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Thai Court Acquits Former PM of Royal Insult Charge
THAILAND'S former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was acquitted of a royal defamation charge by a court on Friday, in a case that could have sent him to prison for up to 15 years.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Vulture count dips, Assam drive takes wings to save nature’s ‘cleaning crew
IN view of a sharp dip in vulture numbers in the state driven by chemical poisoning, a well-known Assam-based biodiversity conservation organisa-tion, Aaranyak, has taken it upon itself to save Mother Nature’s cleaning crew.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rajit Punhani appointed FSSAI chief, Piyush Goyal named mines secretary
IN a major bureaucratic reshuffle, several senior civil servant-shave been shifted to different departments, and some promoted. Atish Chandra, Additional Secretary in the PMO, has been promoted to the rank of Special Secretary.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
India is Kremlin's 'laundromat', 50% tariffs from next week: Trump's aide
THE additional tariffs to punish India for purchasing Russian oil will kick in as scheduled on August 27, according to US President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Major portion of ₹76k cr Semiconductor PLI largely committed: MeitY secretary
A significant portion of the ₹76,000 crore approved under India’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Semiconductors has already been committed to selected companies, said S Krishnan, secretary at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Monday.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Time To Cut Our Dress According To Our Cloth
China envy got us nowhere. Now it's time to shed our America complex too. Rather than pretending to be a world-beater, India should be mending fences
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Can Take Action Against Aggregators for Bike Taxi Services on Platforms: HC to AG
The Karnataka High Court on Friday orally told the advocate general (AG) that authorities can take any action as per law against aggregators for resuming bike taxi services after he complained the services have been resumed though the court had not given them such liberty.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
How a Gulf returnee turned jackfruit a brand
After spending 45 years in Abu Dhabi, Thankachan Yohannan returned home not in despair but with a determination to begin afresh.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bhubaneswar civic body to launch dog census soon
IN the wake of the Supreme Court's directives on tackling the stray dog menace, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday announced a canines census in the city and roll out an effective animal birth control drive to contain their population.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
₹5,000 cr sought from Centre for pending projects
TDP supremo says Telugu pride irrelevant in vice-presidential polls
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rising heat reduces working capacity: Report
HEAT stress induced by climate change decreases work productivity, a report brought out by the UN health and climate agencies says, adding that the productivity of workers in extreme heat drops by two to three per cent for every degree above an ambient temperature of 20°C.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC seeks Centre, city govt reply on Vikas Yadav’s plea for remission
MORE than two decades after being jailed in the Nitish Katara murder case, convict Vikas Yadav has urged the Delhi High Court to grant him release by extending the benefit of statutory remission and also sought interim bail ahead of his wedding next month.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Detailed disaster management plan for road & highway sector unveiled
THE Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has finalised a Disaster Management Plan (DMP) - a comprehensive framework for managing natural and man-made calamities with a focus on maintaining and restoring connectivity on roads and highways.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Vulture count dips, Assam drive takes wings to save nature's 'cleaning crew'
IN view of a sharp dip in vulture numbers in the state driven by chemical poisoning, a well-known Assam-based biodiversity conservation organisation, Aaranyak, has taken it upon itself to save Mother Nature's cleaning crew.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ex-President Kovind to be chief guest at RSS Vijayadashami Utsav
FORMER president Ram Nath Kovind will be the chief guest at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) annual Vijayadashami Utsav in Nagpur.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Man detained for sloganeering at CM’s event
A 60-year-old businessman was detained on Friday for raising slogans against Gandhi Nagar MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely during an event attended by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sri Lanka's Former President Ranil Arrested
SRI Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on Friday for allegedly misusing state funds during his tenure as head of state, police said.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sudhakar Reddy, who took charge of CPI after Bardhan, passes away at 83
CPI former general secretary and ex-Lok Sabha member Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy passed away in Hyderabad on Friday due to age-related illness.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Won't be scared or give up: Rekha Gupta
CM resumes official engagements two days after attack, says govt determined to ensure capital's development
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Artificial lake spurs evacuation in U’khand valley
THE picturesque Yamuna Valley in Uttarakhand is on edge after a massive artificial lake formed near Syana Chatti, threatening widespread devastation.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
₹5,000 cr sought from Centre for pending projects
CHIEF Minister N Chandrababu Naidu met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Friday, and sought financial assistance from the Centre for several development projects taken up in Andhra Pradesh.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Russia Rules Out Putin-Zelenskyy Meet in Near Term
RUSSIA Friday ruled out an immediate meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as diplomatic tension escalated with the Ukrainian president and US mediation efforts appeared to stumble.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Hand, foot & mouth disease cases surge, schools urged to act
THE national capital is experiencing a significant rise in Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases, especially among children.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Gas horror in Gujarat: 2 dead, 2 critical in factory leak as kin say no safety
A toxic gas leak at a private company’s effluent treatment plant (ETP) in Sokhda village in Anand district, claimed two workers, while two others are critical; reigniting serious concerns over industrial safety practices in Gujarat.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
UTOPIAN DREAMS IN DYSTOPIAN ERA
BACK in the USSR, they had a formula for staying out of trouble: “Don’t think. If you must think, don’t speak. If you must speak, don’t write. If you must write, don’t sign. If you must sign, be prepared.”
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Police 'gait' it right in Thrissur bank heist case
THE Kerala Police, which decided to go for the gait analysis of a bank heist suspect, struck gold after the test confirmed that his walking pattern matched with the perpetrator caught in CCTV visuals.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Order to release stray dogs from shelters humane'
DELHI Congress on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's order to release stray dogs from shelter homes and called it a \"humanitarian decision\".
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Murder He Wrote, At 14 Years Of Age
FIVE days after the murder of 10-year-old Sahasra in Kukatpally, police concluded that a 14-year-old SSC student, a neighbour of the girl, was responsible.
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
LIFELINE TO STRAYS
SC RULES STRAY DOGS SHOULD BE RELEASED BACK TO SAME AREA BUT ONLY AFTER STERILISATION
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August 23, 2025
The Morning Standard
Mkt snaps 6-session gains over profit booking ahead of Fed chair speech
DOMESTIC equity market snapped a six-day winning streak and fell sharply on Friday as investors rushed to book profits ahead of US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's awaited speech at the Jackson Hole symposium which will provide insights into the global liquidity outlook.
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