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Defence Procurement Board nod to 114 Rafale multirole fighter project
A proposal to acquire 114 Rafale fighter jets from French manufacturer Dassault Aviation was on Friday given the go-ahead by the Defence Procurement Board chaired by Defence Secretary RK Singh, sources said.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
Talking to US on Chabahar port amid Iran tariff: India
NAVIGATING a high-stakes diplomatic tightrope with US President Donald Trump’s latest trade offensive threatens to collide with New Delhi's long-term strategic interests in Iran, New Delhi said it remains in touch with Washington.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
Nominations for BJP prez on Jan 19, result next day; Nabin likely to be named
THE BJP on Friday released the schedule for the election of the party’s national president amid speculation that working national president Nitin Nabin is likely to be elected for the post unopposed.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
Odisha steps up vigil after Bengal reports Nipah
AMID reports of Nipah virus cases in neighbouring West Bengal, the state on Friday intensified surveillance and asked all districts, particularly those along the border, to remain on high alert.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
SC seeks Karisma's reply on plea for copy of divorce settlement with Sunjay
THE Supreme Court has sought the response of Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor on the petition of Priya Sachdev Kapur, who has sought a certified copy of the divorce settlement between their late husband Sunjay Kapur and Karisma arrived at in 2016 in the top court.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
'All disputes should not be characterised as tax terrorism'
AFTER securing a favourable judgment in the Tiger Global capital gains tax case, the tax department has said not all tax disputes should be characterised as overreach or “tax terrorism”.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
‘Writing begins in memory, in pain, in hope’
WRITING does not begin on the page.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
Deletion of Raj names on BJP’s pressure: Cong
IN Rajasthan, political tensions have sharply escalated over the SIR of poll rolls, with Congress alleging large-scale irregularities and targeted deletion of voters aligned with the party.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
A Tour of the Cosmos
Sujata Bajaj's upcoming solo exhibition marks her return to Delhi with an abstract solo after over 16 years and brings together large-scale works developed over a five-year period.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
Jadeja smashes ton as Saurashtra enter final
VISHVARAJ Jadeja’s unbeaten helped Saurashtra beat Punjab by nine wickets and enter the Vijay Hazare Trophy final here on Friday.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
Daldal to be out soon
On Thursday, Prime Video officially announced a new premiere date for its much-anticipated crime-thriller Daldal.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
Cong firms up plan for Assam poll campaign
THE Congress on Friday said that the state leadership in Assam would hit the ground running from January 21 for Assembly polls expected in April.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
Setback to Soren as HC stays police probe into FIR against ED officials
IN yet another setback to the Hemant Soren government, the Jharkhand High Court on Friday stayed the probe against officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) initiated by the state police in a case of alleged assault.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
Will continue fight against social injustice & divisive communal forces: Stalin
CHIEF Minister MK Stalin, on the occasion of Thiruvalluvar Day on Friday, said that four principles articulated by Thiruvalluvar — courage, generosity, wisdom and energy — are the very foundations of his governance and he would continue to uphold them in Tamil Nadu.
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January 17, 2026
The Morning Standard
Mann appears before Takht, awaits verdict of high priests
PUNJAB Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann appeared before acting head of the Akal Takht Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Thursday at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar in the alleged case of showing disrespect to Sikhism and its institutions.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
X to prevent Grok from generating obscene images
ELON Musk-led microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday announced that it has implemented technological measures to prevent its AI platform, Grok, from allowing editing of images of real people in revealing clothes such as bikinis.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
NO RESPITE TO LOWEST MINIMUM TEMP FOR JAN SINCE '23, MERCURY AT 2.9°C
ON Thursday, the national capital recorded the lowest minimum temperature for January since 2023 with the mercury dropping to 2.9°C.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
SC to EC: Publish names taken out of draft Kerala rolls
THE Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to make public the names of people excluded from the draft electoral rolls published after the special intensive revision (SIR) process in Kerala, so that affected voters can raise objections.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
Evacuation of Indians stranded in Iran planned, 1st flight likely today
THE government has begun drawing up contingency plans to bring back Indian nationals stranded in Iran amid mounting safety concerns as unrest continues in large parts of the country, sources said.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
THE ART OF HARD TIMES
ACCORDING to Bangladeshi artist Ashfika Rahman, the act of embroidering has long been the language of emotional expression for Bengalis.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
Recalled midair, AI flight engine sucks in baggage container, damaged
IN a rare and alarming incident at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Thursday morning, an Air India Airbus A350-900 faced a double setback-engine damage after ingesting a cargo container, just hours after being rerouted midair due to the sudden closure of Iranian airspace.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
SC issues notice to Didi, stays action against ED
Agency moves top court alleging obstruction of probe by Bengal CM during its January 8 raids on TMC's political consultant I-PAC
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
Issues yet to be resolved as Gaza ceasefire enters phase 2
A US-backed plan to end the war in Gaza has entered its second phase despite unresolved disputes between Israel and Hamas over alleged ceasefire violations and issues unaddressed in the first stage.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
52 Maoists lay down arms in C’garh’s Bijapur
AS many as 52 Naxalites, 49 of them carrying a cumulative bounty of over @1.41 crore, surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district and renounced the CPI (Maoist) on Thursday, an official said.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
Reply of HCs, NLUs on 3-yr practice norm sought
THE Supreme Court on Thursday sought the opinion of all the high courts, National Law Universities (NLU) and other law schools on the minimum three-year law practice criterion for appearing in entry level judicial services examination.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
Formation of Task Force is fine but India has been here before; implementation key
HE sports ministry has released the “A Unified Framework for development of Coaching Ecosystem in India”,a bunch of guidelines and recommendations for overall growth of sports.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
Naveen suspends two legislators from BJD
IN a surprise action, BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday suspended two MLAs, Sanatan Mahakud and Arvind Mohapatra, from the party for alleged involvement in anti-party activities.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
Vigilance registers case in Sabarimala ghee scandal
THE Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau has registered a case in connection with the alleged irregularities in the sale of ‘Adiya Sishtam Ghee’ in Sabarimala.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
Unnao rape survivor seeks HC intervention
THE 2017 Unnao rape survivor moved the HC seeking permission to bring on record additional material in expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s appeal against his conviction.
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January 16, 2026
The Morning Standard
ADDRESS POST-GRAD MED SEAT VACANCIES WITHOUT IMPAIRING EXAM INTEGRITY
A troubling pattern over the last few years has been the sacrifice of merit in the name of providing students access to postgraduate medical courses.
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