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Airfares set to increase as Air India hikes jet fuel surcharge up to $50
AIRFARES are set to rise after Air India on Tuesday announced an increase in fuel surcharges ranging from %399 to %4,600 ($50) amid the ongoing conflict between the US-Israel coalition and Iran in West Asia.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
UK adopts anti-Muslim hostility definition, plans envoy
THE UK has adopted a new definition of “anti-Muslim hostility” and will appoint a special representative to support the government's action to tackle hate crimes targeted at the community.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Around 2.5-3K ltrs of diesel per match and other factors
FOR the second time in as many years, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been forced to consider the effects of a war.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Don't raze house of Holi clash accused: HC to MCD
DELHI High Court on Tuesday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to refrain from carrying out any demolition action against the houses of two persons accused in the murder of a 26-year-old man in Uttam Nagar during Holi celebrations until the court hears the matter on March 11.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Shah to join BJP's mega march in Moga on March 14
THE BJP is gearing up for Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s mega rally on March 14 in Punjab’s Moga district, which is expected to kick-start the party’s campaign for the 2027 assembly elections.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
CONGRESS-BJD JOINT PICK FOR RAJYA SABHA HINTS AT POSSIBLE BJD SHIFT
WHEN Santrupt Misra and Dr Datteswar Hota, nominees of the Biju Janata Dal, filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha on March 5, the birth anniversary of Biju Patnaik, an unusual tableau emerged. Party supremo Naveen Patnaik stood beside leaders of the Congress and the CPI(M), hinting at a subtle but significant shift in Odisha’s political equations. The run-up to the Upper House elections has revealed an unexpected recalibration. The principal Opposition BJD, long known for its carefully cultivated ideological distance from both national parties, has now accepted Congress support to field its second candidate.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
22 anti-pollution devices to undergo trials across capital
Plan aims to balance economic growth with environmental protection and sustainability
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Fear of LPG shortage triggers long queues outside gas agencies in city
LONG queues were seen outside several LPG gas agencies across the city on Tuesday amid fears of a possible disruption in cooking gas supply.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
A WAR THAT THE GLOBAL ECONOMY CANNOT AFFORD
Iran knows it has no chance of winning a direct war initiated by the US and Israel. But by hitting oil, trade routes and markets it can raise costs, slow growth and spread the pain worldwide
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Uproar in RS as Nadda blames TMC for ‘law and order collapse’ in Bengal
LEADER of the House and Union Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC), accusing it of allowing the collapse of law and order in West Bengal.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
PM asks ministers to keep watch on energy concerns
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi is learnt to have expressed serious concern over India’s energy security, amid the ongoing tensions involving the United States, Israel, Iran and the Gulf nations.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Amid West Asia tensions, 25 flights cancelled
AIR travel between Hyderabad and several West Asian destinations remained disrupted on Tuesday due to the volatile situation in the region. A total of 25 flights were cancelled at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, including 13 arrivals and 12 departures, affecting hundreds of passengers.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
BENGAL PROTOCOL ROW: PRESIDENT ABOVE FRAY
IN a rare public rebuke—possibly her first since becoming President of India—Droupadi Murmu criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for shifting the venue of the Ninth International Santal Conference in Darjeeling to a remote location with poor access.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Gogoi, Rijiju in war of words over Speaker's conduct
THE Lok Sabha witnessed a heated political showdown on Tuesday as the House took up an Opposition resolution seeking removal of Speaker Om Birla, kicking off a ten-hour debate marked by sharp exchanges between the treasury benches and the Opposition.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
GAS-WHAT
Restaurants, industries depending on commercial LPG hit amid panic buying: govt steps up domestic production, says more imports on
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Rahul has never bowed before govt: Priyanka
CONGRESS MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday took a sharp swipe at Union minister Kiren Rijiju during the Lok Sabha debate on the Opposition resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla, accusing the ruling party of selectively invoking Jawaharlal Nehru while routinely criticising India’s first prime minister.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
NEPAL'S YOUTHQUAKE ELECTION
BALENDRA Shah and the newly strengthened Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), headed by Rabi Lamichhane, have achieved a remarkable victory in Nepal’s elections securing the two-thirds majority to form a government. RSP’s blue party flags and election symbol ‘bells’ are flying and ringing across the Hima-layan country, echoing the voice of young voters demanding an end to cor-ruption and calling for change. How-ever in remembrance of the people that had died during the previous year’s Gen Z protests, Shah has requested to not hold any victory rallies.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Union Cabinet eases FDI norms for China, neighbours with land border
IN a major boost to foreign direct investment, especially from China, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday amended Press Note 3 (PN3). The government has also provided for a definitive timeline for investments in critical sectors requiring approval under PN3.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Govt mulls 'green budget' rollout
Plan aims to balance economic growth with environmental protection and sustainability
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
A Big Dream in Two Rooms
Triveni Kala Sangam turns 75 this year.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Agentic AI replacing corporate depts: Xebia CEO
ARTIFICIAL intelligence systems capable of planning and executing complex tasks are beginning to replace entire corporate departments as companies move beyond experimentation and deploy \"agentic AI\" in real operations, Anand Sahay, global CEO at Xebia, told TNIE.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Delinking women's quota from delimitation explored
THE government is learnt to be exploring a possibility to implement the Women’s Reservation Act even before the completion of the post-Census delimitation exercise for Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Only UCC can ensure equal rights to women: SC
THE only way to ensure equal rights to all women in the country is to bring in the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
US readies 'most intense strikes', Iran hits residential building in Bahrain
Officials in Iran say ‘not looking for truce’, threaten to eliminate Trump
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Pinarayi reaches out to Pentecostal churches in Kerala
IN a politically significant decision aimed at making inroads into various Christian denominations ahead of the assembly elections, the state government on Tuesday decided to recognise Pentecostalism as a Christian sub-sect.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Eyes on IPL amid West Asia conflict
With season set to start on Mar 28, BCCI may have to take a call if the ongoing situation escalates in coming weeks
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Naidu asks officials to develop AP as an Integrated Strategic Material Hub
CM N Chandrababu Naidu has directed officials to develop Andhra Pradesh as an Integrated Strategic Material Hub.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Poll-bound Assam adds ₹4K Bihu bonus as 40L women receive ₹9K each
Poll promise of free pulses, sugar, salt, oil
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Early spring advances opening of Tulip garden
THE unusually warm winter and rise in temperatures in February and March have advanced the arrival of spring in Srinagar, leading to the early opening of the famed Tulip Garden in Srinagar.
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March 11, 2026
The Morning Standard
Leader Surya delivers what he promised
WHEN Suryakumar Yadav took over from Rohit Sharma, he was No 1 T20I batter.
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