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ONE OF THE RICHEST STATES IS FAILING ITS SCHOOLKIDS
KARNATAKA Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently received a letter from children in Pachedoddi, a hamlet in Chamarajanagar district that lies entirely off the publictransport grid.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
MNREGA gets new name, 125 days of employment
SETTING the stage for a major overhaul of the country’s flagship rural jobs scheme, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved the renaming of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGN-REGA) to Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Zubeen's secy, festival organiser among 4 charged with murder
THE Assam Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday filed the charge sheet in the highprofile Zubeen Garg death case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (Metro), slapping the charge of murder against four of the seven accused.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
FIFA accused of 'betrayal' over WC ticket prices
FOOTBALL fans have accused FIFA of a “monumental betrayal” after latest prices for World Cup tickets began to circulate on Thursday.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt jobs for 36 dependents of 1984 riot victims, CM hands appointment letters
THE Delhi government on Friday issued appointment letters to 36 dependents of families affected by the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Gaurav Dalmia wins Hurun Family Business Excellence Award 2025
GAURAV Dalmia, Chairman of Dalmia Group Holdings, was awarded the Barclays Private Clients Hurun Excellence in Family Business Award 2025 in New Delhi on Thursday.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Big service for ‘adopted country’
AS the Poland team walked to the glass show court at the Express Avenue Mall for their second match against Malaysia on Wednesday in their debut World Cup, it was a watershed moment for Ukraine-born teenager Sofia Zrazhevska.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ops to hunt terrorists in Jammu forests
AFTER a series of encounters and brief gunfights in the forest belts of Jammu region in the last six months, security forces have launched a major winter offensive to track down militants hiding in the dense and rugged forest areas.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Biker dies in hit-and-run, former K’taka minister’s SUV confiscated
IN a hit-and-run, a 27-year-old two-wheeler rider died on the spot after colliding head-on with an SUV that is linked to former minister HM Revanna, who is now the chairman of the Guarantee Implementation Committee.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
MahaYuti stays united, seals Maha seat deal for BMC polls
THE BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are set to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections-scheduled for next month-unitedly.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Cabinet nod to Census ’27 at a cost of ₹11,718 crore
THE Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Census 2027 at a cost of ₹11,718 crore, marking India’s first fully digital census.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
OUTFOXING AI, FOR BETTER OR VERSE
A paper on ar Xiv by researchers at the Icaro Lab in Italy has set off a firestorm of headlines.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
ED raids in three states in illegal cough syrup case, UP action on big stockists
IN a major crackdown on the illegal trade in codeine-based cough syrup, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided 25 locations across Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat on Friday.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
U.S. RATE CUT EASES PRESSURE ON ₹, STOCKS, BUT ROAD AHEAD UNEASY
THE Federal Reserve on Thursday reduced US benchmark interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 3.5-3.75 percent, the lowest in nearly three years.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Forex reserves up to $687 billion as rupee falls further
THE RBI said on Friday that the forex reserves rose by $1.033 billion to $687.26 billion during the week ended on December 5, while the rupee fall to new low of 90.56 against dollar, and closed at 90.42.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ramachandran first honorary life member
ON an evening to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the charmed and fabled Indian Squash Academy, attention shifted to the man who envisioned the existence of such a behemoth.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
Honorary ranks for police personnel
LG VK Saxena approved the grant of Honorary Ranks-one level above existing posts-on Friday, benefiting over 88,000 personnel, Raj Niwas officials said.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
CAQM forms expert panel to curb air pollution
AS vehicular pollution continues to significantly contribute to rising levels of air pollution in the capital, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has constituted an expert committee to draft a comprehensive strategy for reducing vehicular emissions.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
CM says rehab new path for social integration in C'garh
TEN cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh's Sukma on Friday, choosing to step away from violence and return to the mainstream.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
50 schools part of SCERT study to assess Class 9 kids
THE SCERT (State Council of Educational Research & Training) Delhi conducted the 2025 Dipstick Research Study on Friday to understand how well Class 9 students are learning.
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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard
MESSI MANIA: MEET AND GREET WITH STAR FOR ₹10L
WANT to meet and greet one Lionel Messi?
1 min |
December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Luthra brothers detained in Thailand 5 days after Goa blaze, hands cuffed
SAURABH Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, the co-owners of the Goa restaurant where 25 were killed in a fire incident on Saturday, were detained by the Thailand police early Thursday on India's request.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
A slice of Kashmir in Baansera soon, houseboat to act convention centre
DELHIITES will soon be able to taste a slice of Kashmir in the city, with the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) proposing to construct a houseboat at the Baansera Park on the Yamuna floodplains.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Warm' Modi, Trump call amid trade deal push
AMID hopes for an early framework trade deal and intense discussions over US agriculture and dairy products seeking access to Indian markets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, a call described as \"warm and engaging\".
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
6 states get SIR extension, WB left out
THE Election Commission on Thursday revised the timeline for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in six states, including poll-bound Tamil Nadu, following requests from the chief electoral officers.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Moderate air pollution good day for Delhi-NCR'
WITH residents in the city gasping for breath and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) considering an Air Quality Index (AQI) between 100 and 200 as 'moderate' pollution that can cause discomfort to elderly, children, and individuals with lung or heart issues, Union Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav thinks otherwise and has said an AQI below 200 is a good day for Delhi-NCR.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Nadda: Nehru 'neglected' Vande Mataram
STRIKING a combative tone towards the Congress in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Union Health Minister JP Nadda accused first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru of showing \"indifference and neglect\" towards Vande Mataram in the Constituent Assembly.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rahul says no satisfactory reply on poll reforms
A day after the fierce face-off in Lok Sabha during a debate on 'electoral reforms', Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that Union Home Minister Amit Shah failed to give satisfactory answers to his queries and appeared to be 'under pressure'.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
IOC THUMBS UP 2028 Oly hockey qualification system approved
THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the qualification system for the women’s and men’s hockey events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, the sport’s governing body FIH announced.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Washington under emergency as torrential rain triggers floods, fear
Governor says catastrophic flooding is likely, sends hundreds of troops to affected areas
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