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PUTIN PUSHES PEACE TALKS, ZELENSKYY PUSHES BACK
VLADIMIR Putin proposed holding a peace summit with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Moscow, according to three sources familiar with a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russia's leader.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Centre plans to ban online money games
The government plans to criminalise the offering or promotion of online money gaming and make it an offence for banks, financial institutions or individuals to facilitate fund transfers related to such activities.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
AG questions ruling on timeline for Prez, Guvs
Attorney General (AG) R Venkataramani, who is assisting the court in the Presidential reference matter, on Tuesday questioned the April 8 ruling of the Supreme Court that set the deadline for the State Governors and the President to grant assent to bills passed by legislatures, asking whether the court can rewrite the Constitution.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
PM to inaugurate 6-lane bridge in Bihar on Aug 22, travel time to come down
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the Aunta-Simaria project featuring a six-lane, 1.8 km-long bridge over the Ganga River in Bihar on August 22.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
27-fold stipend hike for nursing interns: Gupta
THE Delhi government on Tuesday approved a nearly 27-fold hike in the stipend for nursing interns, raising it from ₹500 to ₹13,150 per month. The decision, effective immediately, applies to all three government nursing colleges in the city.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Don warns of 'rough situation' if Kyiv-Moscow talks fail
Offers air power but no ground troops, asks Ukraine to accept land loss
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Beyond Tigerism in Sri Lanka
THE Sri Lankan state must have had a laugh when a section of pro-LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) Tamils finally accepted that their leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, indeed perished in 2009.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Gig Workers Welfare Bill cleared
Bill allows K'taka to levy welfare fee of 1 to 5% on aggregators; 4L workers to be benefited
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Water enters homes near ghats as Yamuna inches closer to evacuation level
Several low-lying pockets along the Yamuna spilt over on Tuesday morning, flooding homes near the ghats and forcing the district administration to open relief camps, even as the river inched toward the evacuation threshold in Delhi.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Court extends protection to Indore cartoonist
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the protection from arrest granted to Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya for his objectionable caricatures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
App to register public woes gets nod
'Delhi Mitra' platform to ensure transparency, time-bound resolution of complaints, says CM
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ex-judge Reddy is Oppn's VP pick
SETTING the stage for a keen contest for the upcoming Vice Presidential election, the Opposition INDIA bloc on Tuesday named former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy as its joint candidate to face NDA nominee Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan on September 9.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Jurist behind landmark rulings, ex-chairman of T'gana caste census panel
THE Opposition INDIA bloc on Monday named former Judge of the Supreme Court and the first Lokayukta of Goa, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy as its Vice-Presidential candidate.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pakistan Flood Toll Hits 706 as Army Ramps Up Rescue Ops
PAKISTAN on Tuesday said the death toll in rain-related incidents and floods has increased to 706, as the army intensified relief operations in the worst-affected regions.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Gill's grooming for all-format captaincy to be set in motion
WHILE everyone who follows Indian cricket knew it was only a matter of time before Shubman Gill was eased into the T20I set up, the selectors and team management put an end to the debate, naming the Test captain as Suryakumar Yadav's deputy for the upcoming Men's T20 Asia Cup.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
AAP Alleges Corruption in Tiranga Campaign; BJP Dismisses Charge
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday alleged that the BJP government in Delhi committed a \"Tiranga scam\" by supplying substandard national flags under the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign, while the BJP dismissed the charge as a lie.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against HDFC Bank Chief Executive Jagdishan
In a relief to HDFC Bank chief executive Sashidhar Jagdishan, the Bombay High Court has quashed an order passed by a judicial magistrate to register an FIR against him following a private complaint filed on behalf of the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust, which runs the Lilavati Hospital here.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Akasa raises funds from Premji Invest, others
AKASA Air announced on Tuesday that it has raised fresh capital from investors including Premji Invest (the global investment arm of Azim Premji), Claypond Capital (investment office of Dr. Ranjan Pai), and 360 ONE Asset, along with additional capital infusion committed by the Jhunjhunwala family, who are major stakeholders in the airline.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
J&K robust disaster management plans
IN the wake of the deadly cloudbursts in J&K's Kishtwar and Kathua, experts have called for a robust disaster management plan even as CM Omar Abdullah announced on Tuesday that a team of experts would be formed to identify vulnerable places over the Union Territory.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Transgender doctor can change name and gender from male to female: HC
DR Beoncy Laishram, a trans person, was relieved on Tuesday as the Manipur HC directed authorities to issue fresh academic certificates to her under a new name and gender.
1 min |
August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Vatsala Agarwal to take charge as new DGHS
THE Delhi government has appointed Dr Vatsala Agarwal as the new Director General of Health Services (DGHS).
1 min |
August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Appointment of IAS officers from general category sparks Raj row
THE appointment of four new IAS officers has triggered a major political uproar in Rajasthan.
1 min |
August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
27-fold stipend hike for nursing interns: Gupta
The Delhi government on Tuesday approved a nearly 27-fold hike in the stipend for nursing interns, raising it from ₹500 to ₹13,150 per month.
1 min |
August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Goods must display country of origin, MRP, key details
ALL goods sold in India, including those purchased through e-commerce platforms, will be required to display key details such as the country of origin, maximum retail price (MRP), and manufacturing and expiry dates, failing which they will attract a penalty of up to ₹5,000, consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said on Tuesday.
1 min |
August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Be the CEO of your own health
Actor Lisa Ray on resilience, spirituality and embracing every version of herself
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bill on J&K reorganisation in LS today
THE government will introduce The Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, which will have a new provision for removal of the Chief Minister or a minister who is arrested and detained in custody on account of serious criminal charges.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Goods must display country of origin, MRP, key details
ALL goods sold in India, including those purchased through e-commerce platforms, will be required to display key details such as the country of origin, maximum retail price (MRP), and manufacturing and expiry dates, failing which they will attract a penalty of up to ₹5,000, consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said on Tuesday.
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August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bihar CEO asks voters to file claims with Aadhaar
DAYS after the Election Commission of India deleted over 65 lakh names during the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, the Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar, Vinod Singh Gunjiyal, issued a notification, asking voters whose names were removed to file claims using their Aadhaar cards.
1 min |
August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Putin Pushes Peace Talks, Zelenskyy Pushes Back
VLADIMIR Putin proposed holding a peace summit with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Moscow, according to three sources familiar with a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russia's leader.
1 min |
August 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
UP govt forms panel to utilise unused NCR land
THE UP government has set up a committee to devise a strategy for utilising vast tracts of land lying unused under Noida, Greater Noida, and the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), official sources said.
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