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The Morning Standard

Out of 14K irrigation tanks in TN, 5K reached full capacity in 4 months

IN the last four months, the number of tanks that have reached their full capacity in Tamil Nadu has gone up from 450 to 5,455, thanks to the copious rainfall during the northeast monsoon season.

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January 19, 2025
Trump's MAGA Meets Modi's Vishwaguru
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Trump's MAGA Meets Modi's Vishwaguru

THE hemispheres of global politics are divided by a guild of alliances that are a salmagundi of nationalist interests.

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January 19, 2025
Sankara's Farewell to Mother
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Sankara's Farewell to Mother

Guided by love and duty, Adi Sankara returns to Kalady, fulfills his mother's last wishes and begins a timeless legacy

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January 19, 2025
The Morning Standard

Farmer bodies mull over Centre's proposal

FARMERS' union leaders on Saturday claimed that a panel set up by the Centre has given a proposal suggesting ways to end the impasse between the government and the farmers.

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January 19, 2025
Rape-murder accused in RG Kar case guilty: Court
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Rape-murder accused in RG Kar case guilty: Court

Quantum of sentence on Monday; victim's family seeks further probe

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January 19, 2025
Gaza truce deal was uncertain till last minute
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Gaza truce deal was uncertain till last minute

Negotiations were up until minutes before formal announcement of the deal by Qatar PM

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January 19, 2025
The Morning Standard

RBL Bank Q3 net profit declines 86% to ₹32.63 crore

RBL Bank on Saturday reported an 86% year-on-year decline in its net profit to ₹32.63 crore in the third quarter of financial year 2025.

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January 19, 2025
Two hard-line judges shot dead in rare attack on Iranian judiciary
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Two hard-line judges shot dead in rare attack on Iranian judiciary

A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran's capital Tehran on Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of dissidents in the late 1980s.

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January 19, 2025
Annapurna: A Woman's War on Hunger
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Annapurna: A Woman's War on Hunger

Arrival of 'Chachi ki Rasoi' brings hope in tribal district of Sonbhadra, signalling none would go hungry, Namita Bajpai narrates

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January 19, 2025
Who did Parashuram Actually Kill?
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Who did Parashuram Actually Kill?

Images of Parashuram are appearing across India, depicted always with Shiva-like hair, wearing a Brahmin thread across his chest, and brandishing an axe. It's a fierce image like that of a folk hero, a vira, found in many rural communities.

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January 19, 2025
Surreal Salvador Comes to Town
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Surreal Salvador Comes to Town

The interiors of a new restaurant in Bengaluru is an eccentric interpretation of the outlier artist's chaotic genius

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January 19, 2025
The Morning Standard

Not 15 Hours a Day, Rather a Six-hour Work Day will Help the Nation

ACUTE ANGLE

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January 19, 2025
AAP unilaterally decided to go it alone in Delhi polls, says Cong
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AAP unilaterally decided to go it alone in Delhi polls, says Cong

RAJYA Sabha MP Ajay Maken has said that AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal unilaterally decided to go it alone in the Delhi assembly polls, and that contest with BJP is not possible without a \"strong Congress at the national level\".

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January 19, 2025
Colour, Comfort, Cashmere
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Colour, Comfort, Cashmere

The core of the new collaboration between Pantone and designer Jyotika Jhalani is harmony

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January 19, 2025
Indusind Bank CFO Gobind Jain Resigns
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Indusind Bank CFO Gobind Jain Resigns

GOBIND JAIN, chief financial officer of the private sector lender Indusind Bank, has put in his paper \"to pursue other professional opportunities,\" the bank said in an exchange filing on Saturday.

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January 19, 2025
The Morning Standard

Serial killer Chanderkant held after jumping parole

THE 57-year-old serial killer Chanderkant Jha, who had terrorised the capital between 2006 and 2007 and evaded arrest for over a year, was arrested at Old Delhi Railway Station while he was trying to flee to Bihar, a Crime Branch official said on Saturday.

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January 19, 2025
The Morning Standard

Bengaluru Held to a 1-1 Draw

HYDERABAD FC and Bengaluru FC played out a 1-1 draw at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium in the Indian Super League (ISL) fixtures on Saturday.

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January 19, 2025
Now, all eyes on Lokayukta report on MUDA scam
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Now, all eyes on Lokayukta report on MUDA scam

After the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) attached 142 immovable properties worth Rs 300 crore on Friday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with the MUDA case against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others, all eyes are now on the Lokayukta report on the alleged MUDA site allotment scam.

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January 19, 2025
The Morning Standard

Dikshit corners AAP over water, air pollution

CONGRESS leader Sandeep Dikshit on Saturday blamed the AAP government for the air and water pollution in the capital, claiming it did nothing while in power over the past 10 years.

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January 19, 2025
Ramaswamy to run for Ohio governor's post
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Ramaswamy to run for Ohio governor's post

INDIAN American entrepreneur-turned-politician Vivek Ramaswamy plans to run for Ohio governor, multiple media reports said Friday.

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January 19, 2025
Hanging with the Irish by the Sea
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Hanging with the Irish by the Sea

Home to Europe's largest stalactite, Doolin Cave on Ireland's west coast was discovered by accident before becoming a tourist magnet

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January 19, 2025
'It's Everything I Dreamed of in a Character'
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'It's Everything I Dreamed of in a Character'

Lily-Rose Depp speaks to Sally James on her Dracula-inspired film that gave her nightmares but an experience of a lifetime

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January 19, 2025
What's The Perfect Work-Wife Balance?
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What's The Perfect Work-Wife Balance?

If nothing else, the chairman of L&T's inappropriate, 90-hour-work-week comments have been a huge relief from corporate boredom.

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January 19, 2025
Policing With A Purpose
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Policing With A Purpose

These MP cops have emerged as social media icons, harnessing the power of digital platforms to empower citizens with information while cautioning them against crime, writes Anuraag Singh

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January 19, 2025
AAP Announces Free Power, Water Scheme for Tenants
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AAP Announces Free Power, Water Scheme for Tenants

The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday announced that they would launch a scheme to facilitate tenants residing in the national capital to avail benefits of free water and electricity if they returned to power.

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January 19, 2025
The Morning Standard

TikTok to 'go dark' in US today as SC upholds bans

TIKTOK said it will have to 'go dark' this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won't enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.

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January 19, 2025
Cong Committed to Caste Census Across India: Rahul
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Cong Committed to Caste Census Across India: Rahul

Says ready to suffer political loss, calls Bihar caste survey 'fake'

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January 19, 2025
Former South Korean prez in court, argues for his release
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Former South Korean prez in court, argues for his release

SOUTH Korea's impeached president on Saturday argued for his release before a Seoul judge as the court reviewed whether to grant a law enforcement request for his formal arrest.

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January 19, 2025
Was 25 mins away from jaws of death, says Hasina
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Was 25 mins away from jaws of death, says Hasina

A voice note from former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, detailing how she and her sister Rehana narrowly escaped death when they fled the country last August, has been shared online by her party, Awami League.

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January 19, 2025
Hyundai, TVS to make 3W, micro 4W for Indian mkt
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Hyundai, TVS to make 3W, micro 4W for Indian mkt

Hyundai to offer design, engg, tech; TVS to do mfg, marketing

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January 19, 2025