Corporate News from Business Media on 18.01.2026

Business Standard

📝 India-EU trade deal will be 'mother of all deals', says Piyush Goyal

📝 Govt may ease rules to boost foreign investment in domestic defence firms

📝 India's clean energy firms oppose revocation of connectivity over delays

📝 Bharat Forge secures drone supply orders for armed forces worth ₹300 crore

📝 NBFCs seek lower Sarfaesi limit for debt resolution, better harmonisation

📝 Number of life insurance policies surge to 18.4 million in April-Dec FY26

📝 FY27 Budget should support MSME exports, fund critical minerals: Deloitte

📝 Central Bank of India Q3 profit jumps 32% to ₹1,263 cr as bad loans dip

📝 Airtel, Tata group firms likely to jointly seek AGR relief similar to Vi

📝 Trade powerhouse Gujarat's record slips over petroleum product exports

📝 Walmart's CEO of international business Kathryn McLay to leave company

📝 Maersk to resume using Suez Canal route that could bring down freight rates

📝 India remains global growth engine, will upgrade forecast soon: IMF

📝 Bharat Forge secures drone supply orders for armed forces worth ₹300 crore

📝 Number of life insurance policies surge to 18.4 million in April-Dec FY26

Economic Times

📝 India’s forex reserves up by $392 million to $687.19 billion as of January 9

📝 India's power sector soars to new heights in 2025 on strong demand

📝 Hyundai Motor Group to appoint former head of Tesla's humanoid robot program as adviser

📝 Oswal Energies inks MoU with ATS, Abu Dhabi; announces $1 billion expansion plans in the Middle East

📝 Allied Blenders to acquire assets of NICOL's non-operational unit in UP

📝 India’s FTA push may not offset US tariffs drag, Barclays says

📝 Leela Palaces Hotels & Resorts' consolidated net profit more than doubles to Rs 147.88 cr in Q3

📝 Ola Electric gets govt approval to sell India-made Shakti home battery

📝 Maruti Suzuki begins exporting Victoris, badged as 'Across', to 100 nations

📝 PE backed ASG Eye hires Morgan Stanley and three other bankers for upcoming IPO

📝 Sony Pictures Networks India redraws leadership structure to drive TV, digital content integration

📝 L&T bags 'large' order from Petronet LNG for Gujarat-based petrochemical plant

Mint

📝 Govt links PLI incentives to testing, localization for electric quadricycles

📝 IMF to upgrade India outlook later this month, says spokesperson

📝 LTIMindtree bags $330 million contract from central tax department

📝 Jefferies withdraws from bitcoin, shifts to gold amid quantum computing concerns

📝 Grasim names Sachin Sahay as new Birla Opus CEO

📝 JPMorgan ramps up hiring across Europe amid rising investor confidence

📝 Sebi proposes permitting trade netting for foreign portfolio investors

📝 Govt overhauls postal export regulations to boost e-commerce exports

📝 KPI Green bags supply order from Adani Green for 534 MW Solar Power projects

📝 IMF to assess economic damage in Sri Lanka post Cyclone Ditwah

📝 Anthropic names ex-Microsoft MD Irina Ghose to head India operations