*Financial News*
Source: Leading newspapers
*Compiled by RUDRA SHARES* 
Vande Mataram
Thursday, 26 February 2026

*Primary Market & IPO*
• Shree Ram Twistex IPO Day 3: Issue subscribed over 43 times on final day; NII book crosses 220x, retail over 75x
• PNGS Reva IPO subscribed 83% on Day 2; QIB, retail investors lead
• Clean Max IPO subscribed 94% on final day of bidding
• Omnitech Engineering IPO booked 8% on Day 1

*Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare*
• Dr Reddy's gearing up for March debut of generic semaglutide Obeda: Report
• Maharashtra GST Department initiates inspection, search at Lupin office

*Renewable Energy & Solar*
• Vikram Solar secures 378.75 MW module order from INGEL
• US' 126% levy eclipses key market for Indian solar gear companies

*Banking & Financial Services*
• FIIs net buy equities worth Rs 2,992 crore, DIIs net purchase shares worth Rs 5,119 crore
• IRFC: Govt decides to skip green shoe option as OFS not fully subscribed
• Microfinance in revival mode; MFIs, private banks expand business in January
• IIFL Finance to raise up to $750 mn via ECBs, dollar bonds
• RBI summons Yes Bank executives over forex card breach
• Sebi ramps up broker dealing room scrutiny

*Economy & Policy*
• New GDP series to address IMF concerns, rating likely to improve: Statistics secretary
• Revenue growth of India Inc comes at 12-quarter high in Oct-Dec 2025: RBI
• ISMA cuts India’s 2025-26 sugar production estimate by 5.5% due to erratic weather
• Commerce minister Piyush Goyal says India has concluded nine free trade agreements covering 38 nations
• Fertiliser industry may soon see an end to inspector raj

*Automobile & Manufacturing*
• Escorts Kubota bets on new plant & models to chart comeback strategy
• It’s happening, like it or not: Govt to carmakers

*Consumer & Electronics*
• Demand for Chinese smartphones in India falls for first time ever; prices to rise
• Apple to open second Mumbai retail store in Borivali Today

*Information Technology & AI*
• Analysts warn relief in IT stocks may be short-lived on D-St
• DeepSeek withholds latest AI model from US chipmakers including Nvidia
• Coforge wins $158-mn UK contract as AI-led demand boosts deal sizes
• TCS asks staff to use AI even if it means 'cannibalising' revenue streams
• Billion-dollar AI bets shape IT narrative, says LTM executive Krishnan Iyer

*Corporate & Regulatory*
• Reliance Enterprise Intelligence ceases to be wholly owned arm of RIL
• Vedanta to tap debt market for second time in FY25 with ₹30 bn bond sale
• Lodha Developers acquires development rights for Malabar Hill property
• Noel Tata's stance on IPO stalled N Chandrasekaran's reappointment
• Anil Ambani's house worth ₹3.7K crore attached by ED under PMLA
• India’s reliance on Israeli defence systems deepens as arms trade surges

*Political Developments*
• Rahul Gandhi takes swipe at PM Modi: "Slipped off to Israel after my US deal dare"
• 1.2 crore names may be deleted in SIR: Mamata Banerjee
• West Bengal: 60 lakh 'adjudication marked' names in final voter list
• Congress and Rahul doing 'petty politics' to destablise country's progress: Piyush Goyal
• Tamil Nadu must be ruled from Fort St George, not Delhi: Stalin
• Rahul Gandhi has links with 'anti-India, pro-Pakistan' elements, says BJP president Nitin Nabin

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