*Financial news* 

Source: Leading newspapers 

*Compiled by Rudra Shares* 

Vande Mataram 

Friday, 17th April 2026

*Banking, Finance & Regulation*

• Seed industry seeks policy support amid input cost increase

• FIIs sell over $1 billion in Indian debt so far in April amid currency risks, macro concerns

*Markets, Stocks & IPOs*

• PropShare Celestia IPO subscribed 1.33 times on final day, listing likely next week

• Nippon India MF, Theleme India Master Fund buy additional 2.26% stake in Sudarshan Chemical; ADIA exits M & B Engineering

• FIIs net buy Indian equities worth Rs 382 crore, DIIs net sell Rs 3,428 crore on April 16

• Consistent inflows in weak mkt show investor maturity

• Logistics firms enter the last mile for IPO delivery

• Arohan Fin plans to file for IPO within a month

*Information Technology & Digital*

• Wipro to stay away from campus hiring for now amid AI shift

• Wipro's promoters to participate in Rs 15,000-cr share buyback, says CFO

• Wipro taps deal momentum to arrest revenue slide

*Automobile & Auto Components*

• No purchase delays despite West Asia conflict, says Ashok Leyland

• Renault bets big on India, plans seven-model portfolio by 2030

• Automakers give the green light to CAFE III proposals, norms to come into effect from April 2027

*Energy, Oil & Gas*

• BPCL arm to invest $2.8 billion in Brazil's oil and gas exploration project

• Petrobras clears offshore project with BPCL in Brazil

• IndianOil triples auto LPG supply in Bengaluru amid disruption, doubles dispatches to Karnataka

*Consumer, FMCG & Retail*

• Iran war: HUL hikes prices of Dove, Pears, Surf, Red Label

*Real Estate & Infrastructure*

• Building malls now needs deeper pockets as construction costs rose 13.9%

*Industrial, Defence & Manufacturing*

• Ramesh Damani picks defence, minerals, infra as top themes; sees steady gains as worst of Iran war impact fades

• Textiles Ministry plans duty cuts to shield industry amid West Asia crisis

• Labour-intensive sectors see steep fall in exports in March

*Aviation, Travel & Logistics*

• Around 10.10 lakh passengers travelled to India since February 28 from region amid West Asia tensions, says Govt

*Regulatory & Competition*

• CCI closes Adani case, says company has no 'dominance' in power market

*Politics & Government*

• West Bengal assembly elections 2026: BJP stresses security, TMC eyes revival in Siliguri corridor

• 'Trump card designed to retain power, not to empower women'

• ‘3 bills against Odisha, oppose them: Patnaik to MPs from state

• Nominated RS MP Harivansh to be elected deputy chairman as opposition to boycott polls

• Tamil Nadu Polls: Targeting BJP, not AIADMK, as it sets agenda, shapes narrative, says PTR

• South's LS seats, political weight to rise: Govt

• “No state will lose Lok Sabha share”: Narendra Modi defends delimitation, women’s reservation push

*Global & Geopolitics*

• Trump says war in Iran should be ending 'pretty soon'

Jai Hind

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