*Financial News*
Source: Leading Newspapers
Compiled by *RUDRA SHARES*
Vande Mataram
Wednesday, 29 April 2026

*Real Estate & Infrastructure*
• L&T Realty expands development portfolio with NCR land acquisition
• India mulls new rule to reduce monopoly risk in airport business
• Bagmane Prime Office REIT to launch Rs 3,405-crore IPO on May 5

*Banking & Finance*
• PhonePe crosses 50 million registered merchants across India ahead of IPO
• Airtel eyes $2 billion London IPO of mobile money unit, says report
• MFIs bounce back after 11 quarters of contraction and write-offs
• IndusInd is under lens over recovery incident
• Sebi offers a way over FPI tax rule hurdle
• Corporates temper bond issues with yields on rise now
• Punjab & Sind Bank plans Rs 3,000-crore share sale this fiscal
• FIIs net sell equities worth Rs 2,104 crore, DIIs net buy Rs 1,712 crore
• Peak XV Partners exits One Mobikwik Systems for Rs 133 crore; Viridian, Societe Generale, Elimath Advisors buy 6.31% shares

*Regulation & Policy*
• Insurance companies can't time bar health claims: Bombay HC
• Sebi gives more time for segregation of non-regulated activities by Debenture Trustees
• No plan to raise petrol and diesel prices from May 1, says govt

*Technology & Digital Economy*
• CM Naidu lays foundation for $15 bn Google AI data centre in Andhra
• Oxford University strikes new malaria vaccine pact with Serum Institute of India

*Energy & Commodities*
• UAE's OPEC exit may not hit oil markets, say executives
• UAE, Saudi Arabia bypass Hormuz to boost crude supplies to India
• Oil prices rise with eyes on UAE, AI concerns weigh on stocks
• US threatens to sanction banks that help China buy Iran oil
• Rupee under pressure from oil, dollar demand

*Markets & Investments*
• HSBC assigns a Buy to JSW Steel, Jindal Stainless
• Market cap rankings see realignment as banks outpace IT
• May series begins with short covering-led recovery; markets await a decisive directional trigger
• RIL becomes first Indian firm to cross $10 bn profit mark

*Auto & Manufacturing*
• India industrial output at 4.1%, hit by Iran war
• New launches, capacity hike to lift Maruti Suzuki

*Politics & Global Affairs*
• BJP wins all 15 municipal corporations in Gujarat
• West Bengal Assembly Polls: Phase 2 voting begins for 142 constituencies, Bhabanipur in focus as Mamata vs Suvendu battle echoes in Kolkata seat
• Trump pursues new import taxes to replace the tariffs the Supreme Court rejected
• Trump says US has militarily defeated Iran, claims King Charles agrees

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