*Financial News*

Source: Leading Newspapers

*Compiled by: RUDRA SHARES*

*Vande Mataram*

*Friday, 24 April 2026*

*Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare*

• Cipla gets USFDA nod for respiratory issues treatment inhalation aerosol

• Sun Pharma looks to outshine rival bids with $13 billion Organon offer

*Information Technology & Digital*

• Mphasis acquires TAP Business Intelligence for ₹68 crore to boost AI push

• IT majors see strong deal pipeline but revenue momentum cools down in Q4

• Tech Mahindra shines in Q4FY26, with strong visibility for FY27

• Shortage of memory chips likely to continue till 2027-end: Asus Co-CEO

• Zerodha’s Zero1 doubles down on owned content, pivots to workshops and short-form push

**Telecom & Communication**

• WhatsApp introduces prepaid mobile recharges for Jio, Airtel, and Vi

• Bharti dials Prudential for a deal that could see it completely exit insurance business

*E-commerce, Retail & FMCG*

• Amazon India to invest $300 mn to expand logistics, worker benefits

• Dabur India appoints Herjit S Bhalla as CEO for India business operations

*Metals, Mining & Commodities*

• Shyam Metalics to invest ₹700 crore in downstream aluminium plant in Odisha

• BCCL offers up to 10% discount to power plants for higher coal offtake

*Real Estate*

• Birla Estates reports FY26 bookings of ₹8,136 crore, up nearly 1.7%

*Automobile & Engineering*

• M&M patent portfolio grows 20-fold over decade on strong R&D push

*Banking, Finance & Regulation*

• HDFC Bank alerts clients on card swipe for overseas deals

• Repo rate hike not on the cards, for now, says Ram Singh

• RBI to auction Rs 32,000 crore in government securities

• NSE tweaks cash flow method for companies planning to list on SME platform

• FIIs net sell Indian equities worth Rs 3,255 crore; DIIs net buy Rs 941 crore

• SIP closures surge as growth gap narrows, but experts say industry fundamentals remain strong

• Cash market turnover hits 21-month high in April amid rally; derivatives activity cools

*Food & Beverage / Consumer Brands*

• Jubilant in talks to sell India rights of Dunkin' to its US owner Inspire

*Politics & Government*

• West Bengal records highest voter turnout since 2011 Left ouster, polling crosses 92%

• Highest turnout since independence: CEC Gyanesh Kumar as Bengal sees 92% polling, Tamil Nadu almost 85%

• Bernstein pens letter to PM Modi, warns that India may underperform without key reforms

*Capital Markets / IPO*

• Adisoft Technologies IPO fully subscribed with healthy demand from investors on day 1

• IPO pipeline sees repeat names as JM Financial, IIFL Capital lead league tables

*Global Affairs*

• Iran lays new mines in Hormuz, Trump orders US Navy to ‘shoot on sight’: Report

• Trump claims Iran offered to reopen Hormuz, says he blocked move to keep pressure

*Jai Hind*

*Rudra Hai to Mudra Hai*

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