Delhi schools shut due to smog, and other developments

Among five key news tickers, the Samajwadi Party is celebrating its silver jubilee in Lucknow

Business Standard brings you five key developments of the day from across the country.

Delhi air pollution: Almost 1,700 schools remain shut
 

Nearly 1,700 primary schools under the three municipal corporations in Delhi have been ordered to remain shut on Saturday due to a high level of air pollution in Delhi. 
 

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Govt may relax sourcing norms for single-brand retail
 

Local sourcing norms in single-brand retail are being reviewed all over again. The government could cut the mandatory requirement of 30 per cent local sourcing, which any single-brand retailer with more than 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) has to comply with, by half. 
 

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Jayalalithaa has completely recovered
 

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had "completely recovered" and was up to her to decide when to go home, Apollo Hospitals Chairman Pratap C Reddy had said on Friday. 

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Samajwadi Party celebrates its silver jubilee
 

The Samajwadi Party (SP) kicked off its poll campaign at its 25th year celebrations on Saturday, with the focus mainly on cobbling together an alliance of ‘secular’ parties to check the BJP in next year’s Assembly polls.
 

Centre, states divided on who will control GST
 

A day after reaching a consensus on tax rates, the GST Council had on Friday failed to arrive at an agreement over the crucial issue of administrative control over assessees under the new indirect tax regime.