘Gold Card’ for US citizenship wannabes
US President Donald Trump announced the launch of a million-dollar 'Gold Card' offering a pathway for immigrants to US citizenship, saying that it is a 'shame' that students from India and China have to go back to home countries.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
KIIT-KISS, FIVB Launch 'Kanya Kiran' Women's Volleyball Empowerment Initiative
The Kanya Kiran Women's Volleyball Empowerment Initiative, being billed as the 'Volleyball Mahakumbh', a joint programme by KIIT-KISS and the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), began today here.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
T'gana sees dip in cybercrime losses: Minister
IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu said a comprehensive roadmap for strengthening the state’s digital security architecture has been included in the ‘Telangana Rising Vision-2047’ document.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bangladesh to hold its first election after mass uprising on February 12
BANGLADESH will hold national elections on February 12, 2026, the country's Election Commission announced Thursday, marking the country's first tryst with democratic renewal since last year's student-led uprising that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and forced her into exile.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
100 booked, 40 detained as farm stir against ethanol unit steps up in Raj
FORTY people, including a Congress leader, were detained and over 100 others booked in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district on Thursday, a day after a clash broke out between farmers and police during a protest over the construction of an ethanol factory in the district.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
India faces $131-bn deficit with 6 FTA partners
AS India is aggressively pursuing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with several countries and regions, the country has a combined trade deficit of more than $131 billion with six of the 11 regions it is actively involved in negotiations, revealed the data from the Ministry of Commerce.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
IMPEACHMENT NOT THE RIGHT TOOL FOR JUDICIAL DISAGREEMENT
THROUGH an impeachment notice in the Lok Sabha against a high court judge over what essentially was a judicial disagreement in Tamil Nadu, the opposition INDIA bloc weaponised a sparingly-used constitutional tool to serve political ends.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt prohibits repeated road excavation
THE Delhi government on Thursday announced strict measures to curb pollution, directing all civic and utility agencies to follow a common framework and avoid repeated road digging.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rangeela was a celebration of life'
HIRTY years may have passed, but the girl who danced into our hearts as Mili still lights up the screen with the same magnetic glow.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ghazni era, southern and eastern dynasties in focus in NCERT Class VII book
THE Class VII Social Science Studies textbook (Part-2) released recently by the National Council of Educational Research and Technology (NCERT) places significant emphasis on the brutal regime of Mahmud of Ghazni.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Austria parliament approves ban on headscarves in schools
AUSTRIAN lawmakers on Thursday voted by a large majority in favour of a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14, a move rights groups and experts say is discriminatory and could deepen societal division.
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