The Northern Advocate

India’s ₹79,000 crore defence clearance shifts focus to missile systems. Two niche players sit at critical MSRAM choke points, where execution, scale-up and valuation discipline will shape long-term outcomes.

Financial Express

2 hidden defence stocks set to ride India’s Rs 79,000 cr missile boom ↗

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India’s new labour laws, set to take effect in 2026, could significantly change how employees are paid, work, and retire. From faster gratuity payouts as part of full and final settlements to clearer rules on working hours, layoffs, and social security, the four new labour codes aim to bring greater transparency, protection, and financial security for employees across sectors.

Financial Express

Gratuity in full and final settlement may come sooner after job exit under new labour laws ↗

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As credit conditions evolved, the RBI also showed its willingness to recalibrate earlier macroprudential measures. In February, the central bank rolled back the higher risk weights imposed on bank lending to non-bank financial companies from 125% to 100%.

Financial Express

Fewer rules, clearer playbook, lower friction: A look at RBI’s regulatory reboot in 2025 ↗

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Health insurance currently accounts for about 40% of non-life premiums. Naveen Chandra Jha, MD & CEO of SBI General Insurance, said 2026 could also see growth in non-traditional segments.

Financial Express

Boost from GST rate cut, insurance Bill: Insurers expect growth to pick up in 2026 ↗

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Silver climbed past $80 per ounce, gaining 181% in 2025, driven by rate cut expectations, strong industrial demand and global supply constraints.

Financial Express

Silver price hits Rs 2.54 lakh/kg on MCX, crosses $80/oz,: 3 factors powering the surge ↗

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Silver hits $82, copper scales record highs; Hindustan Zinc and Hindustan Copper surge as Nifty Metal Index jumps 1% amid global rate-cut optimism.

Financial Express

Silver, copper at record highs: Goldman Sachs flags challenges – What next for Hind Zinc, Hindustan Copper? ↗

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This small-cap industrial is quietly working through a transition. Capacity additions, a richer product mix and geographic expansion are reshaping this company from a steady polymer processor into a more differentiated, long-cycle manufacturing business. The costs of that shift are already visible in earnings; the benefits are still catching up.

Financial Express

The ‘Birla’ lineage small-cap quietly powering India’s electronics boom ↗

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Despite the sharp correction in the Nifty IT index, DIIs are buying IT stocks at an aggressive pace. Are they looking beyond the short-term cautions?

Financial Express

Nifty IT down 11%, yet bought aggressively: Why DIIs are betting big on these 4 IT stocks ↗

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