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Abandoning pet canines in Kerala to soon invite hefty fine and prison time
IN a major step towards ensuring responsible pet ownership, the Local Self Government Department (LSGD) and the Kerala Animal Welfare Board have initiated amendments to strengthen dog licensing and curb the abandonment of pets.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Delhi rebukes Mamdani over Khalid note
INDIA on Friday disapproved of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s note expressing solidarity with Umar Khalid and said public representatives must respect the independence of the judiciary in other democracies.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Capital shivers at 4.6° C, season’s lowest
Air quality index worsens yet again with 28 monitoring stations in the city slipping back to ‘very poor’ category
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
EPL: L’pool & Arsenal draw
ARSENAL missed a chance to pull eight points clear in the Premier League after a 0-0 home draw with Liverpool.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Edu minister calls for stronger links between college campuses & market
THE Delhi government on Friday launched the Delhi Startup Yuva Festival 2026 at Netaji Subhas University of Technology, with Education Minister Ashish Sood describing students as key drivers of innovation and calling for stronger links between campuses and markets.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
2 more arrested in Turkman Gate stone-pelting case
THE Delhi Police on Friday arrested two more persons accused in the Turkman Gate stone-pelting incident, taking the total number of arrests to 13, while security personnel deployed in the area remained on high alert in view of Friday prayers, officials said.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
High-profile critics released by Venezuela in 'peace' gesture
VENEZUELA released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists — both citizens and foreigners — Thursday in what the government described as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former President Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces to face drug-trafficking charges.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Charges framed against Lalu for running Railways as ‘personal fiefdom’
A Delhi court on Friday ordered framing of charges against RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife and former CM Rabri Devi, and their son and former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav in the alleged land-for-jobs scam.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Agriculture, dairy continue to be bone of contention between India and US
THE US has been asking India to open up a couple of sensitive sectors — agriculture and dairy —as part of the bilateral trade agreement, and this is the primary reason for the two countries not able to close the bilateral trade talks, ‘despite being very near to the closure’, saida government source on Friday.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Key indices see biggest weekly fall in 3 months
DOMESTIC benchmark equity indices — BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 — extended losses for the fifth straight session on Friday amid concerns over potential new US tariffs, foreign institutional investor (FII) outflows, geopolitical tensions, and caution ahead of Q3FY26 earnings.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
13 KILLED, 50 HURT IN BUS CRASH IN HIMACHAL
AT least 13 people were killed and 30 others were injured after a private bus plunged nearly 500 feet into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district on Friday afternoon, police said.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
New-look Black Caps head into the unknown
With the ODI series against India beginning on Sunday, it will be interesting to see how the visitors perform without some big-hitters
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Himachal HC orders panchayat polls by April 30
THE Himachal HC on Friday directed the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led state government to conduct the elections to Panchayati Raj bodies and urban local bodies before April 30.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Not passing the buck, but BJP inherited water supply issues from AAP: Parvesh
ISSUES like contaminated water, pipeline leakages and irregular water supply in the national capital are not recent, but the result of years of neglect, Water Minister Parvesh Verma said on Friday, in apparent reference to the previous AAP government.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
‘NOT ACCURATE’: INDIA REJECTS US CHARGE ON MODI NO-CALL
INDIA on Friday rejected claims by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that a long-pending India-US trade agreement collapsed because Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not place a phone call to President Donald Trump and termed the characterisation of events “not accurate”.
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January 10, 2026
The Morning Standard
Tilak out of three NZ T20Is, recovering well for T20 WC
IN what comes as a crucial setback for the Indian team, batter Tilak Varma is ruled out of the first three T20Is against New Zealand.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Sebi allows brokers to engage in other activities
THE markets watchdog Securities and Exchange Board (Sebi) has overhauled its more than three-decades-old stockbroker regulations, allowing brokers to engage in other activities in areas regulated by other financial regulators/authorities, in amove aimed at providing ease of compliance, as well as ease of doing business.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Designs that pop
ART is often confined to frames, but Delhi-based designer Raseel Gujral Ansal invites it to live. In the new limited-edition collection, 'Inscape', years of her vision and craftsmanship for Casa Paradox come together in a new form.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Woman's killing by ICE sparks tension in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS was on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal officer taking part in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown, with protesters venting their outrage, the governor urging restraint and schools canceling classes as a precaution.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Mkt falls for 4th session on Trump tariff shocker
Sensex drops 780 pts to 84,180.96, Nifty plunges 264 pts to 25,877
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
US pulls out of India-led body, 65 other panels
IN a setback to global climate cooperation, United States President Donald Trump has formally withdrawn the US from the International Solar Alliance (ISA), a flagship renewable energy initiative coled by India and France, seen as a sharp shift away from multilateral climate engagement.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Dhami’s strike sinks Bengal Tigers
Boby Singh Dhami’s decisive goal earned Vedanta Kalinga Lancers a 2-1 win over Shrachi Bengal Tigers in the men’s Hockey India League match at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Thursday.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Trump signals long-term US control of Venezuela and its vast oil reserves
Senate advanced resolution to limit Don's ability to conduct more attacks
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
POLICING CANNOT BE A UNIVERSITY'S FIRST RESPONSE TO PROTEST
ONCE again, Jawaharlal Nehru University has found itself in the middle of a political storm.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Didi crashes ED’s raid party, seizes docs
THE Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s raids at the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its director Pratik Jain in Kolkata on Thursday in connection with a money laundering probe turned into high drama as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stormed in and took away some documents.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
Madhav Gadgil, the people’s scientist who gave Nature a voice
MADHAV Gadgil, the ecologist many called the people's scientist, passed away in Pune on the night of January 7, after a brief illness. He was 83.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
WHY OIL’S NOT WELL IN VENEZUELA
ON the third night of the new year, the Caracas skyline was dotted with explosions.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
IN SEARCH OF A SAFE COUNTRY
THERE is a small but impactful pattern that I've recently observed on social media in which Indian women go abroad - either on vacation or for work, and sometimes as migrants - and speak openly in reels about what they are basking in, away from here: “freedom”.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
KISAN YATRA: Farmers to reach Delhi on March 19 for MSP hike
SEVERAL farmers' organisations are back in action with their old demand of getting an assured purchase price for their produce.
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January 09, 2026
The Morning Standard
More tariff terror as Don OKs bill on Russian curbs
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham claims Trump 'greenlit' a bill that could impose up to 500% levy on India for buying Russian oil
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