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Modi-Shah meeting triggers buzz on new BJP chief again
A meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda and general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh, held in Parliament House on Wednesday, reignited the buzz about the election of a new party president.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
CYCLONE DITWAH REMINDS WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT
HE devastation wrought by Cyclone Ditwah across Sri Lanka is not merely a tragic weather event; it is a stark indictment of its fragile infrastructure, patchy disaster communication, and long-neglected urban planning. Three days of torrential rain triggered by the cyclone caused one of the island's worst floods in decades and exposed several weak links: breached embankments, choked drains, and sprawling informal settlements on riverbanks that turned it into a catastrophe. Early warnings were issued November 22 onwards through text alerts, press conferences, and evacuation notices. Yet, many citizens first learned of the danger when floodwaters reached their doorsteps. Power cuts prevented phone-charging, language barriers muted the messaging in Tamil-speaking areas, and unclear evacuation protocols sowed confusion. Declaring a public holiday and a state of emergency when the storm peaked stranded many citizens, amplifying the chaos.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Panel favours enterprise value over liquidation value in insolvency cases
THE Standing Committee on Finance has recommended that assets of companies undergoing insolvency processes should be valued based on their enterprise value rather than solely on liquidation value to better reflect the corporate debtor’s potential and reduce haircuts.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
'Worried for our tomorrow in capital': Citizens protest rising pollution woes
A large number of people gathered at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday demanding clean air in the capital, as the city continued to reel under prolonged “very poor” air quality.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
MP records higher stubble burning than 5 states
AS the country grapples with worsening air quality, it has been revealed that Madhya Pradesh—the home state of Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan—is contributing the maximum to stubble burning.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
UK MEDICAL TEAM REACHES DHAKA TO TREAT CRITICALLY AILING KHALEDA ZIA
A four-member specialist medical team from the UK arrived in Bangladesh on Wednesday to assist in the treatment of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, who remains in a critical condition in a private hospital in Dhaka.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Record-breaking Haaland helps City win in thriller
ERLING Haaland made history as the Manchester City striker became the fastest player to reach 100 Premier League goals in aremarkable 5-4 win against Fulham on Tuesday.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sharp rise and fluctuations in Class IX failures
NEW data presented in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday from Delhi government schools reveals significant fluctuations and in some years, steep increases in the number of Class 9 students who failed and were subsequently admitted to the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) over the last five academic years.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
84.91 lakh names likely to be off TN rolls in SIR exercise
WITH eight days left for the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision to be completed, the number of forms that remained “uncollectable” so far in Tamil Nadu stood at 84.91 lakh, indicating that these many voters may potentially be removed from the draft electoral rolls to be published on December 16, 2025.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
BJP dominates, others resist in MCD bypolls
Congress, Left surprise by opening account; all women winners from BJP; AAP manages to stay relevant
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC raps Maha prison dept for 'shocking' lapses
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday hauled up the Maharashtra Prison officials for repeatedly failing to produce an undertrial accused before the trial court on a majority of hearing dates. Criticising the jail staff, the SC said, “We were shocked at the conduct of thestate authorities.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
BANISHING THE MAOIST PHOENIX
WHAT originated as a protest over land issues in West Bengal’s Naxalbari developed into a highly violent revolutionary insurgency that killed a large number of security personnel, hundreds of civilians, and caused the loss of private and public property worth crores of rupees. By the mid-1970s, the original movement was decimated.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
NIA custody of Red Fort blast accused Jasir Bilal Wani extended by a week
A Delhi court on Wednesday extended by seven days the National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody of Jasir Bilal Wani, a key accused in the Red Fort blast case that claimed 13 lives on November 10. Wani, a resident of Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, was produced before the court as his earlier seven-day remand, granted on November 27 by Principal Sessions and District Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna, expired on Wednesday.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
PINK BALL BONANZA
Australia vs England. Pink ball under the lights. The Gabba. A lot of action on menu...
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
GenZ hooked on to junk food, use apps to order processed items, says study
GEN Z is hooked on junk food and regularly order from popular online app to purchase ultra-processed foods (UPFs) like soft drinks, juices, biscuits, cakes, ice creams, candies, chips, and noodles, said a latest survey, which found that alarmingly one in two packaged food items listed on quick commerce platforms in India is high on fat, sugar and salts (HFSS).
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
ICE-BREAKER IDLIS TO CONTAIN POLITICAL STEAM
Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar are used to staking claim to power forcefully. If breakfast meetings fail to resolve their impasse, the blame will squarely fall on the Congress high command
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
WIDER CONSULTATION NEEDED TO AVOID TECH POLICY U-TURNS
In a swift policy reversal, the Union government has revoked its order requiring all smartphones to compulsorily install the State-issued Sanchar Saathi app.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Trump pauses green cards for 19 nations amid security push
THE Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
DRIVE TO BEAUTIFY CHANDNI CHOWK
CHIEF MINISTER Rekha Gupta on Wednesday launched an extensive drive to clean and beautify the historic Chandni Chowk market and the Red Fort area ahead of the 20th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage at the Red Fort.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Anchor investors ‘spar’ over Meesho shares
E-COMMERCE platform Meesho’s ₹5,422-crore IPO was fully subscribed on the opening day of its public offer on Wednesday, despite a setback in the anchor book after some institutional investors backed out over concerns about disproportionate allocation to SBI Mutual Fund.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Belgium rejects EU plan to use Russian assets for war
THE European Union on Wednesday revealed details of its plan to use billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s needs over the next two years, but Belgium rejected the scheme and insisted that it poses major financial and legal risks.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Government is ready to discuss pollution issue in Parliament, says minister
UNION Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday said the Centre is concerned about Delhi’s high Air Quality Index and is taking multiple steps to mitigate pollution. He was responding during a dis-
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
RPF jawan kills batchmate in post in Raigarh
A Railway Protection Force (RPF) head constable shot his colleague dead inside the RPF post early Wednesday at Raigarh, around 220 km east of Raipur, a police officer said.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Keeping players fresh, videos from parents: UI17 team success story
INDIAN football has had a harrowing time of late what with one negative story after another. But a silver lining has appeared in the form of the men’s U17 team.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Europe says Putin playing for time as peace remains elusive
The Kremlin denies rejecting US plan, says quiet talks are under way
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
TMC won’t allow anyone to touch Waqf properties: Didi
WEST Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the BJP, not her party TMC, introduced the contentious Waqf Amendment Act and asserted that her government will not allow anyone to touch properties.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Mkts fall for 3rd day in row amid depreciating Re
DESPITE blockbuster Q2FY26 GDP data fuelling hopes of bull run in the equity markets, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty tumbled into the red for the third straight session on Wednesday as a sharp fall in rupee value has spooked sentiments.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
China slams UK delay on mega embassy plan
CHINA on Wednesday blasted the UK government's latest delay in deciding whether to approve the construction of a huge Chinese Embassy in London.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Nations blocking talent will be 'net losers', says EAM
EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday warned that countries erecting barriers to the movement of skilled professionals across borders will ultimately be “net losers,” urging nations to recognise that cross-border talent is a shared economic asset, not a political liability.
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December 04, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt orders copter drills near hospital
BANGLADESH'S interim government on Wednesday directed Army and Air Force helicopters to conduct test landings near the hospital where ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia is undergoing treatment, as a team of specialist doctors from the UK arrived here to assist in her treatment.
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