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18/04/2025  8:00 AM
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News Headline from Leading Financial News Papers, Compiled by 𝐑𝐔𝐃𝐑𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐒
Friday, 18 April, 2025



* Fitch forecasts India’s GDP growth at 6.4% for FY26 as trade war escalates

* Warburg Pincus, ADIA to invest up to Rs 7,500 crore in IDFC First Bank

* Hero MotoCorp pauses production at 4 manufacturing plants, shares fall 

* Telcos likely to hike tariffs by Nov-Dec as monetisation push gains steam: Analysts

* Need balance between regulation and ease of doing business: SEBI's Tuhin Kanta Pandey

* Bulls buy banks! ICICI Bank, SBI, Kotak Bank jump, Bank Nifty inches closer to 52 week high

* KFin Tech shares surge after firm buys 51% in Ascent Fund Services for $34.7 mn

•Suzlon Energy stock jumps on bagging 100.8 MW order from Sunsure Energy

* ‘FIIs net buy shares worth Rs 4,667 crore; DIIs net sell Rs 2,006 on April 17

* Pre-IPO round: Axis New Opportunities AIF invests Rs 86.94 crore in Paras Healthcare

* “Bulk & Block deals: Motilal Oswal purchases 0.52% stake in Coforge on April 17

* FIIs trim stakes in Adani group amid strong buying by LIC, insurance, pension funds

* Motorola weighs entry into Rs 23,000-cr electronics PLI scheme amid tariff uncertainty; forays into laptop market

* Trump tariff wars: Home textile orders worth $ 2 bn in limbo

* Tata inks £750 million loan to fund biggest UK battery plant

* Venus Remedies gets USFDA boost for potential antibiotic drug VRP-034

* Infosys to acquire Houston-based energy consulting firm MRE Consulting for $36 million

* ITC to acquire packaged food product brand Mantra Organic for Rs 472.5 crore

* Tata Motors files record patent applications in FY25

* Skoda India halts plans to launch imported cars

* Airports want Govt to let international carriers spread wings

* ‘Liquor sales on the rocks: Regulatory roadblocks slow Pernod Ricard, Heineken sales in key Indian market

* RBI gets double the bids in Rs 40,000 crore open market operation auction

* Sebi may enhance MFs' investment limit in REITs, InvITs

* Mkts may have bottomed, but tariff uncertainty still hangs'

* Two more independent directors resign from Gensol Engineering

* India may set up nuclear watchdog as private sector set to enter atomic energy space

* Port of Return! Adani company to buy Australian terminal from promoter family

* Trump signals tit-for-tat China tariffs may be near end; TikTok deal on ice

* ‘Power lenders chase dues as BluSmart backers face heat over fund misuse


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