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Punjab to call spl session next mnth over G-RAM-G bill
THE AAP government in Punjab will convene a special session of the assembly next month against the replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or GRAM-G Bill that was passed in Parliament amid Opposition protests.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Shriram Fin brings home biggest FDI
THE Chennai-based Shriram Group has made history by bringing the largest foregin direct investment into the domestic finanicial sector, selling 20% of its holding in its flagship Shriram Finance for $4.4 billion (about 39,618 cr) or ₹840.83 a share to the Japanese finanicial giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
EU agrees 90-bn-euro loan for Ukraine to plug budget shortfall
EUROPEAN Union leaders struck a deal Friday to provide Ukraine a loan of 90 billion euros to plug its looming budget shortfalls—but failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets to come up with the funds.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pak claims concerned over ‘abrupt variance’ in flow of Indus River basin
PAKISTAN has expressed concern over what it called sudden changes in the flow of the Chenab river in Indus basin between December 7 and 15, accusing India of releasing water without warning in violation of the Indus Waters Treaty that New Delhi suspended after the Pahalgam terror attack.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Learning Malayalam, Priyanka tells Modi at Speaker’s ‘chai pe charcha’
A lighthearted exchange over ‘Wayanad turmeric’ and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Ethiopia visit figured in the friendly conversation between Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and the PM at the customary tea hosted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday, after the conclusion of the Winter Session of Parliament.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
INDIAN MEN FS WRESTLERS MAY HAVE A RUSSIAN COACH
FORMER Russian wrestler Anatoly Beloglazov, the 1980 Moscow Olympics 52kg gold medallist, looks set to take over as foreign wrestling coach of the Indian men’s freestyle unit.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
10,000 classrooms to get air purifiers, tender out
Govt initiative to cover all state schools in phases to tackle pollution
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Speaker looking at 8 privilege notices on Oppn MPs
LOK Sabha Speaker Om Birla is learnt to be examining a notice by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey alleging breach of privilege and contempt by eight Opposition members when the House was debating the VB-G RAM G Bill on Thursday.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Head-ache for visitors after whirlwind day
TRAVIS Head crunched his fourth century in as many Tests at Adelaide Oval on Friday as Australia built a 356-run lead over England to stand on the brink of retaining the Ashes.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
... In MP, 41.80L set to be removed from voter list
MORE than 41.80 lakh voter names have been identified for deletion from the electoral rolls across Madhya Pradesh after the completion of the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the 2025 voter list, election officials said.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
PRESSURE ON RUPEE TO CONTINUE, U.S. TRADE DEAL CAN CUSHION FALL
THE Indian rupee has emerged as Asia’s worst-performing currency in 2025.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
DHAKA TO SYDNEY, A MISSING LINK IN TERROR NARRATIVE
Failure to call out the resurgence in Islamist violence isn’t helping. Recent incidents in Australia and Bangladesh aren't linked, but there’s a common reluctance to confront the threat head-on
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
No pollution debate in House
AS Parliament adjourned sine die on Friday, a political blame game erupted with the ruling BJP accusing the opposition of \"stalling\" the debate on air pollution in Delhi-NCR.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Dhurandhar past Baahubali, Dangal; eyes ₹1K cr club
AT a time when most films struggle to go beyond a week or two in their theatrical run, Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar has done the seemingly impossible.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Visibility drops to zero, dense fog alert in city
LARGE swathes of the capital saw a dense blanket of fog on Friday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a red alert and warning of prolonged low-visibility conditions over the next few days.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ball in West's court, Putin says in annual TV address
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would not attack other countries on the condition it was treated “with respect”, dismissing concerns that Moscow poses a security threat to NATO’s eastern flank states.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bondi attack accused renewed passport in Hyderabad in ’22
SAJID Akram, one of the accused in the Bondi Beach attack in Australia, renewed his passport during a visit to Hyderabad in July 2022, a source told this newspaper.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
RBI okays risk-based deposit insurance framework
THE Central Board of Directors of the RBI on Friday approved risk-based deposit insurance framework for banks.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Medical student from Valley missing in Russia
A 21-year old man from Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, Gaurav Singh Nag, who was studying MBBS in Russia, has gone missing since December 10.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Manjhi ‘clears the air’ in video, says managed to swing votes via DM
A video claiming to show Union minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) leader Jitan Ram Manjhi speaking about influencing an election result went viral on Friday, sparking an uproar among opposition parties.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
CONG KEEPS G-RAM-G PLAN for CWC MEET
THE Congress on Friday said it will strongly oppose any move to scrap MGNREGA, with Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi accusing the Modi government of dismantling the rights-based law.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
1,000 in Gaza dead awaiting evacuation, says WHO
MORE than 1,000 patients have died while waiting for urgent medical evacuation from war-ravaged Gaza in the last year anda half, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Stormy session marred by vaping & shouting match
THE winter session of Parliament, one of the shortest in recent Parliament history, came to a close on Friday.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
97,37,831 TN voters off electoral rolls across 38 districts after SIR
A total of 97.37 lakh names have been removed from the electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu after the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) under the categories of Absent, Shifted, and Dead as per the data released on Friday.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC grants relief to Pawar minister in cheating case
THE Bombay HC on Friday granted bail to former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate and suspended his two-year jail term ina cheating and forgery case, but refused to stay his conviction.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
STEPPING UP FOR A NEW GAME
THE youngest-ever captain of India’s netball and basketball teams, Delhi girl Prachi Tehlan has also found a place in the Limca Book of World Records.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
GVK-Bhupal family buys Tata Group’s 25.5% stake in TAJ GVK
INDIAN Hotels Company (IHCL) has entered into an agreement to sell its entire shareholding of 25.52% in TAJ GVK to the GVK-Bhupal family. The shift converts IHCL’s joint venture with GVK-Bhupal family in Taj GVK Hotels and Resorts into a long-term management contract covering its hotel portfolio.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Interest rates need to be lower given benign inflation outlook: RBI governor
RESERVE Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra has voted for the 25 bps repo rate cut earlier this month saying real interest rates needs to be lower given benign outlooks for both headline and core inflation.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Paul King to helm adaptation of Labubu
SONY is teaming up with filmmaker Paul King to bring the wildly popular Labubu collectibles to cinema screens, as per areport on The Hollywood Reporter.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Nagal beats Shapovalov as Eagles post win
TOP Indian tennis players Sumit Nagal and Shrivalli Bhamdipaty were the stars on Friday as Eagles beat Hawks to strengthen their bid for a spot in the finals of the World Tennis League in Bengaluru.
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