Vande Mataram
News Headlines from Leading Financial Newspapers
Compiled by *Rudra Shares*
Friday, 17 October 2025
**Primary Market & IPOs**
• Rubicon Research shares make strong market debut, settle 30% higher than IPO price
• Canara Robeco AMC shares settle 13% higher than IPO price after market debut
• Mattress maker Duroflex files IPO papers with Sebi; eyes Rs 184 crore via fresh issue
• Prasol Chemicals files draft papers to raise Rs 500 crore via IPO
• India’s F&B sector set for Rs 9,000 crore IPO boom
**Corporate & Industry Updates**
• BLS International shares rise as firm wins MEA contract to set up and operate visa application centres in China
• Hospitality chain Chalet Hotels to use global tie-ups even as it adds properties under premium brand Athiva
• Gabriel India partners with South Korea's SK Enmove to diversify product range
• Infosys hires 12,000 freshers in first half, on track to hire 20,000 for FY26
• Transmission industry must boost capacity amid rising demand, says Hitachi Energy CEO Andreas Schierenbeck
• India remains priority market, says Xiaomi COO Sudhin Mathur
**Economy & Policy**
• Digital public platforms should be accessible to entire world, says RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra
• India must ‘fire all cylinders’ to sustain growth and boost trade, says IMF
• Rare earth supply, vital for tech and defence, now key concern after China curbs exports; companies nudged to build critical mineral capacity
• Trai to complete digital consent pilot by February
• ‘Further rate cut runs risk of overdose,’ says Ram Singh
**Markets & Investments**
• FIIs pump in Rs 997 crore while DIIs bought Rs 4,000 crore-worth of Indian equities
• Nomura picks additional 1% stake in Rubicon Research on its market debut for Rs 102 crore
• SBI likely to raise Rs 7,500 crore via 10-year tier II bonds
• Fitch upgrades outlook on IIFL Finance to positive
• India stays investors’ darling, says S&P Global Ratings President
**Banking & Finance**
• I-T cracks down on entities failing to report high-value deals
• DBS faces I-T query over 2019 masala bond investments
• IndusInd Bank faces fresh probe over ‘dressed-up’ accounts gaps
• Uday Kotak urges Indians to build globally competitive firms amid uncertain global environment
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