*Financial news*

Source: Leading newspapers

Compiled by *RUDRA SHARES*

Vande Mataram

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

*Banking, Finance & Regulation*

• Fitch upgrades Shriram Finance long term foreign currency ratings to BBB-

• Centre offers to bail out airlines with Rs 4,000-crore loan

• SEBI seeks CBDT clarity on tax role of authorised representatives of FPIs

• RBI rejects banks’ request to spread out Q4 treasury losses

• RBI’s $100 mn red line leaves Indian lenders swallowing a bitter pill

*Corporate & Industry*

• GAIL to invest Rs 3,800 crore in 700 MW solar projects in UP, Maharashtra

• Birla Estates receives bookings of ₹650 crore at Bengaluru project

• Lodha Developers expects ₹2 trillion revenue from monetisation of land bank

• PhysicsWallah set to acquire stake in test-prep platform Rojgar With Ankit

• Bike, auto services do not compete with each other in India market: Uber

• 'No pressure to go IPO': PhonePe doubles down on AI transformation push

• KKR-backed Baby Memorial to acquire 60% stake in Star Hospitals for ₹1,800 crore

• ‘Apple’ of Tata’s eye gets ₹1,500 cr boost for its juiciest bet

• Haryana-based Jindal Supreme refiles IPO papers with SEBI

• 360 ONE Asset secures Rs 2,000 crore in commitments for PIPE strategy

• Paytm becomes majority Indian-owned and controlled company as domestic investors raise stake

*Economy & Policy*

• Iran war impact: Essential drugs may cost up to 5% more, for now

• Infra spend up six-fold since 2014, crosses Rs 12 lakh crore: PM Modi

*Global & Geopolitics*

• US-sanctioned Chinese tanker turns back to Strait of Hormuz, day after Gulf exit

• ‘Trump’s tariff rates could be restored by July, says US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

• Global turmoil helps bank traders set records while pressuring other businesses

• US destroyer interdicts 2 oil tankers attempting to exit Iran: Report

• Trump says US-Iran talks may resume in two days, hints at Pakistan as venue; calls Asim Munir 'fantastic'

*Markets & Investments*

• Financials, metals to drive FY27 growth, says Bhuskute

• Bitcoin climbs to 4-week high of $74,945

• MFs buy HDFC Bank shares worth Rs 17,250 crore in March selloff

• NSE loses record 35 lakh active investors in FY26; Zerodha, Angel One, Upstox lead decline

*Politics*

• BJP manifesto calls Tamil Nadu under DMK a ‘crime capital’

• BJP determined to find a solution to Gorkha issue: Amit Shah ahead of Bengal polls

• India can't buy Iranian or Russian oil without Trump's permission, alleges Rahul Gandhi

• Won't allow anyone to disturb communal harmony: J&K CM Omar Abdullah

• BJP, RSS destroying Constitution, alleges Rahul

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