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Financial Express Lucknow
Energy hubs burn, oil prices catch fire
US may remove sanctions on Iranian oil stranded in tankers: Treasury secy Bessent ● Pentagon seeks $200 bn in additional funds for the West Asia conflict ● Top central banks ready to tackle any surge in inflation with tighter policy
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
War narrows Fed path to a rate cut
THE ESCALATING CONFLICT in the Middle East has narrowed the Federal Reserve’s path to lower interest rates this year, as surging energy prices have injected fresh uncertainty into the economic outlook.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Govt tightens oil & gas reporting
NOW REFINERS, OMCs, IMPORTERS MUST SHARE OUTPUT & STOCK DATA WITH PPAC
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
House panel pitches for unified data dashboard
APARLIAMENTARY STANDING committee has recommended that the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) develop and operationalise an integrated digital dashboard consolidating key sectoral data from across ministries, departments, and government agencies.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
India's pvt credit market has a stable foundation
WHENEVER FINANCIAL MARKETS abroad run into trouble, people turn to India and ask if we are next.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
BoE holds rate at 3.75%
THE BANK OF England held its main interest rate at 3.75% on Thursday in the wake of the oil and gas price hikes following the start of the Iran war.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
HDFC Bank exit note deepens unease as experts flag tensions
POWER STRUGGLE BUZZ GETS LOUDER; SOME POINT TO CHAKRABORTY’S STYLE OF FUNCTIONING
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
‘Fit and proper’ fine-tuned
SEBI'S PROPOSAL IS COMMENDABLE FOR SEEKING TO BALANCE REGULATORY RIGOUR WITH PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
India braces for impact of strikes on energy assets
MISSILE STRIKES ON Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City — the world’s largest LNG export hub — have triggered a major supply shock, disrupting nearly 19% of global LNG output and raising immediate concerns for India, one of the largest buyers of Qatari gas.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
SBI Funds Management files for IPO
INDIA'S LARGESTASSET manager SBI Funds Management filed for an initial public offering,where its existing investors State Bank of India and Amundi will together offload a 10% stake, its draft prospectus showed on Thursday.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
US military 'controls fate' of Iran, says defense secy Pete
US DEFENSE SECRETARY Pete Hegseth said on Thursday cited the strikes against Kharg Island as an example of how the US could control Iran’s fate, warning Iran against targeting Arab countries.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Honda set to boost India capacity to 8 million units by FY28
HONDA MOTORCYCLE & Scooter India (HMSI) is set to expand its production footprint with a third assembly line at its Tapukara plant in Rajasthan, underscoring its push to scale up manufacturing amid evolving mobility demand.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Gas crisis pushes kiranas to stock ready-to-eat food as demand spikes
MORE NEIGHBOURHOOD STORES are stocking ready-made meals as demand rises from households coping with the LPG shortage triggered by the war in West Asia.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
CBI questions Anil Ambani in ₹2,929-cr fraud case
THE CBI ON Thursday questioned industrialist Anil Ambani for nearly eight hours in connection with a €2,929-crore cheating case, registered against Reliance Communications and him on a complaint by the State Bank of India, officials said.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
AI likely to raise efficiency of spectrum by 10%
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-LED optimisation of telecom networks can improve spectral efficiency by about 10%, potentially helping operators manage congestion without additional airwaves, a senior Ericsson executive said.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Trump: Tokyo 'stepping up to the plate' on Iran
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump greeted Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warmly at the White House on Thursday and said he believed Japan was “really stepping up to the plate” on Iran, unlike the NATO alliance.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
RBI should question Chakraborty: Experts
SOME OF THE country’s top legal minds and proxy advisory firms have flagged concerns over the sudden resignation of Atanu Chakraborty, the part-time chairman of HDFC Bank, on Wednesday, saying it leaves more questions than answers.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Reforms and e-comm top WTO agenda
THE 14TH MINISTERIAL Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) next week is expected to have detailed discussions on the broad agenda of reform of the global trade regulator that faces challenges to its mandate of freer trade, an official.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Stock hits 21-mth low
SHARES OF HDFC Banktanked 5% on Thursday to *799.70,a 21-month low, following the surprise exit of the Part-time Chairman Atanu Chakraborty who cited “practices” that were not in congruence with his ethics. Intra-day,the stock fell by 8.6%, with its market capitalisa-tion eroding by %66,570 crore. The scrip also marked its worst single-day loss since June 4, 2024 as well as the lowest clos-ing level since June 14, 2024.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Hapag-Lloyd plans ₹20,000 crore India investment for ship recycling
GERMAN SHIPPING COMPANY Hapag-Lloyd plans to invest about ₹20,000 crore in India across ship recycling, reflagging of vessels and infrastructure development at Vadhavan Port, its chief executive officer Rolf Habben Jansen said on Thursday.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
EU likely to ratify India FTA by Nov
Deal with UK to be operational by April
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Lender shrugs off any material concerns
HDFC BANK'S INTERIM Chairman Keki Mistry said on Thursday there might have been “relationship issues” between former Chairman Atanu Chakraborty and the bank’s executive leadership, but there was nothing “substantive”.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Energy infra attacks can lead to avoidable escalation, warns PM
INDIA ON THURSDAY said the strikes on energy infrastructure in West Asia are “unacceptable and need to cease”, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to top leaders of Oman, Jordan, France and Malaysia, emphasising the urgency to restore peace in the volatile region.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Iran may levy transit fees in Hormuz Strait
IRAN IS CONSIDERING a proposal to levy transit fees on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a lawmaker said on Thursday, a potential bid to monetise Tehran’s newfound grip over the critical waterway through which a fifth of global oil and liquefied gas passes.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Ola Electric tweaks IPO use again
OLA ELECTRIC IS seeking to again revise the utilisation of its IPO proceeds, with its board approving a proposal to reallocate £575 crore originally earmarked for research and product development (R&D), while also extending the timeline for deployment of the funds to FY26-27.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Accenture beats estimates; raises full-year guidance
Q2 BOOKINGS STRONG ON AI DEMAND, NEAR-TERM SPENDING CAUTIOUS
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Centre announces ₹497-cr insurance relief for exporters
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED on Thursday a ₹497-crore scheme to enhance the insurance cover of exporters selling goods to West Asian countries and directly impacted by the conflict in the region.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Crude surge singes D-St
INVESTORS LOSE NEARLY 13LCRAS WEST ASIA CONFLICT SENDS BRENT SOARING TO $119
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Wipro launches GIFT City Hub for BFSI clients
IT MAJOR WIPRO on Thursday announced the launch of a new hub at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), Gandhinagar, to deliver advanced Al-powered technology services to global Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) clients.
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March 20, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Mid-, small-caps fare better
CONTRARY TO THE conventional belief that mid-cap and small-cap stocks take the hardest hit during corrections, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have shown resilience, outperforming the benchmarks.
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