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SC Refuses to Expunge Observations in Verdict Against Ex-Tamil Nadu Minister
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to expunge its earlier remarks against the former minister, Senthil Balaji, and said that it would not change even a single word or even \"touch a single word\" of the previous judgments in cases concerning him seeking expunction of certain remarks made in the judgments related to the cash-for-jobs scam case.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Iran's Defence Chief in Iraq for Security Deal
The head of Iran's top defence body visited Iraq Monday to discuss a security agreement between the two countries, described as important, though details remain scant.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Surfer Ramesh hungry for big success
FROM not qualifying for last year's Asian surfing meet to making history as the first Indian surfer to win a medal in an Asian meet, Ramesh Budihal has risen out of deep waters.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
SIP inflows hit new high of ₹28,464 cr in July
DESPITE a series of falls in the market, capital inflows through systematic investment plans (SIPs) route hit a new high in July at ₹28,464 crore, up 4% from ₹27,269 crore in June.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Cruel, dangerous': Protest held over confining dogs
A wave of outrage swept across Delhi on Monday as animal lovers, activists, and residents gathered at India Gate to protest the SC's order mandating the permanent confinement of all street dogs in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and Noida within shelter homes.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sebi Plans to Allow Residents to Take Part in FPIs
CAPITAL markets regulator Sebi has proposed facilitating greater participation of resident Indians in the foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) framework by expanding the role of Indian non-individuals and mutual funds in international investment structures.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Man stabbed to death over personal enmity
A 22-year-old man was stabbed to death over personal enmity and a neighbourhood dispute in central Delhi's Nabi Karim area, police said on Monday.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Observers shut out as overflow rooms close amid crucial plastics treaty talks
As the second week—the make-or-break phase—of the global plastics treaty negotiations gets underway in Geneva, observers are sounding the alarm over being shut out of the talks.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
US trade talks on track; India draws red lines
Amid growing uncertainty over the future of trade negotiations with the US, this newspaper has learned that the visit of the US delegation in the last week of August is on schedule.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
US now working on Don-Putin-Zelenskyy meeting, says Vance
THE United States was working to \"schedule\" a meeting between Donald Trump and his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, Vice President JD Vance said in comments broadcast Sunday, as Ukraine's European allies pushed for Kyiv's presence at the US-Russia summit in Alaska this week.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
C'garh HC relief for cop who faced social boycott over inter-caste marriage
A distressed Chhattisgarh Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mekhlendra Pratap Singh, facing social boycott from his community for marrying a woman of his choice, has lodged an FIR in his home town of Bilaspur, claiming that his marriage was conducted according to social traditions.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Daycare nightmare: Nanny bites, assaults toddler in Gr Noida
A 15-month-old girl was slapped, bitten, pushed, and beaten with a plastic bat by a nanny at a daycare centre in Greater Noida.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Trump Deploys National Guards in DC to 'Control Crime and Homelessness'
President Donald Trump said Monday he's placing the Washington DC police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard to make the nation's capital safer.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Tribal Forum Seeks Development for 49 Communities in K'taka, Stages Protest
The Karnataka Adivasi Rakshana Parishat activists staged a protest on Monday, urging the state government to introduce development programmes for the 49 tribal communities in Karnataka.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Mkt up on announcement of Trump-Putin meet
DOMESTIC equity market rose ahead on Monday as sentiment improved following the announcement that U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska to discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
400 Kerala road stretches unsafe for pedestrians
KERALA'S roads are not safe for pedestrians, with their deaths accounting for 26.5% — more than one-fourth — of the total number of road fatalities in the state.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC flags growing trend of lawyers targeting judges
OBSERVING that it has become a trend amongst lawyers to criticise judges for no reason, the Supreme Court on Monday directed a litigant and his lawyers to tender an unconditional apology to a Telangana high court judge against whom they levelled many \"scurrilous allegations\".
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Mann Rolls Back Land Pooling Policy
Amid growing backlash from farmers and Opposition parties, apart from internal dissent, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab Government has withdrawn the controversial land pooling policy.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
'No support': Families of AI-171 crash victims take Boeing battle to US courts
SOME grieving families of the AI-171 plane crash victims are preparing for a legal battle on American soil, where stringent product liability laws may finally hold global giants like Boeing to account.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
13-Year-Old Girl Sets Self on Fire in Bargarh Village, Dies
A 13-year-old girl of Bargarh died hours after an alleged self-immolation bid which left her with over 80 percent burns, in Phiringimal village under Gaesilat police limits of the district on Monday.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Overpraise: When Good Isn't Good Enough
From kindergarten to the corporate world, genuine acknowledgment is being replaced by overpraise. Whether aimed at fostering a positive mindset or productivity, this new culture is killing credibility
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
National Games winner handed three-year ban
NATIONAL Games discus throw gold medallist Gagandeep Singh was among a slew of athletes across sports who were handed a three-year ban by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) instead of four after they accepted their offence within 20 days of being charged.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Banks can decide minimum balance
WHILE the Reserve Bank on Monday washed its hands off the issue of a five-fold increase in average monthly minimum balance requirement that ICICI Bank has introduced on new non-salary accounts — from ₹10,000 in rural branches to a high of ₹50,000 in metro branches from this month, saying the subject is not within the regulatory purview of the central bank — netizens express their displeasure over the issue on social media platform X.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Last Flame of Old Delhi's 'Kalai' craft
Mohammad Faizan's small shop in Matia Mahal keeps alive the generations-old, fading craft of tin-coating utensils
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Adani Defence, Prime Aero Acquire MRO Service Firm Indamer Technics
ADANI Defence Systems and Technologies (ADSTL), through its venture Horizon Aero Solutions, in partnership with Prime Aero Services, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% stake in maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) service provider Indamer Technics (ITPL).
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
After 'Dog Babu', 'Cat Kumar' seeks ID proof
AFTER 'Dog Babu', 'Sonalika Tractor' and 'Donald Trump', yet another case of fake application has emerged in Bihar. This time, the application seeks a residential certificate for a cat.
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August 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Not mandatory to publish list of names deleted from electoral rolls, EC tells SC
OPPOSING the application filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) seeking publication of a list of persons excluded from the Bihar draft roll, the Election Commission (EC), in an affidavit, told the Supreme Court that it was not prescribed under election regulations to publish any such list.
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August 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
1,308 evacuated as search-rescue ops enter Day 6
AIR rescue operations have resumed in disaster-hit Harsil and Dharali. By Sunday, 1,308 people had been safely evacuated. Army's MI-17 and Chinook helicopters, alongside state choppers, are engaged in the rescue operations which entered its sixth day, navigating the mountainous terrain.
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August 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
The Night That Brought Light
JANMASHTAMI is on August 16, so let us recall that night in Mathura when it happened, drawing from the Srimad Bhagavatam: Mahavishnu meditated in heaven before taking his eighth descent to earth.
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August 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bibi Defends Gaza Offensive as Toll Mounts
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday sought to defend a new military offensive in one of Gaza's most populated areas amid growing condemnation at home and abroad, declaring that Israel \"has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas.\" He spoke to foreign media minutes before an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Gaza.
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