*Financial News*

Source: Leading Newspapers

*Compiled by RUDRA SHARES*

Vande Mataram

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

*Banking, Finance & Regulation*

• RBI eases some restrictions on rupee trades, withdraws offshore derivative curbs

• FIIs net sell Rs 1,060 crore in equities, DII net buy Rs 2,967 crore shares on April 20

• Bhinder steps down as Aavas Financiers MD & CEO; Manu Singh to succeed

• RuPay tailwind drives fintech push for co-branded credit cards on UPI

• SFIO widens probe into IndusInd Bank; summons audit firms over ₹2,000 crore derivatives irregularities

• India growth resilient, markets near correction: HDFC Securities

• NSE IPO can unlock Rs 12,000 crore for PSU insurers, boost solvency ratios

• The Gold Edge: ETF net inflows up 4.5 times in FY26

• India Inc borrowed $4.6 billion from overseas markets in February

• After direct push, Jio BlackRock taps distributors for growth

• RBI plans to remain nimble to prevent persistent supply shock amid West Asia crisis

*Consumer, Retail & FMCG*

• Tata Consumer shares rise after report says Starbucks increases coffee prices across menu

• Jindal Stainless enters retail, expands into construction value chain

• Maruti Suzuki retires Ignis; supply woes hit S-Presso and WagonR

*Alcohol, Beverage & Hospitality*

• United Breweries, Radico Khaitan shares rise as Karnataka govt releases draft plan for new liquor policy

• Lemon Tree Hotels shares gain on signing new property in Gujarat

*Energy, Power & Infrastructure*

• Sterling and Wilson shares jump after Rs 3,490 crore Coal India solar project win

• HPCL delays refinery inauguration after fire at Rajasthan project site

• Grid bottlenecks, execution risks slow power expansion: Report

• India’s core sector growth contracts 0.4% in March 2026

• FY27 capex growth of states pegged at 8–10%: report

*Real Estate & Commercial Spaces*

• Table Space adds 4.25 lakh sq ft workspace in Pune, Navi Mumbai for GCCs

*Telecom & Digital Payments*

• Telcos test waters with smaller tariff hikes before big one

*Capital Markets & IPOs*

• IEX shares fall after CERC releases draft notification on market coupling norms

• Industrials, infra firms dominate IPO pipeline

• Vedanta sets May 1 as record date for long-awaited demerger plan

• Bitcoin strongest since February amid mid-east hopes

*Government, Economy & Policy*

• Govt reviews rural schemes, supply chain woes to protect beneficiaries from Iran war impact

• India seeks preferential market access in US for domestic goods: Piyush Goyal

*Politics*

• AIADMK has surrendered to BJP: Rahul Gandhi in Tamil Nadu

• PM Narendra Modi's 'jhalmuri' stop a drama: Mamata Banerjee

• BJP eyes repeat win as TMC tries to reclaim lost ground in Kharagpur Sadar constituency

• Excise policy: Delhi HC judge Swarana K Sharma refuses to recuse, rejects Kejriwal's plea

*International Affairs*

• Iran won't accept talks under shadow of threat: Prepared to reveal new cards on battlefield

• No deal, no exit! Trump in no mood to lift Hormuz blockade

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