*Financial News*
Source: Leading Newspapers
*Compiled by: RUDRA SHARES*
Vande Mataram
Thursday, 21 May 2026

*Banking, Finance & Insurance*
• Axis Pension Fund targets 500K new subscribers and ₹30,000 crore AUM
• Aditya Birla Capital raises ₹4,000 cr in equity capital from promoters, IFC
• IRDAI may ease norms for insurance cos to invest more in REITs, InvITs
• Sebi moots MF payment by 3rd parties in select cases
• Muthoot Finance plans floating-rate bond issue
• One-year forward rupee rate breaches 100/ dollar mark
• Long-term SIPs deliver consistent gains as market volatility eases over time
• FPIs net sell Indian equities worth Rs 1,597 crore while DIIs buying Rs 1,968 crore on May 20

*Infrastructure, Power & Energy*
• Oil India exploring overseas asset acquisition, says CMD Ranjit Rath
• Kalpataru Projects eyes ₹30K cr orders in FY27 amid expansion push
• Tata Power EV arm expands charging network on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
• West Asia conflict fails to slow oil PSUs' capex push
• India's infrastructure output grows 1.7% in April; cement, steel, electricity lift core sectors
• NCDEX announces launch of first exchange-traded rainfall derivatives contract
• India to benefit as global shipbuilding enters China-plus-one phase: Swan Defence’s Vivek Merchant

*Automobile & Mobility*
• Maruti Suzuki Chairman R C Bhargava puts biogas ahead of hybrids

*Healthcare & Pharma*
• India cracks down on beauty jabs as Ozempic-style cosmetic injections gain popularity at clinics
• Cenexi recovery, product launches power Gland Pharma

*Technology & IT*
• IT employees feel the squeeze as firms redraw salary structures under labour-code shift
• Tata Communications shares rise to over four-month high as firm appoints new MD, CEO
• KFintech launches AI-native platform for shareholder and market intelligence

*Markets, IPOs & Corporate*
• Parle Industries hits upper circuit amid ‘Melody’ confusion
• Electronic manufacturing services provider Merritronix to be first IPO in June
• SMR Jewels, Yaashvi Jewellers IPOs to hit Dalal Street soon

*Commodities*
• Silver stood at Rs 2,67,680 spot on May 20
• Gold stood at Rs 1,58,011 spot on May20
• Oil rebounds on uncertainty over Iran peace deal
• Gold loans rise 50% to Rs 19 lakh crore in FY26

*Politics & Government*
• ‘A decisive phase’: Giorgia Meloni says India-Italy ties are being rewritten at speed
• Absence of many MLAs from TMC's protest triggers chatter amid party's post-poll churn
• 'PM Modi will again weep, fold his hands': Rahul Gandhi says will not apologise for 'traitor' remark
• Congress to have 2 ministers in Tamil Nadu, to join Tamil Nadu cabinet after 59 yrs
• Delhi HC dismisses PIL to deregister AAP, disqualify Arvind Kejriwal
• Rahul targets PM, Shah; BJP chief says 'it is insult to people'
• Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari announces 'detect, delete, deport' drive
• Falta votes again under heavy security after EC flags ‘subversion of democracy’

*Global Affairs*
• Iran's newly-created strait authority discloses 'controlled maritime zone' at Hormuz
• Fed Minutes: More officials warned of rate hike scenario

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