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Hyundai inks wage pact, offers ₹31k monthly hike
HYUNDAI Motor India Linmited (HMIL) and United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE), the recognised union of the Korean car brand on Wednesday announced successful conclusion and signing of a mutually beneficial wage settlement agreement for the period 2024-2027.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Arsenal and Real Madrid start with victories
ARSENAL won 2-0 away to Athletic Bilbao as the league phase of this season's Champions League kicked off on Tuesday, with two Kylian Mbappe penalties giving Real Madrid a narrow win over Marseille while Juventus and Borussia Dortmund drew an eight-goal thriller.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
FROM A LIMO CHAT TO A SPECTACULAR DIPLOMATIC TURN
Things have turned around remarkably since Putin and Modi rode together in Tianjin, with Trump warming up towards India soon after. Much depends on how the US manoeuvres Europe
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Every drop of my blood is for nation, says CM
CHIEF Minister Rekha Gupta, her cabinet colleagues along with public representatives and youth participated in a blood donation drive on the occasion of Prime Minister's 75th birthday. The camp at Kartavya Path collected 1,157 units of blood, setting a new record.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
7.5K healthcare camps to be set up
'Initiative aims to enhance health services for women & children, promote preventive care'
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
GST rate rationalisation: Apparel retailers begin festive sale early
THE festive season sale for premium garment retailers and ecommerce platforms has started early this year, spurred by the recent GST rate cuts announced by the government.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
No victory procession after DUSU results: HC
IN a move aimed at maintaining law and order during the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday imposed a strict ban on victory processions across the national capital following the announcement of results on September 19.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
PUJO ON A PLATTER
As kash-phool sways and shiuli scents the dawn, Pujo finds its truest form in kitchens — humble, inventive, and always shared
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
5-day exhibition on life & works of PM inaugurated by Nadda at Central Park
ON the occasion of the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Delhi BJP on Wednesday started a five-day exhibition at Central Park in Connaught Place, showcasing the life of the PM. The exhibition was inaugurated by BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda. He said, \"Every moment of the PM's life is dedicated to the nation and service.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Kalanban village in Poonch faces Joshimath-type land sinking
HEAVY RAINS
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Qawwali for a Cause
ITY-based NGO Wishes and Blessings hosted the fourth edition of its annual fundraising event, Jashn-e-Qawwali 2025, over the weekend.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
FEAR AND LOATHING IN KIRKLAND
F the conservative estimate of 80 political assassinations that have been committed in the US since 1815—things were relatively quiet in the four decades after independence—some stand out as infernally consequential.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
₹5,000 Diwali incentive for workers at landfills: Minister
UNION Minister Manohar Lal has announced that all workers engaged at Delhi’s three landfill sites will receive a special incentive of ₹5,000 each ahead of Diwali and arrangements will also be made for their free health checkups.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
J’khand priest a crusader against child marriage
A staunch opponent of child marriage, a priest known as Pandit Buddhinath at the ancient Shiva temple of Harila Jori in Jharkhand’s Deoghar is going out of his way in his fight against the practice. In the last 15 months alone, he has thwarted well over a dozen child marriages.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
PREVENTION BEST WAY TO CURB KILLER AMOEBA
AEGLERIA fowleri, an amoeba measuring mere 10-15 micrometres in diameter, poses a potentially deadly challenge to health authorities nationwide after having taken 17 lives in Kerala this year.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
One dead, 3 critical after inhaling toxic fumes during sewer cleaning
A 40-year-old man died and three others were hospitalised in critical condition after allegedly inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning a sewer in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar Phase-II, police said on Wednesday.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Plot unravels over murder of Indian-origin US woman
Lured to Punjab by NRI on pretext of marriage
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Strict vigil on Indo-Nepal borders after jailbreaks during protests
IN view of the massive jail break in Nepal during the ‘Generation Z’ protests, India’s intelligence agencies have sounded alert suggesting that a sizeable number, among over 13,500 prisoners who escaped the prisons, are terror operatives, crime lords and mafias officials said on Wednesday.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Brittas concerned over govt email being operated by pvt entity, writes to V-P
FLAGGING security and privacy concerns, CPM MP John Brittas wrote to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Wednesday, questioning the Centre’s decision to entrust the management and hosting of its official email services and its multifactor authentication, to a private corporation.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
15 development projects worth ₹1.7K crore unveiled in capital
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated over a dozen welfare schemes worth ₹1,723 crore of the Delhi government on Wednesday, the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 75th birthday.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Two accused of opening fire at actor's house killed in Ghaziabad encounter
IN a joint operation with UP and Haryana cops, Delhi Police Special Cell on Wednesday shot dead two members of the Rohit Godara-Goldy Brar gang, who were allegedly involved in a firing incident outside Bollywood actor Disha Patani's residence in Bareilly, near Tronica City in Ghaziabad, officials said.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
MODI’S TRAMPOLINE — WILL WE MAKE THE JUMP?
HE choices that humanity has made in the past centuries have brought us to a precipice. The manner in which we have conducted our economies, environment and ecology, our education and social systems, the nurturing of our youth and next generation... all this has accelerated us to this state of Flux and placed the world on the brink. The numerous theatres of war, the untenable economic structures, the rapidly degrading ecology and the rise in natural calamities, mental health pandemic and substance dependency crisis in many societies are all evidence of this.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Pak flip-flop delays match versus UAE
THE Asia Cup continues to deliver for its drama... off the field. On Wednesday, Pakistan were seemingly on the verge of conceding their group stage game to UAE before they left their team hotel to belatedly play their opponents at 7.30 PM local time, one hour after the scheduled start.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Woman beaten to death by son over gas cylinder
A woman was beaten to death by her son after a minor row over gas cylinder replacement in Jaipur. The video of the attack has gone viral.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
31-year-old security guard arrested for molesting girls in northwest Delhi
A 31-year-old security guard was arrested for allegedly molesting several girls while riding a scooter in northwest Delhi’s Model Town area, police said on Wednesday. Police nabbed the accused after scanning over 500 CCTV cameras for 15 days.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Delhi Traffic Police likely to get 50 more alcometres
THE Delhi Traffic Police is likely to procure 50 additional alcometers for its 50 traffic circles across the capital in a renewed effort to crack down on drunk driving in key areas of the city, officials said.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
A magical flight with minor turbulence
A haunting line marks the beginning of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s seminal novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.”
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Year-end goal for FTA with India: EU
Strategic framework evolved for enhancing ties
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Woman’s death triggers massive unrest, in-laws assault cops; 50 booked
THE suspicious death of a 42-year-old woman has triggered tension in Rajasthan’s Deeg district.
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September 18, 2025
The Morning Standard
Respect farmers, but can’t allow them to pollute environment: SC
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday said sending some farmers to jail for burning stubble will send the “right message” as it heard arguments on the issue of air pollution in Delhi-NCR during winter.
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