Corporate News from Business Media on 18.04.2026

Business Standard

📝 IRDAI seeks detailed data on distributor commission of life insurers

📝 Credit growth outpaces deposit mobilisation in FY-26 despite easing

📝 India's smartphone shipments drop 3% in Jan-Mar, weakest in six years

📝 Rubicon Research sharpens India play in CNS push with Arinna acquisition

📝 Uber boosts stake in Delivery Hero with €270 million share purchase

📝 Lupin's US arm signs $30 million litigation settlement with Humana Inc

📝 Gold imports rise 24% to hit all-time high of $71.98 billion in 2025-26

📝 India's forex kitty jumps $3.8 billion to reclaim $700-billion mark

📝 NSE looks to differentiated commodities play, plans 12 unique contracts

📝 India spreads LNG supply basket to Africa, barred Russian projects

📝 SP Group unit gets investor nod for 2-month debt extension plea: Report

Economic Times

📝 India's LPG demand softens, bookings fall to 46-50 lakh, supply remains normal: Govt

📝 PNGRB's new LPG pipeline expansion plan to attract investment of Rs 12,500 crores

📝 Cathay Pacific extends suspension of Dubai, Riyadh passenger, cargo services

📝 EU trade surplus shrinks 60% as US exports fall due to tariffs

📝 Anthropic CEO to meet White House chief of staff amid Pentagon AI dispute: Report

📝 Walmart's Flipkart plans foray into India's ticketing market as live events boom, sources say

📝 NBCC sells 14 lakh sq ft commercial space in South Delhi for Rs 5,779 cr via e-auction

📝 Andhra Government clears Rs 2,500 crore NSPSL cathode plant in Chittoor

📝 NDR InvIT acquires Grade-A warehousing assets in Kochi, Coimbatore for Rs 260 crore

📝 Indian refiners pay for Iran oil in yuan via ICICI Bank, sources say

📝 Aditya Birla Housing Finance raises Rs 2,750 cr from Indriya via stake sale

📝 India targets over ten-fold expansion in nuclear power capacity from 8.8 GW to 100 GW by 2047: CEA Chairperson

Mint

📝 JSW One eyes $400 million IPO, plans pre-listing fundraise

📝 Microsoft to replicate cloud strategy to win long-term AI deals with clients

📝 Jio Platforms is said to plan filing for IPO next month

📝 West Asia may take up to 2 years to restore lost energy production, says IEA

📝 Top bidder for JAL never disclosed: Resolution professional on Vedanta's claim

📝 Gold imports hit by approval delays; tonnes stuck at customs: Report

📝 DGCA starts probe into Spicejet-Akasa collision at IGI airport

📝 Citius Transnet InvIT IPO Day 1: Issue booked 67% so

📝 China’s Surging Tech Stock Index Faces Rising Concentration Risk

📝 Cement prices hit one-year high as West Asia war lifts costs

📝 India to keep buying Russian oil, LPG after US waiver ends