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L-G proposes induction of Agniveers in fire dept
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Monday suggested inducting former Agniveers to address staff shortages in the Delhi Fire Service during a Disaster Management Authority meeting held after the Malviya Nagar tragedy that killed 22 people.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
After Assembly, TMC crumbles in LS with new bloc
20 of 28 MPs, led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, seek separate group, pledge support to NDA
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
MANY COLOURS IN KALEIDOSCOPE OF DEMOCRACY
For a thriving democracy, we must cultivate differences and mediate the gaps through translations. We also need to address the ecological, aesthetic and political challenges that diversity raises.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
TEACHERS AS FIRST RESPONDERS
As strong tremors struck the Philippines on Monday, a widely-circulated video brought focus to the life-saving I role school teachers often play at such fraught moments.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
GDP EUPHORIA FACES REALITY CHECK, TIME FOR EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES
LAST week’s revision in GDP growth for January-March 2024 at 7.8 percent came as a pleasant surprise, given that the markets had expected it to be 7-7.4 percent.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
India may be mating N-warheads & launchers, says SIPRI
INDIA may have deployed 12 nuclear warheads with operational forces, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in its latest report released on Monday.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
'ALL KEY ISSUES IN UK TRADE PACT WILL BE SETTLED IN FINAL DEAL'
INDIA and the UK have been able to resolve one of the three key issues currently delaying the operationalisation of their trade pact, according to officials familiar with the matter.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
From tenant to killer of a teacher: The trail of a well-planned murder
WHAT appeared to be a crime of the moment is now being recast as a story of patience, preparation and a plan allegedly set in motion months earlier.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
BOLD MOVES: SOORYA IN, SURYA OUT, SHREYAS UP
EVEN before India’s teams for various cricketing formats were announced on Saturday, the inclusion of one player seemed to be a certainty.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Delimitation bill buzz amid NDA govt anniv events
CELEBRATIONS marking the completion of 12 years of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government commenced on Monday, with the BJP highlighting its achievements and key initiatives over the past decade.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Oppn to write to CJI on SIR, 'poll theft', makes unity pitch
CALLING for greater unity against the BJP, the Opposition INDIA bloc members on Monday unanimously decided to demand Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s immediate resignation over the NEET-CBSE paper leak row and write to the Chief Justice of India on alleged anomalies in the SIR exercise and allegations of ‘vote theft’.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
COOLING EPIC FURY DESPITE BIBI
SUNDAY, the hundredth day of Operation Epic Fury—the joint military campaign launched by the US and Israel against Iran—turned out to be one of dramatic developments.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
SC: Consensual pre-marital physical relationship no blot on character
THE Supreme Court has held that a consensual physical relationship between two unmarried adults cannot be treated as evidence of poor character, while restoring the selection of a constable candidate whose appointment had been cancelled over a case linked to a past relationship.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Mahagauri expects cubs on ‘lucky day’ this month, trend continues for 17 yrs
DELHI Zoo may soon welcome another Asiatic lion cub, with pregnant lioness Mahagauri expected to give birth on June 27, officials said.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
‘Delhi will choke,’ HC tells Centre
Issues notices over shrinking green spaces amid eviction of Gymkhana Club and Polo Ground
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
DU prof murder accused used disguise tactics
AFTER arriving in Delhi, the family checked into Restin Guest House in Dallupura at around 11.30 am. After changing clothes, they checked out at about 3.30 pm and proceeded to Paul’s residence.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
‘Lacklustre’: BJP says Oppn trying to stay relevant
THE BJP on Monday dismissed the INDIA Bloc meeting as a ‘‘lacklustre’’ exercise which is little more than political theatre and claimed that the Opposition alliance is struggling to remain relevant after losing public support.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
THE LAST OF US S3 FILMING HITS PAUSE
FILMING for The Last of Us Season 3 has been paused.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Retail auto sales rise 9.55% in May despite heatwave, fuel price hikes
DESPITE headwinds such as an above-normal heatwave, fuel price pressure and the evolving West Asia situation, automobile retail sales registered its best-ever May sales across three-wheeler, passenger vehicle (PV), and tractors.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
India’s current account surplus at $7.1 bn in Q4
INDIA’S current account recorded a surplus of $7.1 billion, or 0.7% of GDP, in the January-March quarter of 2025-26.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
No Rajya Sabha nomination for JDS supremo Deve Gowda
FORMER PM
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Strongman close to Abhishek held
JAHANGIR Khan, a Trinamool Congress strongman and close aide of party general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee, was arrested on Monday by the Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police near the Indo-Nepal border.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
plant signals
PLANTS may not speak, but they constantly communicate. Their leaves, stems, and growth patterns reveal whether they are comfortable, stressed, thirsty, or lacking nutrients.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Govt weighs penalty on HAL over Tejas delays
THE defence ministry is considering imposing penalties on state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) over the continued delay in delivering the Tejas Mk1A fighter jet to the Indian Air Force (IAF), sources said.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Bear grip tightens on market as global cues turn negative
DOMESTIC equity market has come under severe bearish grip again, with benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty shedding most of the recovery they made in the first three weeks of April on the hopes that the West Asia crisis is coming to an end.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Pashinyan claims victory in Armenia general polls
ARMENIAN Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed victory Monday in a general election seen as a test of Russia’s influence in the South Caucasus country, as preliminary results showed his governing party in first with more than double the votes of the next contender.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Finally, Bengal comes under AB-PMJAY grid, the last state to do so
WEST Bengal on Monday became the 36th and the last state to implement the Central government’s flagship programme Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PM-JAY), the world’s largest health assurance scheme.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
‘It is the best I have felt going into a WC’
THE memories of November 2, 2025 still lies fresh in Arundhati Reddy’s mind.
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
HONESTLY SPEAKING
Architects explain why materials that wither, breathe, and age naturally are finding their way back into contemporary spaces
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June 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
ATC did not get weather info, DGCA probes mishap
Watchdog to look into how an IndiGo step ladder hit parked aircraft
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