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MEITEI GROUPS DEMAND CM'S REPLY ON KILLINGS
MANIPUR’S apex Naga organisation, the United Naga Council (UNC), on Sunday announced a three-day shutdown of the Naga areas from April 20 midnight to April 23 midnight to mourn Saturday’s killings of two Naga individuals and “as a collective expression of condemnation”.
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
'Smoking linked to early death in T2D patients'
SMOKING among people living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major driver of cardiovascular morbidity and premature mortality, claims a recent study published in the Journal of Diabetes in 2026.
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
Israel orders 'full force' in Lebanon despite ceasefire
ISRAELI Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that the military had been instructed to use “full force” in Lebanon— even during the ongoing ceasefire — in case the Israeli troops face any threat.
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
HC to hear ED plea in Herald case today
THE Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), challenging a trial court’s order that refused to take cognisance of its chargesheet in the National Herald-linked money laundering case against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and other Congress leaders.
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
Rajnath: If NDA forms govt, Deepam will be lit atop hill
UNION Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the National Democratic Alliance, when it forms a government in Tamil Nadu, would permit the lighting of the Karthigai Ceepam at Thiruparankundram Hill.
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
Left decline continues in Bengal
NOT long before the 2026 West Bengal assembly election was announced, a gathering of CPI(M) leaders in the state produced a moment of unusual candour.
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
Semiconductor policy to focus on investment, skills
THE Delhi government has initiated drafting of the ‘Delhi Semiconductor Policy’, aimed at positioning the capital as a key hub for semiconductor design, advanced research and development, and assembly and allied activities.
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
Centre issues FAQs for clarity on '26 bill
Offers reasons for making reference to Census data
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
Cong wants 2023 law to be implemented
Says Parliament defeated delimitation, not women quota, bill Offers reasons for making reference to Census data
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
Lost in translation: Why messenger matters as much as the message
WHAT is said on a political stage does not always reach the crowd in the same form.
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
Oppn bent on thwarting women’s reservation: CM
Says govt expected all parties to support amendment bill in House
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
CBI arrests senior DGCA official, pvt firm executive in ₹2.5 lakh graft case
THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officer along with another person in a graft case, the agency said.
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April 20, 2026
The Morning Standard
EPS may get Guv role after election: Kanimozhi
DMK Deputy General Secretary Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Saturday said AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami may be appointed Governor after the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
HDFC profit up 9% to ₹19,221 crore
For FY26, bank reports net income of ₹74,670 crore; revenue grows 5% to ₹46,000 crore
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Aus to Get Japanese stealth frigates in $6 billion deal
JAPAN agreed on Saturday on a deal to provide Australia’s navy with the first of almost a dozen stealth frigates, part of a wider military build up by Canberra aimed at boosting its long-range firepower to deter China.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
How India Became the World's Most Prolific IPO Market
\"In August 1602, a maid named Neeltgen Cornelis invested 100 guilders, saved on wages of 50 cents a day, in the Dutch East India Company, a venture that sent ships across the Indian Ocean to trade in nutmeg, mace and cloves.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Oppn will pay for its women's bill 'sin': Modi
PM seeks forgiveness from all women of the country as bill to expedite quota fell in LS
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
The God of All Things
A journey across time leads into Manipur's forests, where ritual, and ecology intertwine.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Bigotry is Robbing Our Students of a Future
Another student has taken his own life, leading to a few days of intense TV debates aimed at boosting TRP ratings, before we quickly return to business as usual.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
The Storyteller
When Shashi Tharoor called Neelima Penumarthy's A Brief History of Indian Independence: From the Mughals to the Mahatma a \"must listen,\" she felt a sense of affirmation.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Shah says PM's address necessary, Oppn sees red
NDA, Oppn spar day after women quota bill failed to clear LS hurdle
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Israel draws Gaza-style 'Yellow Line' in Lebanon
ISRAEL’s military said Saturday it had established a “Yellow Line” demarcation in southern Lebanon, similar to one separating its forces from Hamas-held areas in Gaza, adding it had hit a “terrorist cell” operating near its troops along the line.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
In Praise of Places That Refuse to Be Designed
We first came by Lodhi garden through stories: how cool it was, how verdant, how effortlessly chic.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
COPS BUST RADICAL MODULE; 4 HELD ACROSS 3 STATES
DELHI Police has arrested a welder, a Class XII student, a security guard, and a plumber who were allegedly radicalised and believed in the emergence of an ‘army’ (lashkar) from Khurasan bearing black flags to establish a caliphate in the Indian subcontinent and beyond, officials said on Saturday.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
POLITICAL PAYDAY OF POWER AND PERKS
DEMOCRACY is a sacred social settlement which presumes a covenant of consent, consultation and constant accountability.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
Pakistan urges realism on US-Iran talks; Turkey meet backs cooperation
PAKISTAN’s efforts to resolve the conflict between the US and Iran have been going on with a “realistic and positively optimistic” approach, official sources said on Saturday, while emphasising “a deal is only done when it’s done”.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
WHAT LUTYENS REALLY THOUGHT OF MADRAS
WHEN Edwin Lutyens—the British architect who designed imperial New Delhi and what is now Rashtrapati Bhavan—wrote about India, he was not always speaking in generalities.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
False Alarm
Abuse doesn't just inflict harm-it rewrites reality, a tactic known as DARVO that leaves victims doubting their own truth.
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
'I Connect With Broken Parts of People'
Vijay Varma speaks with Puja Talwar about his latest series, Matka King, and why the messiness of human nature intrigues him
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April 19, 2026
The Morning Standard
PL: Brentford held by London rivals Fulham
BRENTFORD missed the chance to leapfrog Chelsea into the Premier League’s top six after being held to a 0-0 draw by west London rivals Fulham on Saturday.
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