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Jul Goods Trade Deficit Hits 8-Month High of $27.35 Billion
The country's merchandise trade deficit touched an eight-month high of $27.35 billion in July, as a sharp rise in imports outpaced a moderate gain in exports, ahead of the looming US tariffs.
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
From Red Fort, reflection of nation's hopes
As India marks its 79th year of Independence, the tradition of the Prime Minister addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort remains more than a powerful and symbolic ritual reflecting the country's hopes, direction, and its evolving place in history.
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Defence indigenisation to stay course
Make In India
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Efforts on to restore rare earth imports, says govt
The Ministry of Commerce has designed a four-pillar strategy to help exporters withstand the impact of US President Donald Trump's new tariffs on Indian goods and broader geopolitical disruptions, according to senior government officials.
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Genshitsu Sen, tea master and pilot, dies at 102
GENSHITSU Sen, a former Kamikaze pilot trainee who later promoted peace as a grand master of the Japanese tea ceremony, has died, officials said Thursday. He was 102.
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Partition Remembered
As India marks Partition Horrors Remembrance Day on August 14, the country confronts one of the darkest chapters of its independence—the violent and chaotic Partition of 1947 that created two nations, India and Pakistan, at a staggering human cost.
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
18 Police Officers to Get President's Medal on I-Day
DELHI Police's 18 officers and personnel have been conferred medals for their services: three President's Medals for distinguished service and 15 medals for meritorious service on the occasion of Independence Day.
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Flyers face delays as crew struggles to reach airport
FLIGHT departures from Delhi saw massive delays on Thursday for an unusual reason—pilots and cabin crew were unable to reach the airport on time due to traffic snarls caused by hours of heavy rain and waterlogged roads.
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Vincent makes winning move
After being Gukesh's 2nd for World Championship tie, Keymar is now gunning for his crown
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Minor Carrying Banned Chinese Manjha Arrested
A 15-year-old minor boy was apprehended with 16 rolls of banned Chinese manjha, which he was allegedly selling in central Delhi.
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Congress hails SC order on SIR as 'massive victory' for democracy; BJP hits back
HAILING the Supreme Court order on Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls (SIR) in Bihar, the Congress on Thursday called it a 'massive victory' for democracy and a 'huge message' for 'vote thieves' who tried to distort the electoral process in the state.
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
PM Cares children among special guests for I-Day
CHILDREN supported under PM CARES, boys and girls living in child care institutions and Anganwadi workers will be among the special guests to watch PM Narendra Modi unfurl the national flag and address the nation from the ramparts of the 17th-century Red Fort on Independence Day.
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August 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rooted in two soils
WHAT is home? It is a question that has been with me for as long as I can remember, a quiet echo that grows louder each time I try to answer it.
3 min |
August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Social media use behind teen pregnancy'
K'taka Minister Blames Exposure, Besides Changing Family Dynamics and Child Marriages for Rising Cases
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
India backs 'weak' plastic treaty draft with no cap on production
On the eve of the penultimate day of negotiations for a legally binding global plastics treaty, talks are in deadlock — and India has thrown its weight behind the petrochemical-producing Like-Minded Countries (LMC), accepting a weakened draft text that drops production caps and chemical controls as merely a \"starting point\" for talks.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
2,544 POCSO cases this year
There's still a long way to go when it comes to combating sexual offenses against minors.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Commission's Worrying Omissions
In no other country has an election commission been accused of deleting more 'false' voters in a decadal registral revision than population growth over that period makes arithmetically feasible. In no other country has an election commission implied to the highest court that a voting-age citizen cannot necessarily vote.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Soon, Group A jobs, ₹7 cr for int'l sports medallists
The Delhi government is in the process of rolling out a policy that aims to provide Group 'A' jobs to sportspersons who win medals in international events, besides rewarding them with a cash prize of ₹7 crore, Minister for Home, Education, Power and Urban Development Ashish Sood said on Wednesday.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Relationship with India, Pak unchanged: US
Amid its deepening strategic salience with Pakistan, the US on Wednesday said there is no change in its relationship with either India or Pakistan.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Efforts on to trace missing via phone data: Govt
IN a significant shift in the search operation for individuals missing after the devastating disaster in Dharali, Uttarkashi, authorities will now leverage mobile phone location data to pinpoint their whereabouts.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Court gives green light to Don's aid cuts
A divided US federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's administration can go ahead with billions of dollars in cuts to foreign assistance programs.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Amid US Tariff Tussle, India Engages With China, Russia
FM Wang in Delhi on Aug 18; Jaishankar Set for Moscow Visit on Aug 20
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Very severe consequences unless Putin halts Ukraine war: Trump
Viable chance for truce, says Starmer after talks with US president
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Soldier killed in gunfight with terrorists along LoC, infiltration attempt foiled
AN army jawan, Havildar Ankit Kumar from Bhagalpur, Bihar, was killed while foiling an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector, Jammu and Kashmir during the preceding night.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Odisha Offers ₹600 Cr to Power Semiconductor Hub Ambitions
EVEN as the Centre has approved two big-ticket chip plants worth ₹4,009 crore for Odisha, the state government has upped its game and decided to offer special incentives up to ₹600 crore and additional infrastructure support to attract more investment in the semiconductor sector.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rudy defeats Balyan in Constitution Club polls by margin of 100 votes
FORMER Union Minister and current MP from Saran, Bihar, Rajiv Pratap Rudy has retained his position as General Secretary (Administration) of the Constitution Club of India (CCI), defeating fellow BJP leader and former minister Sanjeev Kumar Balyan by a margin of over 100 votes in a fiercely contested election.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
DUSU polls on Sept 18, ₹1L bond sparks protests
THE Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections will be held on September 18, with vote counting scheduled for the following day, the university announced on Wednesday.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC Cancels Sushil Kumar's Bail in Murder Case, Orders Surrender Within One Week
In a major setback to 42-year-old Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar in the murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar, the SC on Wednesday cancelled his bail and ordered him to surrender within a week.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Rebuild us like Kedarnath,' say Dharali villagers
VILLAGERS affected by the recent cloudburst in Dharali, Uttarkashi, have urged authorities to reconstruct their region on the lines of the Kedarnath Dham redevelopment.
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August 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Man nabbed for impersonating sub-inspector
A 36-year-old accountant was arrested from Maurya Enclave for allegedly impersonating a Delhi Police sub-inspector (SI) to gain respect and monetary benefits, a police official said on Wednesday.
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