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Maha nod to animation, gaming & comics policy
MAHARASHTRA cabinet on Tuesday approved the animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and extended reality (AVGC-XR) Policy 2025, that expected to get over ₹50,000 crore investments and two lakh job opportunities in the state.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Delhi govt seeks Ganga water from UP, offers treated supply in return
DELHI is exploring a fresh water-sharing arrangement with neighbouring Uttar Pradesh as the city struggles to meet its growing demand, with the Delhi Jal Board proposing an exchange of treated wastewater for additional Ganga water.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
SIR: EC sets 2002 rolls as base for voters' mapping in capital
READYING for a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, election authorities countrywide have been directed to begin mapping electors from past special revisions with the current electoral list of 2025.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
PWD to install smart LED street lights based on monthly payments to firms
THE Public Works Department (PWD) has introduced an EMI-based model to replace all conventional sodium street lights with modern smart LED fittings. Traditionally, governments paid contractors in advance, often leading to delays, poor maintenance and limited accountability.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Lokesh holds Investor Roadshow in London ahead of Nov Vizag summit
THE Andhra Pradesh government made a strong pitch to global investors in London on Tuesday evening. IT Minister Nara Lokesh held a high-profile Investor Roadshow ahead of the CII Partnership
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Water issues: Philippines, China clash in disputed area
CHINA’ coast guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels on Tuesday near Scarborough Shoal, a disputed territory that both countries claim in the South China Sea.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Centre unveils civil drone bill, SC says make DGCA regulator
THE Civil Aviation Ministry’s new draft of the Civil Drones Bill, released on Tuesday, has introduced imprisonment terms ranging from three months to three years for violating numerous rules pertaining to drones.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
India on wheels: Richer & stronger
Apollo Tyres is new jersey sponsor for Indian cricket team & will shell out 580 cr for the deal
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bowling conundrum for Kaur & Co ahead of second ODI vs Australia
WOMEN'S CRICKET
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Australia bans under-16s on social media but spares adults from age checks
AUSTRALIAN authorities said Tuesday that social media platforms should not demand age verification for all account holders starting from December, when a ban on children under 16 having accounts goes into effect in the country.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Kipyegon sparkles, Tinch's time away pays off with world gold
FAITH Kipyegon cemented her status as an athletics legend on Tuesday by winning her fourth world 1500 metres title whilst Cordell Tinch’s decision to return to the sport paid off with 110m hurdles gold.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pregnant woman carried in cloth sling for 5 km, dies on way to hosp in Gujarat
A 35-year-old pregnant woman, suffering labour pain, couldn’t survive the stressful march to the hospital in a cloth sling and died on the way on Monday. Her family carried her in the makeshift sling for five kilometres from Khaidi Phalia in Chhota Udepur, because there is no road to their hamlet.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Zelenskyy calls for European defence while Russian forces bomb Ukraine
RUSSIAN forces bombarded the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with rockets overnight, wounding 20 people, including four children, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday as he urged European leaders to make the continent safe by building an ambitious air defense umbrella.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Committed to make India free of drugs: Shah
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the government is determined to wipe out narcotics from the country and asked anti-drug agencies to go after both big cartels and small street-level peddlers.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
First song from Gustaakh Ishq out
‘L Jalool Ishq’, a song from Vijay Varma and Fatima Sana Shaikh’s upcoming romantic-drama, Gustaakh Ishq was unveiled by the makers on Tuesday.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC seeks states’ reply on anti-conversion laws
THE Supreme Court on Tuesday sought replies from several states within four weeks regarding a batch of petitions that seek a stay on the laws dealing with religious conversions, which have been enacted and enforced by those states.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Doon deluge kills at least 13
Most rivers in spate; 16 people still missing Officials fear death toll could rise significantly
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
NCB asks states for data on foreign nationals overstaying in country
THE federal anti-drug agency NCB has asked all states and Union Territories (UTs) to work on identifying nearly 16,000 foreign nationals, mostly belonging to African countries, who are “overstaying” in the country and examine their possible involvement in crimes including drug peddling in the country, sources said on Tuesday.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt steps up crackdown on single-use plastics
THE Delhi government has intensified its campaign against single-use plastics, directing departments to act in mission mode.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Hollywood legend Robert Redford bows out at 89
ROBERT Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died on Tuesday at 89.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Diarrhoea outbreak in AP dist triggers panic
THE situation in New Rajarajeswari (RR) Peta remains tense following a diarrhoea outbreak a week ago, with residents gripped by fear.
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September 17, 2025
The Morning Standard
Funds promised, pvt colleges call off stir
PRIVATE professional colleges on Monday called off their strike following an assurance from the state government that ₹600 crore towards reimbursement of tuition fees (RTF) would be released immediately.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Nepal interim govt inducts three new ministers
THREE newly-appointed ministers, including former electricity board CEO Kulman Ghising, in the Sushila Karki-led interim government in Nepal took the oath of office on Monday.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
CBDT extends ITR filing deadline by one one day
THE Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Monday extended the due date for filing income tax returns (ITRS) for Assessment Year (AY) 2025-26 by one more day, giving taxpayers time until September 16, 2025 to complete their filings.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
BSNL to launch 5G services in Mum, Delhi by Dec
STATE-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is set to launch 5G services in Delhi and Mumbai by December 2025, according to a senior official from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
AAP & BJP spar over road safety, emergency response
THE death of a senior Union Finance Ministry official in a road accident near Delhi Cantonment on Sunday has sparked a political row between the AAP and the BJP, with both parties blaming each other over emergency response and road safety in the city.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC junk Simha's plea on inviting Booker winner at Mysuru Dasara
\"WE are not persuaded to accept arguments that an invitation to a person of a different faith violates constitutional or legal right,\" the High Court of Karnataka said on Monday while dismissing three public interest litigations (PILs) against the state government's invitation to writer Banu Mushtaq, winner of 2025 Booker Prize, to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara festivities on September 22.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
PM raises pitch on infiltrators, says Cong-RJD yatra meant to save them
Warns no matter how much they try, infiltrators have to leave country, govt making it a priority
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Gopalpur rerun? Teenage girl gang-raped in front of partner at Odisha beach
A teenage girl student was allegedly gang-raped by two youths in front of her partner at the popular tourist spot Baliharichandi beach under Brahmagiri police limits of Puri, in yet another shocking incident of sexual assault that comes as a chilling reminder of the Gopalpur case when a 20-year-old student was gang-raped by 10 persons in front of her male friend.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Cong divided over 'tainted' MLA attending Assembly
After suspension, Rahul Mamkootathil's seat shifted from Oppn block
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