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The Morning Standard
INDORE TRAGEDY SHOULD TRIGGER ACTION NATIONWIDE
IT'S a crying shame that at least 10 people including an infant have died from imbibing contaminated municipal water in India's 'cleanest city'.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
THE MANY NEW YEARS OF INDIA
ON the last day of 2025, I found myself at a popular south Indian vegetarian eatery in New Delhi.
4 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Uma Bharti takes on BJP over MP deaths
POLITICAL pressure mounted on the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh over Indore water contamination that has claimed at least 10 lives and left over a 100 hospitalised.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Rural areas lead in SIR, cities prefer office work
AN urban-rural divide is being observed in the distribution and collection of enumeration forms, as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being conducted in 12 states and UTs.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
The master shipwright behind INSV Kaundinya
WHEN Indian naval vessel INSV Kaundinya, built using the traditional sewn-ship technique, set sail on its maiden overseas voyage from Porbandar to Muscat on December 29, it marked another achievement in the storied career of a master Malayali craftsman.
2 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Maduro open to US talks on drugs, silent on CIA strike
VENEZUELA is open to negotiating an agreement with the United States to combat drug trafficking, the South American country's President Nicolás Maduro said in a pretaped interview aired Thursday on state television, but he declined to comment on a CIA-led strike last week at a Venezuelan docking area that the Trump administration believed was used by cartels.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Grandmother, her grandson burn to death in Gaza tent as crisis deepens
A grandmother and her 5-yearold grandson burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire, as thousands of Palestinians battle harrowing winter conditions in flimsy makeshift housing and the humanitarian crisis deepens.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
'LITERATURE REMAINS DEEP & ENDURING RESERVOIR OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE'
THE third edition of the Ramnath Goenka Sahitya Samman was held on a solemn and celebratory note, reaffirming the enduring role of literature in shaping public thought and cultural discourse.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
V-P: FEARLESS MEDIA, LIT VITAL FOR DEMOCRACY
Chandrashekhara Kambara conferred the RNGSS Lifetime Achievement Award
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Nod to 22 electronics part mfg projects
4 chip units to begin production from 2026: Vaishnaw
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Where voices from far and near converge to reflect on life experiences that can change public sphere
Reflective rather than celebratory
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Cold pushes city power demand to 5,603 MW, further rise expected
THE national capital’s electricity demand is once again nearing record levels, as Delhi’s winter peak demand is now projected to touch around 6,000 MW this season, according to estimates by the State Load Dispatch Centre.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
AAP chief questions no arrest in DPS fee matter, says 'not scared of FIRs'
AAP Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bhardwaj said the BJP government has begun filing FIRs against Aam Aadmi Party workers, pointing out that while its workers are being targeted with frivolous cases, no FIR has been registered against Delhi Public School despite documented evidence of harassment of students over unpaid fees.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Marijne returns as women's hockey team chief coach
DUTCHMAN Sjoerd Marijne, who is credited for India women's hockey team's historic fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics, returns to the side as the chief coach.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
US lawmakers come out in support of 'UK', BJP sees external interference
EIGHT United States lawmakers have written to Indian Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra seeking bail for student leader Umar Khalid, accused in the larger conspiracy case linked to the February 2020 north east Delhi riots, and urging the Indian government to ensure him a fair trial in line with international law.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Stuck amid unrest in Iran, medical students face anxiety, seek govt help
MORE than 3,000 Indian students pursuing higher education in Iran, most of them medical students, are facing mounting anxiety as the Islamic Republic is rocked by widespread protests triggered by soaring inflation and economic distress.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Wife's maintenance no rigid formula: HC
THE Delhi High Court, while enhancing a woman's interim maintenance, has said the amount cannot be determined with mathematical precision.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Govt warns Elon Musk-led X over obscene content generated by Grok
IN another face-off with Elon Musk-led X (formerly known as Twitter), the government has written to the platform warning it against hosting, generating, or uploading obscene, nude, indecent, or sexually explicit content through its AI-based services such as Grok and other xAI tools.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Commerce ministry seeks continuation of RoDTEP scheme
THE Ministry of Commerce seeks continuation of RODTEP, or Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products for export products in the upcoming Budget 2026, said a government source aware of the matter.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Priest, wife held guilty for killing man in 2017 case
A Delhi court has convicted a priest and his wife for killing a man and burning his body inside a temple room in east Delhi's Kailash Nagar in 2017 over his alleged affair with the woman.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Parents' body seeks national law to protect private school staff
THE All India Parents Association has urged the Lok Sabha Petition Committee to enact a national law to protect the service conditions and salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff in unaided private schools.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Nepal Police delegation visits Delhi Police headquarters to study leadership issues
AS part of their foreign study tour, a 25-member delegation of the Nepal Police visited the Delhi Police Headquarters on Friday, where they interacted with senior officers and gained insights into policing practices in the national capital.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Nifty hits life-time high of 26,340 on earnings hope
Positivity likely to continue next week on pre-quarterly biz updates
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Sood: AAP spread fake news on dog counting
DELHI education minister Ashish Sood has said that leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are indulging in false propaganda and spreading fake news against the government.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Assam tribal body rejects govt bid to make ST list additions
THE Coordination Committee of Tribal Organisations of Assam (CCTOA) has rejected the recommendation of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to grant the ST status to six communities, namely the Tai Ahom, Chutia, Moran, Matak, Koch-Rajbongshi and the Tea tribes.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
'MOST NON-TARIFF ISSUES WITH RUSSIA RESOLVED'
INDIA has addressed several non-tariff barriers (NTBs) with Russia for several sectors like marine, agricultural, engineering goods and the exports of these items are likely to go up in the coming months, said a source from commerce ministry, aware of the matter.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Kyiv names new military chief as Russia says 27 dead
RUSSIAN authorities said on Friday that the death toll from a Ukrainian drone strike they said struck a cafe in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine's Kherson region rose to 27 people.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Cotton candy complications
THE column this week comes with a statutory warning: Hong Ji-young’s New Year Blues is not a recommendation for the die-hard cinephiles.
3 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
U.S. CONCERN 'Chinese drills near Taiwan unnecessarily raise tension'
CHINESE war games around Taiwan \"unnecessarily\" spiked tensions in the region, the US State Department said early on Friday, calling on Beijing to \"cease its military pressure.
1 min |
January 03, 2026
The Morning Standard
Army seeks Israeli rockets urgently
The force signs contract with local firm for buying Elbit rocket system under emergency clause
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