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Babur and the Blunders of Bias
In an attempt to give a historical account of the Mughal ruler, the narrative confuses polemic as an exercise in history
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Iran confirms detaining oil tanker 'with illegal load'
TRAN on Saturday confirmed seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz over violations including carrying an illegal consignment, state media reported.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Heavy rainfall likely in TN due to low-pressure: IMD
TAMIL Nadu is bracing for an unusually intense phase of the northeast monsoon, with a low-pressure area having formed over the southwest Bay of Bengal off the Sri Lanka coast.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
27-yr-old from Bengal 'gave' OTPs to K'taka call centre in voter theft case
THE Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged Aland voter theft case has started the interrogation of 27-year old Bapi Adya, who was arrested from a village in Nadia district of West Bengal on November 12.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ex-minister got Regional Ring Road alignment changed: Kavitha
ALLEGING that the alignment of the Regional Ring Road (RRR) was changed to save thousands of acres of lands belonging to former ministers T Harish Rao and Gangula Kalamakar, MLC K Kavitha on Saturday claimed that “prominent leaders in the BRS accumulated huge assets by misguiding former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao”.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pope returns 62 Indigenous artifacts in reconciliation bid
THE Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Peace & healing in the Red Zone
To win the prolonged battle against Naxals, Bastar Police is going beyond the vocabulary of warfare with an aim to win the heart of surrendered Maoists, Ejaz Kaiser narrates
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sidda gets Rahul’s nod for cabinet rejig
As a reaction to Bihar poll results, CM could drop 10-12 of his ministers to make his position strong, says a source
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Saddling Up in Style
Polo is now the ultimate luxe statement for India's modern elite
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Manipur's rich heritage cast in clay through resilience
Inspired by her mother, a lab supervisor forays into business of modern & artistic pots for décor, Prasanta Mazumdar writes
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sukhois, French fighters join Exercise Garud
STARTING from Sunday, the Indian Air Force (IAF)’s front-line Sukhoi Fighters, along with their transport and air-to-air refuellers will be carrying out complex maneuvers with their french counterparts.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Behind the Eyes of the Tigress
Decades after a stranger captured her “tigress eyes,” Pappu Devi still sits by her stall, selling the photograph that once made her famous
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
A School of Thought
In Bengaluru, an educational space goes beyond textbooks and rote learning, blending ancient Indian values with modern thinking
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
'I Enjoy Playing Complex People'
Jacob Elordi speaks with Adam Stone about his latest film, Frankenstein, and how transforming into a monster is one of the more human characters he has played
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Army’s Animal Transport Units to stay
THE Indian Army has deferred disbanding of the Animal Transport Units (ATUs) till the next decade. This comes a time when the Army has substantial troops and formations guarding the borders in the unpredictable high altitude and terrain. Comprising the mules, horses, donkeys and dogs, the ATUs are there to stay at least till the beginning of the next decade, sources said.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pushing accidently during quarrel not outraging modesty of woman, says HC
IN a significant ruling, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Saturday has held that an accidental touch or push during a quarrel or confrontation cannot be construed as an act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
A decade after Akhlaq lynching, UP to withdraw cases against all accused
AFTER almost a decade, in a significant move, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to withdraw the case against the accused in the Dadri lynching. Mohammad Akhlaq, 50, was lynched in 2015 over rumours of alleged cow slaughter and storing its meat at his home in Dadri’s Bisada village in Greater Noida.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Amber Group buys Pune-based Shogini Tech
IL JIN Electronics India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Amber Group, will buy a majority stake in Shogini Technoarts Pvt Ltd, a manufacturer of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) ranging from single-sided, double-sided, multilayered, metal clad and flex PCBs.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Harmer spinning a different tale
IN 2015, when South Africa came to India for a four-match Test series, Simon Harmer was three games old into his career.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Accidental blast at Nowgam police station, says MHA
THE Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday said that a detailed probe has been ordered to determine the cause of the “accidental” blast in Jammu & Kashmir’s Nowgam police station on Friday in which nine people were killed and 32 injured.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
Winter rains flood camp in Gaza as UN weighs mandate for stabilisation force
WINTER’s first heavy rainfall sent water cascading through Gaza’s sprawling Muwasi tent camp on Saturday, as the territory struggles to cope with flooding and devastated infrastructure after two years of war.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Morning Standard
PLAGUED BY SUSPENDED SCEPTICISM
THE Mongols are believed to have used the first bioweapon in recorded history in 1347, when the forces of the Golden Horde under Khan Jani Beg catapulted a corpse infected by bubonic plague into the besieged Genoese citadel of Caffa in the Crimea.
4 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
PRESERVING VISION OF ACINEMATIC MAESTRO
IN a world grown more chaotic, atomised, and close to breaking point, Ritwik Ghatak’s cinema feels newly legible.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
RBI eases debt repayment guidelines for exporters amid global headwinds
THE government continues to offer help to exporters — this time in the form of RBI easing the rules for repayment of debt and credit by exporters.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
The PK factor that wasn’t: Mismatch in hype & reality
THE Bihar Assembly poll results on Friday brought with it a harsh reality check for Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) which failed a secure a single seat.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Customers queue up to dine at flooded restaurant
A restaurant in central Thailand was bursting with a stream of customers coming for a unique dining experience: Enjoying a meal while sitting in flood waters, surrounded by live fish they bring into the establishment.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
MANDIR NARRATIVE OUTSHINES MANDAL CALCULUS IN BIHAR
For the first time, the BJP has emerged as the largest party in Bihar. It did so by playing second fiddle to erstwhile socialists with pragmatism and keeping other allies close
4 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
PICKLED MEMORIES
In an AI-driven era, Rachel Tom Antony’s 14-minute hand-drawn animation Kannimanga is a meditation on memory and the quiet, enduring bonds of her grandmother's silence.
2 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
NiMo LANDSLIDE
NDA GETS THREE-FOURTHS MAJORITY; BJP SINGLE-LARGEST PARTY WITH ABOUT 90% STRIKE RATE; JD(U) CLOSE BEHIND; BICKERING INDIA BLOC SWEPT AWAY; RJD SUFFERS HEAVY DRUBBING; SECOND-WORST PERFORMANCE BY CONGRESS
2 min |
November 15, 2025
The Morning Standard
Nothing ‘grand’ about grand alliance as Cong flickers and RJD flounders
BIHAR poll results show that there is nothing “grand” about the Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan.
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