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Prez will leave for Botswana to advance Cheetah transfer project
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu will embark on a state visit to Angola and Botswana from November 8 to 13, in the first-ever visit by an Indian head of state to the two African nations, the External Affairs Ministry announced on Thursday.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Assam CIC resigns after RTI query about brother held in Zubeen death case
ASSAM Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta resigned from the post on Thursday after an RTI was filed seeking data related to government funds given to his brother Shyamkanu Mahanta, who was arrested along with six others last month in connection with music icon Zubeen Garg’s mysterious death in Singapore on September 19.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Deserves sympathy': KC lashes out at Tharoor's remarks on dynastic politics
IN a sharp rejoinder to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s recent comments on dynastic politics, party General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal on Thursday said he “feels sorry for people who make such comments” and sought an explanation from Tharoor over his remarks.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Attempt to kidnap minor girl triggers communal tension in Himachal town
SUNDERNAGAR town in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district witnessed tension on Wednesday night as a 38-year-old married man of a minority community allegedly attempted to kidnap a 13-year-old schoolgirl from the other community, leading to heated arguments and a fight.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
JNUSU ELECTIONS LEFT MAKES CLEAN SWEEP, CAMPUS TURNS RED AGAIN
THE Left Unity has emerged victorious in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) election, winning all four central panel positions with clear margins over their right counterparts.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Daisy Ridley will star in Killa Bee
ACTOR Daisy Ridley, known for playing Rey in Star Wars movies, is set to lead Killa Bee, based on the life of Bryony Tyrell, an ICU nurse who eventually becomes an MMA fighter.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
DO GOOD OLD-FASHIONED GAMES STILL WORK?
IT is the year 2011. I’m holding a Sony Ericsson J105, waiting for ‘Brick Breaker Revolution’ to load on the tiny 2-inch screen. I click on the endless “revolution” mode. [look bored.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
CHECK VIABILITY BEFORE ODISHA PLAN'S TAKE-OFF
THE Mohan Charan Majhi government in Odisha has rolled out a %4,182-crore plan to develop the state’s aviation sector under what it calls the Building and Management of Aviation Assets and Network or B-MAAN initiative.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
France's AI envoy in India ahead of Impact summit and Macron's visit
ANNE Bouverot, Special Envoy of France for Artificial Intelligence and Co-chair of the French Council for AI and Digital Affairs, arrived in India Thursday for a two-day visit aimed at strengthening the India-France partnership in AI and digital technology.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt bid to delay hearings to avoid my bench: Gavai
CHIEF Justice of India B R Gavai on Thursday expressed strong displeasure over the Centre’s repeated attempts to seek adjournment of the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
SBI, Amundi to divest 10% in SBIFML via IPO
STATE Bank of India (SBI) is divesting 3,20,60,000 equity shares, equivalent to 6.3007% of total equity capital of SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFML) through Initial Public Offering (IPO).
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Birla Opus CEO Hargave’s exit triggers investors’ optimism for Asian Paints
BIRLA OPUS CEO Rakshit Hargave’s exit has triggered investor optimism for Asian Paints, as analysts believe this sudden departure could present a short-term challenge to Birla Opus’s aggressive growth strategy.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
OIL'S QUIET FLOW TO THE MARKET
Na continued attempt to re-assert its relevance in global energy markets, the US once more expended ammunition at Russian oil majors Rosneft and Lukoil. The sanctioned companies are being dislodged from the US banking system starting November 21.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Dy CM, Tejashwi aide spar in Lakhisarai
BIHAR Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Thursday accused “goons” of the RJD, the main Opposition party, of “attacking” his convoy in a village in Lakhisarai—his home turf—where he went following complaints that voters were being “terrorised”.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Courier boy among 3 held for staging iPhones theft
POLICE has cracked a case of fake robbery of latest iPhones and other mobile handsets and arrested four men.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Take a bow as Sheetal matches the able-bodied
SHEETAL in English translates to ‘cool’, ‘calm’ and even ‘peaceful’. Employing the bow with her leg and string pulled by mouth, she is all of the above while releasing the arrow.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
RJD-Cong supporting insurgents for vote bank politics, says Modi
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the RJD and Congress of supporting insurgents for vote bank politics and said his government was committed to identifying and deporting them.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
IPO valuation driven by mkt forces, Sebi has no role: Pandey
AMID growing concerns over inflated valuations in some of the recent initial public offers (IPOs), Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Thursday said the regulator has no role in IPO valuations.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Nadar tops India's 'most generous' list again
SHIV NADAR and family have retained the top spot on the country’s ‘most generous’ list with a donation of %2,708 crore.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC says accused must be given grounds of arrest in writing in his language
THE Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the police and investigating agencies must provide the grounds of arrest in writing to accused persons and in a language they understand, irrespective of the nature of the offence or statute involved.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
Ranchi jail officials suspended over video of dancing drunk inmates
TWO jail officials were suspended after a video showing high-profile inmates partying inside Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Central Jail went viral, sparking political outrage and demands for a judicial probe.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
OLA ELECTRIC AUTO BIZ TURNS PROFITABLE
OLA ELECTRIC on Thursday said its automobile business turned profitable in the second quarter of the current financial year, with pretax earnings growing by 0.3% against a contraction of 5.3% in the preceding three months.
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November 07, 2025
The Morning Standard
TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER, FOLLOW SUPREME COURT ORDER ON STRAYS
IFE is cheap in the animal world. In Bengaluru, a caretaker recently slammed a chihuahua to death in an apartment lift; during Diwali, some miscreants tied crackers to a dog's legs and exploded them, while others stuffed a dog's mouth with fireworks and set them alight.
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November 06, 2025
The Morning Standard
Stock market gains from bribes remain proceeds of crime, says HC
THE Delhi High Court has held that gains from investing bribe money in the stock market remain tainted and qualify as proceeds of crime, upholding the Enforcement Directorate's power to attach wealth traced to illicit origins. The court held that appreciation through market forces does not cleanse the funds of their corrupt origin.
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November 06, 2025
The Morning Standard
200 vans on PWD roads to clear debris, repair potholes
TO curb the rising pollution levels in the national capital, the Delhi government has launched an extensive road cleaning operation across all Public Works Department (PWD) roads, with 200 maintenance vans deployed throughout the city.
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November 06, 2025
The Morning Standard
DDA nod for new housing scheme
Proposals include redevelopment of old staff quarters, new sports infrastructure in Narela
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November 06, 2025
The Morning Standard
Citing mother's Russia factor, HC okays child's custody to Indian father
THE Delhi High Court upheld a family court's interim order granting custody of a four-yearold girl to her Indian father, citing a reasonable apprehension that the child's Russian mother might leave India.
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November 06, 2025
The Morning Standard
Over 50 sanitation workers protest at Marina Beach
NEARLY 50 sanitaation workers from Royapuram and Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar zones were detained on Wednesday after they protested in the sea off Marina Beach demanding to reinstate them directly under the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), instead of Chennai Enviro Solutions Private Limited (CESPL).
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November 06, 2025
The Morning Standard
From Netflix to Noida: Fiction fuels digital heist
SITTING in front of multiple computer screens in a dim Noida apartment, three men lived out their own version of Netflix’s Money Heist, running an investment scam syndicate.
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November 06, 2025
The Morning Standard
Over 15.7L vials of banned cough syrup seized
IN one of the biggest crackdowns on the illegal trade of banned pharmaceutical substances in recent years, Ghaziabad Police and the crime branch seized over 15.7 lakh vials of prohibited cough syrup concealed inside four trucks parked at a warehouse along the DelhiMeerut Road, officials said on Wednesday.
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