**Financial News**
Source: Leading newspapers
*Compiled by RUDRA SHARES*
Vande Mataram
Saturday, 14 February 2026
*Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare*
• Alkem Labs unit to buy up to 55% of Occlutech for $118 million
• India’s first fertility-services IPO is here: Gaudium IVF opens issue on Feb 20
• Honasa Consumer expects robust FY27 growth as Mamaearth rebounds: CEO
*Technology & IT*
• Apple to open 2nd Mumbai store in Borivali on February 26
• IT stk valuations attractive amid AI spending shift: Expert
• Less a collapse, more a transition: IT sector long term outlook remains stable amid stocks rout
• Foolish to think large enterprises will dump legacy IT systems overnight to use AI: Former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai
• US semiconductor major KLA announces Rs 3,600 crore investment in Tamil Nadu, 4,000 jobs
*Energy & Oil*
• Reliance secures US licence to import Venezuelan oil, boosting refining margins
• GREW Solar raises ₹1,050 crore to expand solar cell capacity to 8 GW
*Aviation & Aerospace*
• Regulator DGCA puts stricter breath analyser test norms in place for pilots
• IndiGo starts 1,000-pilot hunt after 5,000 flight shockwave
• Hindustan Aeronautics: De-bottlenecking efforts set stage for next phase
• Govt may relax height restrictions to boost vertical real estate growth: Civil Aviation Minister Naidu
• IndiGo rebuilds cockpit strength: Over 1,000 pilots to be hired amid fleet ramp-up
*Banking & Financial Services*
• More banks may queue up to be pension managers: PFRDA chief
• BSE gets Sebi nod to launch 'Focused Midcap Index' F&O
• IPO pipeline at Rs 2.5 lakh crore, but listings stay muted in 2026
• DIIs step in with Rs 5,554 crore buying as FPIs pull out nearly Rs 7,400 crore
• S Gupta Holding picks up 1.2% stake in Apollo Pipes, 0.53% shares in SG Finserve
• Reva Diamonds sets price band at Rs 367-386 per share for its Rs 380-crore IPO
• Fractal Analytics shares expected to make muted listing on Monday amid flat GMP
*Automobile & EV*
• Mahindra LMM bets on e-autos as Udo launch targets next EV growth phase
*Consumer & Retail*
• Kwality Wall's to start trading on BSE, NSE from February 16
• Singapore-based flex space provider Just Co enters Indian market
*Politics & Governance*
• Sunetra Pawar to take over as NCP chief soon, says Praful Patel; refuses to talk on merger buzz
• Congress government in Karnataka to distribute title deeds to 1 lakh families, to mark its 1,000 days in office
• EC appoints retired IPS officer NK Mishra as special observer for Bengal polls
• India looking to deal with $55-60 tn market after US, EU pacts
• India-Brazil trade boom on cards as Lula lands soon
• Most have tariff cards for bribes: Mohandas Pai rebuts Shamika Ravi after Supreme Court says ‘better abolish’ RERA
*Markets & Investment Strategy*
• Cut the noise and back conviction picks: Madhusudan Kela on beating volatility
• IEX shares fall as APTEL dismisses firm's plea in market coupling case