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Global tributes pour in for B’desh ex-PM Zia
COUNTRIES across the globe, including the US, China, and India, on Tuesday recalled Khaleda Zia’s decades-long role in shaping Bangladesh’s politics as they expressed deep sorrow over the death of the former prime minister.
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
Interim chief of NIA named as stability matters
THE Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an order appointing senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rakesh Aggarwal as the interim chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) following the government’s decision to prematurely repatriate incumbent Director General (DG) Sadanand Vasant Date to his home cadre Maharashtra.
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
PUTTING MORE MONEY IN EACH POCKET
GOVERNOR Sanjay Malhotra has had, to put it mildly, an eventful first year at the helm of the Reserve Bank of India.
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
Kavin's film Mask gets OTT release date
ARLIER today, ZEE5 announced that it would start streaming Mask, starring Kavin and Andrea Jeremiah in the lead roles, from January 9, 2026, onwards.
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
It's shiksha, not business: Protests win, tight check on pvt school fees in place
ONE issue stood out starkly in the education landscape in 2025 when thousands of parents gathered outside the Assembly against the Delhi School Education Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees Bill, 2025.
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
LUCKY AFTER 27... IN '25
The year 2025 saw the return of BJP to power after a hiatus of more than two and half decades amid high expectations of fixing Delhi affairs. Banking on what it called the administrative lapses of AAP, BJP's resounding comeback is also a responsibility on issues like civic infra and services
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
AGMUT cadre back to keep city safe: Two police commissioners in 21 days
AFTER being headed for four years by two successive non-AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories) cadre officers, Delhi Police has seen a period of leadership change, with two commissioners taking charge within the span of less than one month.
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
DEPLANED, NOT GROUNDED YET
OPERATIONAL disruptions at IndiGo in early December put CEO Pieter Elbers into the spotlight, forcing him to issue a series of public apologies.
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
China holds second day of live-fire drills around Taiwan
CHINA’s People’s Liberation Army staged a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, unleashing a live-fire show of force as part of what it called “Justice Mission 2025” to demonstrate its ability to deter any external support for the island it claims as part of its sovereign territory.
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt lifts the city, literally, with elevated corridors
CAPITAL REBOOT
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
HEALTH: CRACKS IN CARE SYSTEMS
The year will be remembered for India giving a mega push to strengthen and further expand its healthcare infrastructure, and taking giant strides in digital advancement and medical education, in a bid to make healthcare more accessible and affordable to its people.
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
MIGRATION AND MOBILITY
With multiple policy changes, migration has become a defining question at the intersection of elections, state power, economic strategies and national identity. The impact of this shift in 2025 was momentuous
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
THE SULTANATE
Perennial problems such as severe air pollution, faulty education policy and gross mismanagement at the capital's main railway station, especially during major festivals, continued to persist in 2025. Let's hope the city will have a better 2026
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
Saudi bombards Yemen port after UAE arms delivery
Saudi Arabia calls UAE action ‘extremely dangerous’ as separatist tensions deepen
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December 31, 2025
The Morning Standard
CAT REMOVES BRAHMOS CHIEF FROM POST
IN a rare development, the Hyderabad bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Monday directed that the sitting Director General and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BrahMos Aerospace, Jaiteerth R Joshi, be removed from the post.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Zelenskyy says US offering 15-year security guarantee
Seeks strong 50-year guarantee to deter Russian aggression; Trump insists negotiations are bringing Kyiv and Moscow closer to peace
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC stays Delhi HC order suspending Sengar's life term
STRESSING that even the \"finest judges are prone to errors\" and judicial scrutiny is part of the system, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed a December 23 High Court order suspending the life sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
'MCD not shutting down toll plazas'
AAP shares video from Ghazipur toll plaza Mayor lists down MCD's anti-pollution measures
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Defence ministry gives go-ahead for ₹79,000 cr arms buy for 3 services
THE Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, cleared the procurement of defence hardware worth ₹79,000 crore for the three services on Monday.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC stays its Nov 20 fiat on Aravallis, to set up high-powered committee
Bench says its previous order invited applications and pleas questioning the 100-metre rule
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Duty-free Indian exports to Aus from January 1
ALL Indian exports will have 100% duty-free access to the Australian market from January 2026 under the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) between the two countries, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Prez says no to TN bill on VC hiring that put state govt, guv on war path
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu has returned the University of Madras (Amendment)
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Shift garbage depots from residential localities: Sood
DELHI Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood on Monday inspected sanitation arrangements at two locations in the Vikaspuri Assembly constituency and directed officials to install view-cutters in front of garbage depots and explore options to shift them away from residential areas.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
... Cong seeks resignation of environment minister
WELCOMING the Supreme Court's decision to stay its November 20 order on the new definition of the Aravalli range, the Congress on Monday sought the resignation of Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, saying all his arguments in favour of the redefinition have been rejected.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Two B'deshis 'refused' treatment by Odisha hosp
TWO Bangladeshi nationals reportedly travelling to Bhubaneswar for medical treatment were subjected to police verification on arrival at the Biju Patnaik International Airport on Sunday night after locals raised suspicion on their identity.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Industrial output at 2-year high of 6.7%; mfg rebounds
INDUSTRIAL output surged to a 25-month high of 6.7% year-on-year in November, rebounding sharply from 0.5% growth in October, driven primarily by an 8% expansion in manufacturing, official data showed.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
A night to slip into
Sneha Arora arrives with her 'Nightcap' collection—easy, fluid pieces designed to be slipped on, layered, worn undone, and styled your way
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
Cold wave sweeps UP, nearly 40 dists reel under dense fog, zero visibility
A severe cold wave has gripped Uttar Pradesh, prompting the state government to order the closure of schools up to Class 12 till January 1.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
5 home-grown start-ups turn unicorn in 2025
INDIA saw five startups becoming unicorns in 2025 against 111 unicorns emerging globally.
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December 30, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Aravallis among the oldest mountain systems in world'
M K Pandit says different states define boundaries differently, creating confusion
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