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'Passport authority can't seek travel plan for renewal'
NOTING that \"liberty in our constitutional scheme is not a gift of the State but its first obligation\", the Supreme Court in its order held that passport authority was not required to demand a schedule of future journeys or visas at renewal stage.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
US Justice Department set to release Epstein files
FRIDAY DEADLINE
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Visibility drops to zero, dense fog alert in city
LARGE swathes of the capital saw a dense blanket of fog on Friday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a red alert and warning of prolonged low-visibility conditions over the next few days.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sathe gets access to funds for expenses
THE Securities Appellate Tribunal has allowed the Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy, so-called investor education school being run by controversial finfluencer Avadhut Sathe who was banned by the regulator Sebi earlier this month, to withdraw funds for basic expenses to run the academy.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Meet to revive tourism as J&K situation is normal
TO restore confidence among travellers to visit Kashmir again after 26 people were killed in the Pahalgam attack, the Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI) held its three-day annual convention in Srinagar to send a clear message that Kashmir is safe and normal.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
DHAKA TO SYDNEY, A MISSING LINK IN TERROR NARRATIVE
Failure to call out the resurgence in Islamist violence isn’t helping. Recent incidents in Australia and Bangladesh aren't linked, but there’s a common reluctance to confront the threat head-on
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Adani Group in talks with govt to foray into nuclear sector in UP
ADANI Group is in discussions with the Uttar Pradesh government to foray into India’s nuclear sector.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Infy ADR rises 56% intraday on Wall Street
INFOSYS’ American Depository Receipt (ADR) shares surged over 56% during intraday trade on Wall Street on Friday, December 19, driven by strong buying.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Trailer out for Hugh's The Sheep Detectives
UGH Jackman is reading an engaging whodunit mystery story to his much-loved flock of sheep.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
India, Oman trade deal to come into force in 3 mnths
India to get duty-free market access for 99% exports; companies like Apollo, Amul, and Amity to explore investment opportunities in Oman
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
PM to inaugurate nature-themed terminal in Assam
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Assam on Saturday, during which he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for projects worth ₹15,600 crore.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
ED moves High Court in National Herald case
THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order that refused to take cognisance of its chargesheet against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in a money laundering case linked
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
UN rights chief calls for impartial probe into Hadi's killing
THE United Nations human rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the killing of Bangladesh student protest leader Sharif Osman Hadi, calling for a swift and impartial investigation.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
10,000 classrooms to get air purifiers, tender out
Govt initiative to cover all state schools in phases to tackle pollution
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt may miss FY26 income tax collection target by big margin
THE government is likely to miss its ambitious income tax collection target of 15% for FY26 by a big margin.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
China drags India to WTO over tariffs, solar subsidies
CHINA has challenged at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) India’s import duties on information and communications technology (ICT) products and subsidies extended to the domestic photovoltaic sector.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
STUDENT LEADER’S DEATH ROILS B’DESH
Media offices torched in Dhaka; Hindu youth lynched in Mymensingh; Indian mission in Chattogram attacked
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Learning Malayalam, Priyanka tells Modi at Speaker’s ‘chai pe charcha’
A lighthearted exchange over ‘Wayanad turmeric’ and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Ethiopia visit figured in the friendly conversation between Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and the PM at the customary tea hosted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday, after the conclusion of the Winter Session of Parliament.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Constant spotlight: Noise surrounding world champ Gukesh
CHESS players are notorious for not exhibiting emotions immediately after the match.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC special sitting on Dec 22 for urgent cases: CJI
THE Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said on Friday that while the winter vacation formally begins on December 20, the Supreme Court would will hold a special sitting on December 22, to hear genuinely urgent matters.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
‘THEY ARE ACTUALLY THE RIGHT SIDE UP’
Arundhati Subramaniam’s latest collection of poetry, The Gallery of Upside Down Women narrates the stories of women mystics — it’s an ode to her poet friends
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
U19 Asia Cup: India to face Pak in final
VICE-CAPTAIN Vihaan Malhotra’s exhilarating stroke-play was well complemented by Aaron George’s composure as India U-19 set up an U-19 Asia Cup summit date with arch-rivals Pakistan after crushing Sri Lanka colts by eight wickets in a rain-curtailed semifinal here on Friday.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
DGP seeks Bahraich SP reply for giving ‘guard of honour’ to preacher
FOLLOWING the reports and videos of UP Police recruits giving a “guard of honour” toa kathavachak (religious preacher) in Bahraich going viral on social media platforms, DGP Rajeev Krishna on Friday sought an explanation from the district superintendent of police “for unauthorised use of the police parade ground”.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Bureau of Port Security for vessels, ports soon
Dedicated Bureau to be headed by IPS officer
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Shriram Fin brings home biggest FDI
BIG DEAL
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt to launch survey for rural land management: CM
THE Delhi government has taken a decisive step to resolve long-pending issues related to the identification, ownership and documentation of Abadi Deh land in the city’s rural areas.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Trump suspends green card lottery
Comes as migrant named suspect in deadly shooting at 2 US univs
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Is it too late for surprise inclusions?
AS the senior men’s selection committee led by BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar is set to announce the squad of the T20 World Cup on Saturday — more than 45 days before their first match —a few players may anxiously wait to see if they make the cut for the marquee event.
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
73.73L names deleted from Gujarat draft roll...
State election body covers 100% voters in the revision exercise
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December 20, 2025
The Morning Standard
Who fears making a roti?
In Durga Venkatesan’s Garam Roti, kitchens become stages and the roti transforms into a metaphor for women’s fears, expectations, and unheard voices
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