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India adopts techno-legal path for AI safety, different from other countries
INDIA has chosen a different path on artificial intelligence (Al) safety compared to many other countries in the world, said Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fly ash atlas, app for disposal of industrial waste
FACED with serious concerns over environmental damage caused by unscientific and unsafe disposal of industrial waste, the state government on Monday announced it will soon come up with a fly ash atlas and a citizen reporting app for its appropriate management.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
RUG-GED IT
If there is one element in the design process that is underrated and can make or break any space, it’s area rugs.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
FISCAL ROADMAP TO GREEN GROWTH
WHEN India pledged net-zero emissions by 2070 at COP26, it was a blueprint for anew development model where growth and sustainability rise together.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Influenza surge in Delhi-NCR, 69% of households report flu symptoms
AS the monsoon rains recede, Delhi-NCR is battling a sharp spike in viral illnesses. From influenza to H3N2 infections, residents across Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad, and Ghaziabad are reporting fevers, coughs, and respiratory issues in large numbers.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Country will be free from Naxalism very soon: Shah
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday reiterated that the country will soon be free from Naxal menace.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
AHPI asks Star Health to restore cashless facility for policyholders
DAYS after the Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI) warned suspension of cashless services to Star Health Insurance policyholders, it has demanded immediate restoration of cashless facilities by the insurance company.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
TIGER DANCE: FROM GANJAM TO DELHI
Artist, teacher, and photographer Kannu Behera of Odisha grew up watching family members perform the tiger dance as ritual, folk form, or to fulfill a promise to the gods to ensure a loved one's recovery. His upcoming exhibition in Delhi is nostalgia, cultural pride and a tribute rolled into one.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pilot leads NSUI’s DU campaign...
IN a bid to energise the student electorate and reclaim its hold over Delhi University’s political landscape, the Congress-backed National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) is making a powerful pitch for change—led from the front by senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC slams govt for failing to give jobs to those who gave up land for project
THE Andhra Pradesh High Court has strongly criticized the state government for failing to honor a three-decade-old promise of offering employment to those who surrendered land for a public project.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rlys to allocate Ist 15-minute time slot for Aadhaar-authenticated user IDs
THE Ministry of Railways has announced an update to its online ticket booking system aimed at reducing fraudulent practices. From October 1, 2025, the first 15 minutes of general reserved ticket booking on the IRCTC website and app will be open only to Aadhaar-authenticated user IDs.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Wholesale inflation turns positive in Aug
WHOLESALE price index (WPI)-based inflation returned to positive territory in August 2025, after two consecutive months of deflation, as per the data released by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on Monday.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
AI agrees to fatigue norms, pilot body concerned
WITH the DGCAs deadline for airlines and other stakeholders to respond to its advisory on the Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) for pilots ending on Monday, Air India has decided to adopt the new system.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Maoist with ₹1 cr bounty among 3 killed in J'khand
IN yet another achievement for the second consecutive day, three Maoists, including Shahdeo Soren, carrying a bounty of %1 crore on his head, were gunned down during a police encounter in Jharkhand.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC plea seeks free spectacles for poor students
SOCIAL Jurist, a civil rights group, has filed a public interest litigation in the Delhi high court seeking directions for the city government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhito provide free spectacles to underprivileged students in government and MCD schools.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Suspect in rape of UK Sikh woman arrested
THE UK police investigating a racially aggravated sexual assault of a Sikh woman have arrested a man on suspicion of rape.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
MUST PUNISH FREQUENT TRAFFIC OFFENDERS
THE Odisha government last week cleared a proposal to allow traffic law violators a window of six months to settle their penalties issued via e-challans.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC stays a few provisions of Waqf Amendment Act
Abolition of ‘waaqf by user’ prima facie not arbitrary: Interim order
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Major crackdown on gangs as cops raid 25 locations; 6 held
DELHI police has conducted raids and search operations at 25 locations in the capital and Haryana in the wee hours of Monday, arresting six criminals with the recovery of arms, cash, and jewellery, officials said.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Lack of CCTVs in police stations: SC suggests AI-monitored control room
THE Supreme Court on Monday reserved its ruling for September 26 on a suo motu PIL related to the absence of functional CCTVs in police stations.
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September 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
20-year-old Nepali youth dies during practice for OSAP recruitment drive
A 20-year-old Nepali youth died of suspected heart attack while practicing for the upcoming Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP) Gurkha Sepoy recruitment drive here on Sunday.
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September 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
MULTIPLE PARADOXES CONFRONTING DELHI UNIVERSITY
IT'S often said that Delhi University is full of paradoxes. Nothing explains this better than several of its colleges crowding the top colleges list recently released by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of Ministry of Education and still 7000 of the undergraduate seats remaining vacant.
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September 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Residents flee Gaza City as Israel steps up bombing
PALESTINIAN families streamed out of Gaza City on Sunday, some crammed into pick-up trucks, others on foot, as Israeli forces pressed their assault on the territory's main urban centre.
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September 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Demography Mission' to thwart infiltrators
Government will pre-empt any conspiracy to alter the demography in border regions through incursions, says Modi
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September 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Youths' organ donations prove life-affirming
BILJITH Biju and Isaac George, two youngsters who were declared brain dead last week, have, through organ donation, served a purpose beyond saving lives raising awareness of the importance of their life-affirming acts of eternal kindness.
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September 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fake call centres duping UK nationals busted in Nashik, 2 arrested: CBI
THE Central Bureau of Investigation has dismantled two illegal call centres based in Nashik, which were allegedly involved in online frauds by cheating UK nationals by taking payments for non-existent insurance policies, posing as agents and government officers, officials said Sunday.
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September 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rubio in Israel after US rebuke on Qatar strike
PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that a visit to Israel by top US diplomat Marco Rubio underscored the strength of ties between the allies, days after an unprecedented Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar drew broad criticism.
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September 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
More Russian colleges offering Hindi courses as demand spikes
THREE decades after the Soviet Union collapse, Russia is witnessing a growing interest in students wanting to learn Hindi and the government is increasing the number of institutions teaching the language.
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September 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Miss the meal, mood won't heal
Eating breakfast on time is not just fuel for the body, it also steadies mood, sharpens focus, and protects mental health
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September 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
RJD threatens to contest all 243 seats in Bihar
AMID the ongoing seat-sharing talks within the Opposition INDIA bloc for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav sparked controversy by declaring that his party would contest all 243 seats.
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