*News Headlines from Business News Agencies:*
*Business Standard*
📝 India's Oct-Jan sugar output rises 18.35% to 19.5 mn tonnes: Isma
📝 China factory activity contracts in Jan, manufacturing PMI drops to 49.3
📝 SBI launches CHAKRA to fund sunrise sectors with ₹100 trn output over 5 yrs
📝 Gujarat leads India in renewable energy, contributes 16.5% of total
📝 Nvidia halts plan to invest $100 billion in OpenAI after talks collapse
📝 North India to see rain, snow due to western disturbances; IMD issues alert
📝 US pitches Venezuelan crude to India as its Russian oil imports fall
📝 FinMin asks Nabard to study impact of RRB amalgamation during FY28
📝 States utilise less than half of FY26 capex budget in Apr-Dec period
📝 Stock market to stay open on Sunday, February 1, for Union Budget 2026
📝 Donald Trump nominates BLS economist Brett Matsumoto to head agency
📝 IIT Kharagpur signs MoU to launch MSc in nuclear medicine, medical physics
*Economic Times*
📝 Essar Oil & Gas to invest $100 million to expand Raniganj CBM output
📝 Ahead of Budget, SBI chief calls for taxation parity between bank deposits, equity bets
📝 RRBs told to expand agri & MSME loans
📝 Whirlpool to retain India stake for now: CEO Marc Bitzer
📝 India's deal boom tests Chinese walls at EY & PwC as insider trading allegations draw Sebi glare
📝 Apple loses more AI researchers and a Siri executive in latest departure
📝 Insider trading allegations put EY, PwC internal controls under Sebi lens
📝 Aditya Birla Group among top 4 in Sprng Energy race
📝 Higher excise, health cess to kick in on tobacco products, pan masala from February 1
📝 Torrent Electricals launches switchgear portfolio
📝 Kevin Warsh 'regime change' faces steep hurdles at a sprawling US central bank
📝 Tech firms seek push for AI, innovation, digital infrastructure in Budget
📝 India-France partnership lifeline amid geopolitical tension: CJI Surya Kant
*Mint*
📝 Ex-NITI Aayog CEO backs Eco Survey's suggestion to introduce social media caps
📝 Google plans to turn itself into an AI-powered workplace with Project EAT
📝 Tech firms seek push for AI, innovation, digital infrastructure in Budget
📝 US approves weapon sales worth over $15 billion to Israel, Saudi Arabia
📝 Moving towards closure': Piyush Goyal on India-US trade deal
📝 PE giants line up for RedTape in deal valuing footwear maker up to ₹5,000 crore
📝 Sun Pharma beats street estimates in Q3 with net profit up 16%
📝 Ex-banker Pramit Jhaveri not to seek fresh term with Tata Trusts
📝 Siri set for big upgrade despite wave of AI researcher exits at Apple: Report
📝 PE giants line up for RedTape in deal valuing footwear maker up to ₹5,000 crore
