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Naidu okays ₹30K cr crucial projects
THE Andhra Pradesh Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at the Secretariat on Thursday, approved a sweeping set of proposals across urban development, industries, energy, tourism, infrastructure and welfare sectors.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Nobel laureate says US helped her leave Venezuela
NOBEL Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado said on Thursday that the United States helped her get to Norway from hiding in Venezuela, expressing support for US military action against her country and vowing to return home.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Third time is the charm for defender Sharda
EVEN today, Ganga Prasad Tiwari, at 60, does not hesitate from taking up a part-time job of driving a private vehicle at night or working as a guard with a gun in his hands during weddings.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
City’s 13 districts become a reality Charging network, compact e-vans in EV policy 2.0 draft
With two extra districts, six sub-divisions, revenue and municipal boundaries align perfectly
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
EC pulls up officials for not setting up booths in pvt housing societies
Directs Bengal CEO to take action against DMs over delay in sending polling station proposals
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC asks Centre to amend disability law to include victims forced to have acid
THE Supreme Court, on Thursday, termed the accused in acidattack-related crimes as “threat to the society, civilians and even rule of law” and said that they needed to be curtailed with stringent measures.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Modi's 3-nation tour to Oman, Jordan & Ethiopia soon, trade deal expected
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-nation tour from December 15 to 18, with stops in Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman, a visit aimed at deepening India's strategic footprint across West Asia and Africa and sealing a major free trade agreement with Oman.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
₹ hits fresh low of 90.47/$; closes 0.4% down at 90.36
THE rupee, which has been the worst performing currency in Asia this year, has hit a fresh record low of 90.47 against dollar on Thursday, breaching 90-mark for second time within 10 days.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
MCD plans major push for new learning workbooks and digital classrooms
THE Municipal Corporation of Delhi's education department is planning to allocate a major share of the upcoming year’s budget towards introducing printed Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN)-based workbooks for primary classes, an official aware of the matter said.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
Equity fund inflows surge 21% in Nov; SIPs fall marginally
AFTER several months of tepid inflows, investor interest in equity mutual funds saw a strong revival, pumping 21% more money into those schemes, pushing the industry’s assets under management closer to ₹81 lakh crore in November.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
AAP alleges MCD contractors dumping debris at landfill sites to siphon off funds
THE Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday alleged that contractors are siphoning off crores from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) by dumping construction debris, instead of municipal waste, at landfill sites.
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December 12, 2025
The Morning Standard
42K bottles of foreign booze worth ₹10 cr seized in 'Theka Wine Shop'
A Haryana Police and excise department team raided a liquor shop in Gurugram and found 42,000 bottles of foreign alcohol allegedly smuggled into India, estimated to be worth ₹10 crore in the black market.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
... IndiGo to rope in external tech experts for help
INDIGO'S top management has broken its silence on the largescale flight disruptions caused by the airline.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
REPLY TO OPPOSITION Want to remove all infiltrators: Shah in House
A combative Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday hit out at the Opposition in the Lok Sabha for its campaign against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that the INDIA bloc parties wanted to keep infiltrators on the voter list.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
No interim relief to fugitive Goa nightclub owners
A Delhi court on Wednesday rejected the interim relief plea of Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, hours after the Goa Police arrested their business partner Ajay Gupta in connection with the fire incident in which 25 people were killed pn December 7.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
WHERE THE HILLS SING
IT was a tough journey for me,\" says indiefolk singer-songwriter Taba Chake. A resident of Arunachal Pradesh, the selftaught musician began his journey in 2018 with his debut EP Bond With Nature.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
...taking India qcomm model to US, other countries with 30-min delivery
AT a time when the founder of quick commerce player Blinkit says the qcomm bubble is about to burst, Amazon has sounded bullish on the model.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
AMAZON TO INVEST $35 BN MORE IN INDIA
A day after Microsoft committed $17.5 billion investment in India to help build AI capabilities, Amazon said it will invest $35 billion in India over the next five years to expand its businesses in the country from quick commerce to cloud computing and AI.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
Fire safety tightened after Goa case
Govt focuses on better standards at restaurants, banquet halls, diners, & wedding venues
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
Half a million displaced as fresh Thailand-Cambodia clashes enter third day
HALF a million evacuees in Cambodia and Thailand were sheltering in pagodas, schools and other safe havens on Wednesday after fleeing fresh fighting in a longstanding border dispute in which US President Donald Trump has vowed to again intercede.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
BJP rejects AAP claim of rise in ammonia in Yamuna
THE BJP on Tuesday hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying the ammonia level in raw water in the Yamuna \"never rose to 6.5 ppm\" as alleged in the recent past, and accused the party of creating panic in Delhi with \"ulterior political motives\".
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC orders SIT probe of past CEOs of Noida
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing irregularities in land compensation in NOIDA to investigate the authority's chief executive officers and top officials over the past 10-15 years.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC pulls up Centre on IndiGo, asks how can ticket prices be at ₹35-₹38K...
THE Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned the Centre for failing to prevent the nationwide chaos sparked by mass IndiGo flight cancellations, asking why the crisis was \"allowed to precipitate\" and leave lakhs of passengers stranded while other airlines hiked fares to shocking levels.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
1st Pravasi Rajasthani Divas begins with ₹1L cr investment proposals
THE first-ever Pravasi Rajasthani Divas (Overseas Rajasthani Day) began in Jaipur on Wednesday, marking a major step toward accelerating industrial development in the state.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
SKY-fall? Yadav’s form a concern
ON Tuesday, when Suryaku-mar Yadav shuffled across and whipped South Africa’s Lungi Ngidi over square-leg in his typical fashion, it seemed like he had finally got back the mojo.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
Oppn bats for electoral reforms in House
MPs seek machine-readable voter lists, question exclusion of CJI from appointment of CEC, ECs Prasad says SC, HC judgments have validated use of EVMs
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
Private varsity student alleges harassment by seniors, files case
A student of a private university on the outskirts of the capital city has leveled serious allegations of harassment against his seniors and lodged a complaint against them with Pipili police station on Wednesday.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
100 acres of land reclaimed in two dump yards
THE Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has cleared 48.41 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste from Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dump yards through biomining, reclaiming 100.29 acres of land so far, according to an official release.
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
Govt sets target for 50% dip in road crashes by '30
Cashless treatment scheme also discussed
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December 11, 2025
The Morning Standard
Police arrest five, bust extortion racket targeting traffic personnel
THE Delhi Police has busted two organised crime syndicates operating in the capital with the arrest of five people in two separate cases, an officer said.
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