*Financial News*

Source: Leading Newspapers

*Compiled by: RUDRA SHARES*

Vande Mataram

*Thursday, 23 April 2026*

*Banking, Finance & Regulation*

• AI can transform financial market infrastructure: SBI Chairman Setty

• PNB Housing Finance targets 18–20% loan growth, bets on affordable segment

• Jio Financial Services, Allianz Group ink 50:50 general, health insurance JV

• Net sales growth of FDI companies moderated to 8.7% in FY25: RBI data

• Clearing Corporation of India Ltd eyes AI-led, resilient market infra growth

• Pvt banks to see higher rise in NPAs in FY27

• HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank account for 75% of FII selling in financial stocks in Q4

• PhonePe tops 10 billion monthly UPI transactions; Google Pay nears Rs 10 lakh crore value in March

• Domestic capital drives India's real estate boom as inflows jump 72% to $5.1 billion in Q1

*Automobile & EV*

• Tesla bets on ecosystem-first strategy to unlock India EV market

*Consumer Goods & FMCG*

• Eveready bets on alkaline batteries with India's first plant in Jammu

• Mother Dairy eyes ₹24,000 crore topline in FY27 amid expansion push

*Metals, Mining & Industrials*

• JSW Steel to sign JV with JFE Steel for Odisha plant expansion on April 24

• Godrej charts out new growth plan; eyes Rs 5 lakh crore market capitalisation by 2031

*Hospitality, Real Estate & Infrastructure*

• IHCL completes acquisition of 51% stake in Brij Hospitality for ₹222 cr

• Andhra Pradesh to issue power distribution licences to large data centres

• PNB Housing, Lemon Tree Hotels surge on earnings and expansion news; midcaps see selective buying

*Energy, Oil & Gas*

• L&T Energy signs long-term green ammonia supply deal with Japan's ITOCHU

• ONGC: Tender to hire jack-up rigs cancelled due to steep surge in price

• Inox Clean Energy eyes $750M Boviet Solar buy to enter US market

• Oil producers to shine in Q4, but OMCs & gas distributors face profit squeeze

• India can grow above 7 pc even if crude oil costs USD 90-100/barrel: Assocham

• India to purchase urea fertilizer at nearly double pre-war price

• US intercepts three Iranian oil tankers near India

*Technology, Telecom & Digital*

• Tech budgets will not rise much, says Persistent CEO Sandeep Kalra

• Smartphones emerge as India's export champions in FY26 project

• In major departure from the past, BSNL weighs getting a CMD from private sector

*Investment, PE & Capital Markets*

• Quadria, PE funds eye stake in Samarth Lifesciences; deal may value firm at Rs 4,500 crore

• Indian alternative investment firms in Gulf stare at sea of uncertainty

• ‘JAL Case: NCLAT reserves ruling on Vedanta plea

• ‘Trent's speedy expansion taking toll on its fashion business

*Government, Policy & Economy*

• Govt considering customs duty cut on critical induction cooktop components

• India can grow above 7 pc even if crude oil costs USD 90-100/barrel: Assocham

*Politics & Government*

• ₹1,000 crore in poll freebies, cash, liquor seized in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu

• Tamil Nadu, West Bengal Phase 1 polling today

• Supreme Court of India raps Mamata Banerjee over ED raid interference

• Mock polling conducted in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal ahead of voting for assembly polls

• White House says 'Trump will dictate timeline' of Iran conflict as ceasefire holds

*Exports & Trade*

• Smartphones emerge as India's export champions in FY26 project

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