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Haier India to invest ₹3,500 crore in new manufacturing unit

HOME appliances brand Haier Appliances India is expanding its manufacturing footprint in India with an investment of ₹3,500 crore over the next three to four years.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

DGCA acts on IndiGo fiasco, suspends four inspectors

THE Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has held four of its Flight Operations Inspectors (FOIs) responsible for the IndiGo chaos, and has suspended them.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Four cricketers from Assam suspended for corrupt practice

IN a dramatic development, the Assam Cricket Association has suspended four players for trying to “influence and attempted to instigate players” during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy held in Lucknow.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Trump, Gates with Epstein in new cache of photos

DEMOCRATIC lawmakers released a new cache of photos on Friday from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that includes images of US President Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Sebi chief issues stern warning to finfluencers

SECURITIES and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Friday the regulatory norms on finfluencers are “very clear”, and they balance freedom of expression and misinformation circulating on social media platforms that affects the larger public.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

58 students fall ill after taking midday meal in Hyderabad

ABOUT 58 students were taken ill in two separate food poisoning incidents at government schools in Hyderabad on Friday.

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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

SEBI gives clean chit to Pranav Adani in insider trading case

THE Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has given a clean chit to Pranav Adani, director at Adani Enterprises, in an insider trading case involving shares of Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL).

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Capping airfare year-round not practical, minister tells House

AVIATION Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Friday told the Lok Sabha that capping airfares year-round is neither practical nor in the long-term interests of the civil aviation sector, emphasising that a deregulated market ultimately keeps fares competitive and benefits passengers.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

ONE OF THE RICHEST STATES IS FAILING ITS SCHOOLKIDS

KARNATAKA Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently received a letter from children in Pachedoddi, a hamlet in Chamarajanagar district that lies entirely off the publictransport grid.

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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

MNREGA gets new name, 125 days of employment

SETTING the stage for a major overhaul of the country’s flagship rural jobs scheme, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved the renaming of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGN-REGA) to Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Zubeen's secy, festival organiser among 4 charged with murder

THE Assam Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday filed the charge sheet in the highprofile Zubeen Garg death case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (Metro), slapping the charge of murder against four of the seven accused.

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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

FIFA accused of 'betrayal' over WC ticket prices

FOOTBALL fans have accused FIFA of a “monumental betrayal” after latest prices for World Cup tickets began to circulate on Thursday.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Govt jobs for 36 dependents of 1984 riot victims, CM hands appointment letters

THE Delhi government on Friday issued appointment letters to 36 dependents of families affected by the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Gaurav Dalmia wins Hurun Family Business Excellence Award 2025

GAURAV Dalmia, Chairman of Dalmia Group Holdings, was awarded the Barclays Private Clients Hurun Excellence in Family Business Award 2025 in New Delhi on Thursday.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Big service for ‘adopted country’

AS the Poland team walked to the glass show court at the Express Avenue Mall for their second match against Malaysia on Wednesday in their debut World Cup, it was a watershed moment for Ukraine-born teenager Sofia Zrazhevska.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Ops to hunt terrorists in Jammu forests

AFTER a series of encounters and brief gunfights in the forest belts of Jammu region in the last six months, security forces have launched a major winter offensive to track down militants hiding in the dense and rugged forest areas.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Biker dies in hit-and-run, former K’taka minister’s SUV confiscated

IN a hit-and-run, a 27-year-old two-wheeler rider died on the spot after colliding head-on with an SUV that is linked to former minister HM Revanna, who is now the chairman of the Guarantee Implementation Committee.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

MahaYuti stays united, seals Maha seat deal for BMC polls

THE BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are set to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections-scheduled for next month-unitedly.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Cabinet nod to Census ’27 at a cost of ₹11,718 crore

THE Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Census 2027 at a cost of ₹11,718 crore, marking India’s first fully digital census.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

OUTFOXING AI, FOR BETTER OR VERSE

A paper on ar Xiv by researchers at the Icaro Lab in Italy has set off a firestorm of headlines.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

ED raids in three states in illegal cough syrup case, UP action on big stockists

IN a major crackdown on the illegal trade in codeine-based cough syrup, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided 25 locations across Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat on Friday.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

U.S. RATE CUT EASES PRESSURE ON ₹, STOCKS, BUT ROAD AHEAD UNEASY

THE Federal Reserve on Thursday reduced US benchmark interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 3.5-3.75 percent, the lowest in nearly three years.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Forex reserves up to $687 billion as rupee falls further

THE RBI said on Friday that the forex reserves rose by $1.033 billion to $687.26 billion during the week ended on December 5, while the rupee fall to new low of 90.56 against dollar, and closed at 90.42.

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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Ramachandran first honorary life member

ON an evening to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the charmed and fabled Indian Squash Academy, attention shifted to the man who envisioned the existence of such a behemoth.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

Honorary ranks for police personnel

LG VK Saxena approved the grant of Honorary Ranks-one level above existing posts-on Friday, benefiting over 88,000 personnel, Raj Niwas officials said.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

CAQM forms expert panel to curb air pollution

AS vehicular pollution continues to significantly contribute to rising levels of air pollution in the capital, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has constituted an expert committee to draft a comprehensive strategy for reducing vehicular emissions.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

CM says rehab new path for social integration in C'garh

TEN cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh's Sukma on Friday, choosing to step away from violence and return to the mainstream.

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December 13, 2025

The Morning Standard

50 schools part of SCERT study to assess Class 9 kids

THE SCERT (State Council of Educational Research & Training) Delhi conducted the 2025 Dipstick Research Study on Friday to understand how well Class 9 students are learning.

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December 13, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

MESSI MANIA: MEET AND GREET WITH STAR FOR ₹10L

WANT to meet and greet one Lionel Messi?

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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard

The Morning Standard

Luthra brothers detained in Thailand 5 days after Goa blaze, hands cuffed

SAURABH Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, the co-owners of the Goa restaurant where 25 were killed in a fire incident on Saturday, were detained by the Thailand police early Thursday on India's request.

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December 12, 2025