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MP govt doc held for cough syrup deaths
FOLLOWING the deaths of 14 children in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, the police have arrested a government doctor who had prescribed the cough syrup suspected to have caused the fatalities.
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October 06, 2025
The Morning Standard
VK Malhotra faced challenges with courage, a role model for public servants
A few days ago, we lost one of our senior-most leaders, Shri Vijay Kumar Malhotra Ji.
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October 06, 2025
The Morning Standard
Amid leopard terror, students travel to school armed with sticks in U'khand
IN the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, renowned for its rich wildlife, the terror of leopards has reached alarming levels, forcing parents to arm their children with sticks as they commute to school.
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October 06, 2025
The Morning Standard
GAZA AT THE CROSSROADS
Partial Hamas approval to Trump’s peace plan offers a sliver of hope to avoid further bloodshed after Israeli retribution killed 67K
4 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
INDO-GERMAN ALLIANCE FOR NEW WORLD ORDER
THE year 2025 is a pivotal one for the global economy.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
NDA, Oppn on same page over holding polls in max 2 phases
BOTH the ruling NDA and Opposition parties in Bihar Saturday demanded that the Election Commission (EC) hold assembly elections in a maximum of two phases and immediately after the Chhath festival to increase participation of voters.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Peanuts, Priorities, and the Flow of Time
Not long ago, I had a conversation with a CEO who, somewhere between checking his phone and adjusting his tie, declared: “I just don’t have time to pursue what I really want.” It was a very solemn moment. Almost moving. Had it not been for the fact that, during our 20-minute chat, he checked his phone 17 times. That's once every 45 seconds—20 if you subtract the part where he closed his eyes and said “Mmm” to pretend he was listening
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Liquor sales swell govt’s coffers
Excise revenue jumps 12% in first half of 2025-26, festive sales likely to cross annual target
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
China’s H-1B equivalent K visa faces criticism
China is yet to implement its much-publicised K visa for foreign professionals from October 1 as its embassies abroad are all closed till October 8 for the national day and mid-autumn festival holidays.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
32-yr-old held for attending hearing in undergarments, smoking and drinking
IN a bizarre courtroom drama, a 32-year-old repeat offender turned a virtual hearing into a spectacle—appearing half-dressed, puffing cigarettes, and downing alcohol on camera.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
DKS taken aback by personal questions during caste survey
THE delayed Socio-Economic and Educational survey, or caste survey, in Bengaluru began with a \"drama\" as enumer ators conducting the survey treated Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar like a common man and posed all 60 questions, making him \"uncomfortable\".
1 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
When Our National Spectacle Crushes Its Own
The count has been updated, the names read out, and the compensation checks prepared.
4 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Shah sets Mar ’26 deadline to wipe out Bastar Maoists
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday ruled out any possibility of dialogue with Maoists and said they will have to lay down weapons and accept the government’s “lucrative surrender and rehabilitation policy”.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
PRESERVING HISTORY ONE CLICK AT A TIME
Launched as an effort to digitally preserve the accumulated wisdom of Punjab, the land of five rivers, an NGO based in Chandigarh has digitised millions of manuscripts, photographs, maps and books over 16 years, reports Harpreet Bajwa
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Out of Office
Gen Z is rapidly abandoning the traditional 9-to-5 for flexible careers that allow authenticity and viable work hours
10+ min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Tariffs, Trump, Tradition, and the Tyranny of Tantrums
Only someone in nationalist self-denial will think Donald Trump's tariffs are taxes, not taunts.
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
RENOVATED AND READY FOR DISPLAY Amenhotep III's tomb opens after 20 years
EGYPT on Saturday opened a tomb of a pharaoh for visitors after more than two decades of renovation in the southern city of Luxor, as it prepares for the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Stew Happens in Ladakh
Shaped by the resilience of mountains, Ladakh's food story runs deeper than just momo and thukpa
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
GOLDEN DIVIDEND FROM SILVER YEARS
THE human attitude to ageing is ambivalent.
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Cuttack DCP among 6 injured in clashes
Violence breaks out after locals allegedly object to the music being played by the puja committee, say officials
1 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
'I have a Moral Code for Playing Villains'
Sharon Stone speaks with Katie Ellis about her latest film, Nobody 2, and the controversies that shot her to fame
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Teaching kids to speak mind
Ranchi Speaks, a programme to improve public speaking abilities among government school students from Class 1 to 8, is bringing out the best in them, writes Mukesh Ranjan
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
3 kids go missing in U’khand every day: NCRB
DESPITE intensified police vigilance, awareness campaigns, and frequent checkpoints, official data reveals a staggering and deeply concerning rate of child disappearances in the hill state of Uttarakhand.
1 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
'My identity is the worker': Panchal makes pitch as Gujarat BJP chief
IN a strategically timed move, Gujarat BJP has officially appointed senior leader Jagdish Panchal as its new state president, making him the 14th chief of the party’s Gujarat unit.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Iran executes six Arabs over alleged attacks linked to Israel
IRAN executed six death-row inmates on Saturday it alleged carried out attacks in the country’s oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel, the latest prisoners to be put to death in a wave of executions believed to be the highest in decades.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Inter-state syndicate behind SI exam scam'
THE Crime Branch on Saturday said an interstate crime syndicate was behind the alleged question leak in the now-postponed Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE)-2024, a day after arresting another middleman in the multi-crore scam.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
Balasaheb’s body was kept in Matoshree for 2 days, says Shinde aide
UDDHAV Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has decided to sue Shinde party leader and former minister Ramdas Kadam for stirring a controversy over Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray’s death.
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October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
From slums to Bristol streets: A scholar's tale of resilience
Growing up in a slum didn’t deter her from pursuing studies ina prestigious institution overseas, narrates Sudhir Suryawanshi
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
A LIFE DEFINED BY ART, SHAPED BY TURBULENCE
IN death, as in life, Zubeen Garg remains one of Assam’s most powerful voices.
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Morning Standard
INDIA AT THE LAGRANGE POINT
A recent message from a former foreign secretary offered a striking metaphor: India, she suggested, might be at a Lagrange point.
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