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GOING AFTER CYBER CRIME STATE-OWNED APP MANDATED ON YOUR PHONE
THE Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued a new direction effective November 28, mandating all mobile phone manufacturers and importers to pre-install state-owned fraud reporting app — Sanchar Saathi — on devices used in India. The implementation must be completed within 90 days and a compliance report filed in 120 days.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Unhappy with waste-processing firms, MCD opts for retendering
Civic body set to choose new operators for Okhla, Bhalswa landfill sites in the next month
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Uproar after more than ‘21L dead voters in Bengal rolls identified’
EC sources say pressure on several BLOs to delay upload of the enumeration forms
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Nod to Pakistan aircraft carrying aid to Sri Lanka
INDIA has permitted a Pakistan aircraft carrying humanitarian aid for the cyclone victims in Sri Lanka to use its airspace.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Trump confirms call with Maduro amid tension
US President Donald Trump on confirmed that he had spoken to Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in recent days, amid a massive US military buildup in the Caribbean and tensions with Caracas.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Made for India
An Austrian motorcycle manufacturer, now part of an Indian company, has started making country-specific models
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Over 25L people living with HIV in India: Report
INDIA has an estimated 25.61 lakh people living with HIV (PLHIV), the second largest number globally in 2024, although the annual HIV incidence rate continues to be very low in the country, said a government report released on Monday on the occasion of World AIDS Day.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
ACTION SHIFTS TO MADURAI Switzerland hurdle for India before quarters
HOSTS India are comfortably placed in Pool B with two big wins in as many matches at the ongoing FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
LUCRATIVE OFFER Bank manager among 3 nabbed in job fraud case
DELHI Police has arrested three men, including an assistant bank manager, for allegedly targeting job seekers with false promises of lucrative foreign employment and duping a man of ₹1.8 lakh after offering him a chef’s job in New Zealand, an official said on Monday.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
JKLF man accused in Rubaiya Sayeed case in CBI net after 36 years
THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an accused carrying Rs 10 lakh bounty for his involvement in 1989 abduction of Rubiya Sayeed, the daughter of then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, after 36 years in Srinagar.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Manipur govt forms panels amid protest
THE Manipur government on Monday constituted state and district-level committees to “strengthen” the ongoing efforts for rehabilitation and resettlement of the people who were internally displaced by the ethnic violence.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
La Liga: Real Madrid drop points at Girona
REAL Madrid were held to a third consecutive La Liga draw ina 1-1 tie at Girona on Sunday, allowing Barcelona to retain pole position.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
ED stirs Pinarayi’s masala bond curry further, Kerala cries foul
THE Enforcement Directorate has served a show cause notice to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, former finance minister T M Thomas Isaac, and the CM’s chief principal secretary K M Abraham over alleged infractions in the issue of masala bonds in 2019 by the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB).
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
PM takes a dig at Oppn, says House is not for ‘drama’...
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Opposition, declaring that Parliament must function as a space for “delivery, not drama”, and warning parties against turning the Winter Session into a stage for political theatrics. Speaking to the media outside Parliament ahead of the session, Modi said he was concerned that some Opposition parties continued to treat the House as a “warm-up arena” for elections or as a place to vent their “desperation” after electoral defeats.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
₹21 cr support for free exam coaching: Govt
EDUCATION Minister Ashish Sood on Monday informed that under the Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Vidya Shakti Mission, the government is spending ₹21 crore to provide free professional coaching to 2,200 meritorious government school students for JEE, NEET, CLAT, CA, and CUET.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
PEACETIME SIMULATION FOR WARTIME SPEED
India’s last comprehensive national wargames involving civil and military leaders were staged almost four decades ago. To respond effectively to a future crisis, we must hold such exercises regularly
3 min |
December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
NIA raids 8 Kashmir locations in Red Fort blast case
THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out raids at eight locations in south Kashmir, including the residence of detained cleric and doctors, in connection with the investigation into interstate 'white-collar terror network\" and Delhi blast case.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
RIC & MARIJNE, BIG DRAWS POST HARENDRA EXIT
NDIAN women’s hockey is set for a massive overhaul.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
1 extra wk not enough, BLOs scramble to meet deadline’
Centre wants to remove people who it believes will not vote for it, people it doesn’t want included in its idea of this country, says DMK MP Kanimozhi
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
₹ falls to 89.79 over delay in India-US trade deal
THE rupee slumped to a new low of 89.79 against dollar on Monday, fuelled by sluggish trade due to uncertainty over India-US trade deal and continuous outflow of FIIs.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Delaney miracle on and off the field for New Zealand
WHEN the final hooter roared after New Zealand’s comeback 3-2 victory against Japan at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium on Monday, former national junior player and current head coach Mike Delaney slammed the side glass of the bench in excitement.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
IIP growth falls to one-year low of 0.4% in Oct
INDIAS industrial production growth slowed to an over oneyear low of 0.4% in October due to poor showing by power, mining and manufacturing sectors, according to official data released on Monday. The previous low was recorded as flat growth in September 2024.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Diljit Dosanjh's Border 2 poster out
On Monday, Diljit Dosanjh took to social media to drop a poster giving a first look at his character in director Anurag Singh’s film Border 2. “It’s the falcons of Guru Nanak who guard the skies of this nation,” reads the caption for the social media post.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rijiju sees red as Kharge mentions ex-VP resignation
REMARKS by Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Monday about the resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar sparked a sharp response from the treasury benches. Kharge called Dhankhar’s departure “unexpected” and “unprecedented in the annals of Parliamentary history”.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Centre confirms GPS spoofing at major airports, orders probe
CIVIL Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha that the Airports Authority of India (AAD) has asked the Wireless Monitoring Organisation (WMO) to identify the source behind the Global Positioning System (GPS) spoofing recently which affected flights at the Indira Gandhi International Air-
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
GST cut keeps auto sales growth in double digit
TOP car and two-wheeler manufacturers posted double-digit dispatch growth in November, indicating that sales momentum has sustained after the festive season, thanks to GST rate cut of up to 10% from September 22.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Remnant of cylconic storm Ditwah pounds Chennai and neighbouring districts
A stubborn, slow-moving deep depression — a remnant of Cyclone Ditwah — that defied forecasts for two days slammed Chennaiand its neighbourhood with intense rain on Monday, sharply reversing expectations after appearing to weaken over the weekend.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Rahul Easwar sent to 14-day judicial custody
ACTIVIST Rahul Easwar, who was arrested by the cyber police for allegedly insulting the modesty of the woman who filed a rape complaint against MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, has been remanded to 14 days in judicial custody.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Israeli army claims over 40 militants killed in Rafah tunnel operations
THE Israeli army said on Sunday that it had killed more than 40 Palestinian militants over the past week in operations targeting tunnels near Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
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December 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Solar fencing to stop wild elephants from entering villages in J’khand
IN a pioneering initiative in Jharkhand, solar fencing is being installed around the villages to prevent man-animal conflict in Chandil area of Saraikela-Kharsawan district.
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