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Anganwadi and Asha workers on indefinite strike
WITH lakhs of Anganwadi helpers and workers, midday meal workers and ASHA workers going on an indefinite strike across Karnataka from Monday (December 1, 2025), Anganwadi centres and midday meal services were impacted as they placed their demands before the central government.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
T’gana govt to launch AI univ in two months
THE state government will launch its Artificial Intelligence (AI) University within the next two months, IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu proclaimed on Monday, adding that the initiative was aimed at helping software professionals and graduating students build skills in advanced and emerging technologies.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt to secure Aadhaar data of beneficiaries of schemes in safe servers
THE state government is working to come up with an Aadhaar vault to safeguard important personal details furnished by citizens for various schemes and services with their applications, officials said on Monday.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
City shivers as minimum temp falls down to 5.7 °C
THE temperature in the city dropped to 5.7 degrees Celsius on Monday, marking the coldest morning of the season so far.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Mercedes that hit 3 near Vasant Kunj mall dragged victims for few metres
THE Mercedes car that mowed down three restaurant workers, killing one, in Vasant Kunj was speeding, being driven ina zigzag and rash manner, and dragged two of the victims for some distance, police said.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
CAFE-3 norms: Maruti Suzuki slams OEMs over relief for smaller cars
THE Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) has hit back at automakers who are opposing a weight-based emission relief for smaller cars under the forthcoming Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE-3) norms.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Substandard work flagged at China’s major hydel project
ONE of China’s major hydroelectric projects currently under construction in Fujian province faced allegations of serious safety violations after an investigation revealed the use of substandard material and sloppy construction practices.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
STAGE EMPTY, THE MUSIC PLAYS ON
EW playwrights thought as hard—or as painfully, playfully—as Tom Stoppard about what keeps human beings going when all the old, reasonable reasons have collapsed.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Upbeat after first victory, says TN opener Tushar
TAMIL Nadu secured their first victory in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) this season when they defeated Uttarakhand by five wickets on Sunday.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Two killed after fire breaks out at shelter home
TWO people died on Monday after a fire broke out at a shelter home in Vasant Vihar area, officials said.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Hyderabad scored worst air quality of this year on Nov 28, AQI over 200
DELHI’S smog may seem distant, but Hyderabad is now facing a threat of its own, with air quality sliding into hazardous territory for the first time this year.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
1st-year BTech student of KIIT dies by suicide
Third such incident this year on the campus
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Russian missile hit on Ukraine’s Dnipro kills four
Macron calls Ukraine ongoing peace talks ‘potential turning point’
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
After death, ‘drugs sold here’ protests erupt
A few days after a youth died of suspected drug overdose in Punjab’s Maur Kalan village in Bathinda, the irate villagers are expressing their anger ina novel way.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
... Priyanka asks why no discussion on crucial issues
MOUNTING a counteroffensive to Prime Minister Modi’s ‘drama’ jibe, the Congress on Monday said that the PM has once again delivered his “dramabazi delivery’ instead of addressing the key issues before Parliament on the first day of the winter session. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked the PM, saying, “Drama is not allowing democratic discussions about issues that matter to public.”
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
ONUS ON THE EXECUTIVE TO ALLOW INCLUSIVE DEBATES, CLEAR HOUSE JAM
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi set the tone for a stormy winter session of parliament by poking the opposition to snap out of brooding over its Bihar debacle and offered them “tips” to improve performance without indulging in “drama”, drawing a volley of protests.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
GST collection growth slows down in November
Karnataka, Telangana grows 4% UP,Bihar among weak performers
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
DELUGE, DESTRUCTION & DEATHS RISE ACROSS ASIA
Floods, landslides kill over 1,100 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sin goods makers face more scrutiny
AS Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday introduced two Bills in the Lok Sabha to tax ‘sin’ goods, businesses will once again have to recalibrate their pricing models and compliance frameworks —even as experts say the overall tax incidence on these products is unlikely to rise significantly.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Flying out of city to get costlier after tribunal order, SC to hear on Dec 3
FLYING out of the Delhi airport could get costlier if the plan by its private operator to hike the user development fee (UDF) is approved.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Waqf boards fight portal glitches
Delhi, Haryana, Punjab bodies blame Umeed website bugs for delay in registering properties
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Top seers expelled from Juna Akhara amid rift
A major rift has surfaced within Uttarakhand’s spiritual leadership with the expulsion of two senior Mahamandaleshwars—Swami Prabodhanand Giri and Swami Yatindr Anand Giri—from the Shri Panch Dashnam Juna Akhara.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Trial court sends Al Falah University founder to 14-day judicial custody
Pe aiso i court
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
MHA tells Haryana not to seek separate Assembly building in Chandigarh
WITH 14 months left for the Punjab Assembly election and to avoid another controversy, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declined the Haryana government’s proposal to construct a separate assembly building in Chandigarh.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
POLICE SEEK SURVIVOR OF SATURDAY'S INCIDENT
THE Delhi Police are trying to trace a man who escaped the fourstorey building in south Delhi that was gutted by a fire that killed four people, with investigators suspecting petrol as the cause, an officer said on Monday.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Omar on backfoot over OBC reservation review report
THE Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir faces growing political and community pressure ahead of the submission of the Cabinet Sub-Committee’s reservation review report, with OBC groups demanding a steep quota hike and Kashmiri leaders warning against any dilution of the Residents of Backward Areas (RBA) category.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Elderly man robbed of ₹3.5L after withdrawal; 3 arrested, 2 absconding
THREE men who posed as customers inside a bank, identified an easy target, and robbed an elderly man of %3.5 lakh outside at a secluded spot in Swaroop Nagar area were arrested, police said on Monday.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
After living in Bengal dist for 35 yrs, B’deshi couple get citizenship
Applied for citizenship at a CAA camp on Oct 10
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Overall consumption picks up post-GST rationalisation
Officials say cumulative growth of impacted goods rises to 15% in Sept-Oct '25 period compared to 8.6% in the same period a year-ago
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Delhi-Dehradun Expressway ready, opens for first trial run
THE much-awaited Delhi-Dehradun Expressway was opened for a trial run on Monday.
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