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		THE TIMES OF INDIA
		Sunday, February 05, 2017
		Today's Headlines

		Business
		Pizza Hut plans to double outlets to over 700 by 2022 Pizza Hut considers India to be one of its most important markets and plans to double its store count to over 700 in the next five years, riding the wave of growing popularity of western fast-food in the country, a senior company executive said. Business environment becoming challenging for steel sector: SAIL SAIL today said with the business environment becoming extremely challenging for the steel sector, it has identified five core areas, including optimisation of new assets utilisation, to turn impending challenges into opportunities. Capital infusion in PSU banks after Q3 numbers Government will finalise the second and final tranche of capital infusion for public sector banks (PSBs) for 2016-17 once all of them have declared results for the third quarter of the current financial year, a senior Finance Ministry official said. More Business News»

		Environment
		Chennai oil spill: Safe disposal of hazardous sludge With authorities involved in the post-oil spill clean up operations off Chennai coast expecting to finish the task in the next couple of days, the Centre has now asked the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to treat the collected sludge for its safe disposal through bio-remediation - a waste management technique using biological organism to neutralize pollutants. Rare leaf-nosed bats sighted after 37 yrs A specie of the bats aboriginal to the Thar desert, has been re-sighted by a group of zoological researchers after 37 years. Identified as Hipposideros Fulvus (a leaf-nosed bat), the bat has been found roosting in ancient caves at Daijar near Jodhpur. Judge asked to lift hold on Yellowstone dam and protect fish More Environment News»

		World
		Turkey detains some 400 IS suspects in nationwide raids Turkish police on Sunday detained hundreds of suspected members of the Islamic State extremist group in nationwide raids, just over a month after an attack on an Istanbul nightclub claimed by the jihadists. Israeli PM calls for unity against Iran before UK visit Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for international unity against Iran after Tehran's recent ballistic missile test. Netanyahu spoke Sunday ahead of his visit to London where he will meet PM Theresa May to "deepen bilateral diplomatic, security, economic and technological ties." Iran welcomes US wrestling team after travel ban halted Iran denies US claims that the missile test violated a UN resolution, and said it would impose its own sanctions on US individuals and companies which it says have supported extremist groups in Syria and elsewhere. More World News»

		Science
		Taking pain killers during flu may up heart attack risk: Study Taking pain relievers during a cold or flu-like illness may increase the risk of heart attack, a new study of 10,000 patients has warned. Bad breakup? Find comfort online World's first 3D printed bridge opens in Madrid A Madrid park made history with the installation of the first ever pedestrian bridge created from a 3D printer. The pioneering bridge was created by a team from the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, a Barcelonabased research and education center that worked with a contingent of architects, mechanical and structural engineers, and municipal representatives to bring the design to life. More Science News»

		Technology
		Reliance Jio's 'free services' get clean chit: 6 things to know Wonder what as a consumer has changed for you? Here are the 6 things that have changed in Reliance Jio's 'free services' plan... Apple to have 'exclusive manufacturer' for iPhones in India: Report An assembly plant that Apple's Taiwanese manufacturing partner Wistron Corp is setting up in Bengaluru will focus solely on assembling iPhones, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. PM Narendra Modi's photo lands Paytm, Reliance Jio in soup The government has issued notices to Paytm and Reliance Jio Infocomm asking them whether they had taken prior permission before using Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photographs on advertisements of their products. More Technology News»

		Education
		BEd degree from Jammu & Kashmir institutions will now be valid in Bihar Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree from the University of Jammu and the University of Kashmir will now be valid in Bihar for appointment of teachers in secondary and higher secondary schools. Academic council fumes at attempts to straight jacket popular arts course under science A circular from under-secretary to government, education department (universities – 2) to registrars of all 17 state universities to offer UG/PG courses in geography, psychology, statistics, mathematics, anthropology and criminology as part of BSc/MSc programmes came in for close scrutiny at the third general meeting of the academic council of Mangalore University on Friday. Set up grievance redressal system in all varsities: High Court tells UGC More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Dharavi achievers to relate sunshine stories High court upholds Maharashtra's rule, says schools free to admit kids under RTE The Bombay high court (HC) has upheld the state government's new rules that give freedom to school managements in admitting students under the Right to Education (RTE) quota. Assets declared by poll aspirants show steady rise Election affidavits filed by prominent corporators in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) show that their assets have shown a significant increase in a five-year span. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		500 AIIMS nurses in Delhi on strike Rape survivors to get aid for travelling to Delhi Survivors of all sexual offences seeking justice in Delhi courts but based abroad or in far-flung places can hope for some relief. DIAL asked to free up IGI's terminal 1 fast Coming to the aid of domestic budget flyers, the aviation ministry has directed Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) to take immediate steps for decongesting the choked terminal 1. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		Books & glam mark Times Lit Fest prelude Emraan Hashmi, Nandana Sen and a host of Bengaluru theatre folk present the prelude to the Times Lit Fest to be held on Feb 11 and 12 What stories do book covers tell, writes author Jhumpa Lahiri Upon close inspection, my covers tend perfectly to mirror my own double identity, bifurcated, disputed. As a result they are often projections, conjectures. Lakshay wins trophy on sports day Yet again he has proved that he's a winner all the way. Little Lakshay, who survived a medical negligence case last year, won a trophy at his school sports day on Saturday. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Andhra Pradesh to introduce e-learning course for cops For the first time in the country, Andhra Pradesh government will soon launch mandatory assement tests for its police, dealing with important Acts like SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989. Those who clear the test will be given a certificate in the e-course. CM K Chandrasekhar Rao to have 4,000 sq yards camp office at Gajwel too Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who now operates from the swanky Pragati Bhavan, his official residence-cum-camp office at Greenlands in the city, is set to get another camp office at his constituency headquarters of Gajwel by this October. However, this new camp office-cumresidence will not be as expansive as the Pragati Bhavan. Hope in horizon: Vaccines can prevent liver cancer Both these cancers are, however, preventable through vaccines.Yet, the cancer burden of the two diseases is huge with Hepatitis B infection showing a prevalence rate of more than 3 per cent among people. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		Out on bail, man hangs to death Opposition decries government's 'silence' on Palar issue TNEB to spare consumers of power tariff hike More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		'Parzania' mom challenges SIT court's Gulbarg order The victim-witnesses of the Gulbarg Society massacre - Roopa Mody and Saira Sandhi - have approached Gujarat high court and questioned the special SIT court's verdict that brushed aside the theory of criminal conspiracy. Amul hikes milk procurement prices for farmers For the third time in four months, Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd, popularly known as Amul Dairy, has decided to raise milk prices paid to farmers by Rs 10 per kg of fat. Gujarati web content ups its cool quotient Web content in Gujarati is fast catching up and how! AT takes a look… More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		Poll arera: Small fry out to hit big guns Pensioners, housewives and unemployed youth are in fray in the Assembly election.Farmers, social workers, lawyers and businesswomen are also vying to be an MLA. Dacoits' poll diktat no longer rings in Bundelkhand badlands Poll panel stays transfer of teachers More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Land for transgenders embroiled in poll code The Odisha government has decided to allot land to transgenders to build homes, sparking a debate on whether it is a breach of the model code of conduct in place for the forthcoming panchayat election. Around 10,000 landless transgenders are expected to benefit from the move. Budget boost for Haridaspur, Paradip railway line The Centre in its Union Budget has sanctioned Rs 200 crore for 82-km-long Haridaspur-Paradip new rail line project to speed up its work. Panchayat polls: Chhattisgarh CM to campaign for BJP on February 9, 11 Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh will address a series of rallies while campaigning for the BJP in the state on February 9 and February 11 in the run up to the panchayat elections, starting February 13. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Bhopal schools hail Arun Jaitley's 'innovation fund' Chinese 'spies' had married tribal girls Wang Chi was reportedly captured by the Indian Army on January 3, 1963 after he walked into Indian territory.He was a mechanical survey engineer in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). 1.47 lakh women in MP apply for licence to drive In just one year the state transport department has received around 1.48 lakh applications for learning licenses from female applicants only. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		Punjab polls: Shiromani Akali Dal's Manjit Singh GK opposes Sirsa Dera Punjab elections: 85 per cent polling in blast-hit Maur Four days after a car blast stunned Maur, a suburb of Bathinda, the assembly constituency clocked a turnout of 85%. In three-way fight in Punjab, only 3/4 go to vote ​Despite a fierce triangular fight for the first time and strong anti-incumbency against the Badal regime, voting percentage registered only a marginal increase in Punjab on Saturday compared to 2012.​ More Chandigarh News»

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