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Padikkal stars once again for Karnataka
DEVDUTT Padikkal continued his golden run with the bat as his unbeaten 81 helped the hosts to a comfortable win over Mumbai in one of the two quarterfinals of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence facility in the city on Monday.
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
PSLV's third-stage fails twice in a row
THE most-awaited first commercial satellite launch of 2026 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the PSLV-C62 carrying EOS-N1 and 15 other satellites—failed to reach its designated orbit on Monday.
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
Maruti Suzuki to invest ₹4,960 cr in new Guj facility to boost output
MARUTI Suzuki India’s (MSIL) board has approved land acquisition in Gujarat to expand production capacity by up to 10 lakh units annually.
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
GOLDY BRAR GANG MEMBER HELD
THE Delhi Police has apprehended a member of the Rohit Godara-Goldy Brar gang, wanted in around 20 criminal cases lodged across the national capital, Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, police said.
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
Akal Takht moderates, asks SGPC to cooperate in missing saroops case
TAKING a U-turn, Akal Takht officiating Jathedar (high priest), Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Sunday directed the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to cooperate with the SIT constituted by Punjab Police in connection with the FIR registered over the 328 missing saroops of Guru Granth Sahib.
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
'SHANTI ACT WILL GET US 100 GW IN NUCLEAR POWER BY 2047'
NION Minister of Science and Technology (Independent Charge) and MoS of Atomic Energy, Dr Jitendra Singh, asserts that the SHANTI Act opens up the atomic energy sector for private participation while retaining full sovereignty.
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
Delivery worker assaulted by store owner for using perfume, case filed
AN 18-year-old delivery boy working for a quick-commerce platform was allegedly restrained and assaulted by a store owner in east Delhi’s Old Kondli area after he used a perfume bottle from the shop, police said on Monday.
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
NDMC smartens up road irrigation
Civic body launches modern watering solutions for horticulture along over 19 km pathways
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
WHY THE CARACAS FORMULA WILL NOT WORK ON TEHRAN
Technological superiority may give an opening advantage in a regime change op. But Iran's civilisational identity, military hardware and ability for asymmetric adaptation are unlikely to allow a durable outcome
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
Markets snap five-day losing streak
DOMESTIC equity market made a comeback on Monday afternoon amid renewed hopes of trade talks with the US.
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
Not responsible for Karur deaths, Vijay tells CBI
TAMILAGA Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Vijay on Monday told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that he can't be held responsible for the crowd crush in Karur that left 41 people dead, and that he had left the venue immediately to avoid further tragedy, agency sources said.
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
Trump says Iran seeks talks as toll hits 648
Supreme Leader faces rare street challenge as prosecutors seek death penalty for protesters
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January 13, 2026
The Morning Standard
US strikes Islamic State sites in Syria in retaliatory raids
THE US has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria following last month's ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
'Bid to provoke unrest': Punjab CM targets BJP
PUNJAB Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday accused the BJP of trying to divide people on religious lines, calling the controversy over former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi's Delhi Assembly video a deliberate attempt to provoke communal unrest in Punjab.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
FIIs continue to dump domestic equities
Better domestic fundamentals, hopes of healthy earnings season fail to lift market; DIIs remain net buyer
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
'Fund from IPO will help BCCL diversify into rare earth metals'
MINIRATNA Bharat Coking Coal, the largest miner of coking coal and a subsidiary of national miner Coal InM dia, whose IPO was fully subscribed within hours of opening on January 9, thanks to the reasonable pricing for the ₹1,071 crore issue.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Hand over case to a neutral probe agency, says Shah
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the Sabarimala gold theft case must be investigated by a neutral agency to bring out the whole truth, alleging that the CPM-led government in Kerala is trying to protect the real culprits.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
First Bailey Bridge built with India's aid opens for traffic
THE first Bailey Bridge built with India's assistance package to Sri Lanka was opened for traffic in the cyclone-hit island nation on Sunday.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Nostalgia Reloaded
SINGER SHRUTI PATHAK REVISITS THE GOLDEN ERA OF BOLLYWOOD MELODIES IN HER LATEST TRACK FROM TU MERI MAIN TERA MAIN TERA TU MERI
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
FROM NEW YORK TO JNU VIA CARACAS, SKIPPING DHAKA
Selective anger, political alliances, and anti-imperialist rhetoric show lasting moral double standards, where authoritarianism and Islamist violence are forgiven, while only Western actions face constant blame
4 min |
January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Justin Halpern's memoir gets Netflix adaptation
CO-showrunners of Abbott Elementary, Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, are set to adapt Halpern’s 2012 memoir I Suck at Girls as a series for Netflix.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Govt to ask manufacturers to pre-install Prasar Bharati's OTT app on new TVs
BUOYED by the growing popularity of WAVES, Prasar Bharati's over-the-top (OTT) application, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is set to write to television manufacturers, urging them to pre-install the app on smart TVs.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
COMMONWEALTH GAMES AND A LOST DECADE FOR DELHI
EARLY last week, former Union Minister Suresh Kalmadi passed away in his hometown Pune.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Call grows for SC-monitored probe in Ankita Bhandari case
A statewide 'bandh' was observed across Uttarakhand on Sunday, called by the Congress and other opposition groups, demanding a CBI probe into the sensational Ankita Bhandari murder case, supervised directly by a Supreme Court judge.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
UNANSWERED SOS HER PANIC PRESS IN VAIN
Mandated for Delhi's cab network in the aftermath of the 2014 rape case, panic buttons promised real-time response from the police and cab companies for women passengers in distress. However, even after a decade, they stay non-functional, poorly connected, or just as silent evidence of systemic apathy, with neither passengers nor drivers informed enough about their use, reports Aditi Ray Chowdhury
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
FORECASTS ACROSS THE ASSET CLASSES
IN the last decade when I still used to do television shows, I once suggested to the Channel Head that getting 'expert' guests to discuss which of their forecasts for the year turned out right and which did not, might be interesting.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
UTTARAYAN WISDOM
HAPPY Makara Sankranti in advance, dear readers, and H Pongal, Lohri, and Bhogali Bihu.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Kyiv residents brave sub-zero cold after Russian strikes
BRAVING subzero temperatures, her heat cut off by Russian strikes on Kyiv, Natalia has to go to special tents set up in the Ukrainian capital to get warm - but has no plans of leaving.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
Israeli police detain top Netanyahu aide over military leak investigation
ISRAELI police said Sunday they detained a senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspected of obstructing an investigation, with local media reporting that it was tied to leaks of military information during the Gaza war.
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January 12, 2026
The Morning Standard
PM: INDIA ON FAST TRACK TO BE 3RD LARGEST ECONOMY
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared that India is rapidly advancing towards becoming the world's third largest economy, citing controlled inflation, macro stability and global confidence as key drivers amid worldwide uncertainty.
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