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Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) declined 6% to Rs 274.5 in Wednesday's intraday trade on BSE after the company reported lower-than-expected order inflows for the financial year 2025. Despite the shortfall, BEL’s revenue growth for the year surpassed its own projections.

«India has historically had higher tariffs on US goods than the US imposes on Indian goods. This means India is one of the key targets for Trump’s tariff realignment. The impact could be significant across pharmaceuticals, automobiles, agriculture, and textiles, disrupting billions in trade,” said Ross Maxwell, Global Strategy Operations Lead at VT Markets.

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The BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) will suspend trading across equities, derivatives, currency markets, securities lending and borrowing (SLB), and electronic gold receipts (EGR) for the holiday on March 31. With markets already closed on Saturday (March 29) and Sunday (March 30), investors are advised to plan their trades accordingly.

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Cabinet has approved a Rs 23,000-crore programme to strengthen the electronics manufacturing supply chain. India is looking to grab a bigger share of the market as companies opt for ‘China Plus One,’ as well as create jobs. The much-anticipated electronics component manufacturing (ECM) scheme is a move to increase domestic value addition and integrate with global value chains. It will be spread over six years and is expected to generate investment worth Rs 60,000 crore. “We are already making very good progress in the semiconductor part of the value chain,” said Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister for electronics and IT, railways and information and broadcasting, referring to the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. “We have had super success in PLI-based finished products manufacturing. Now, we are covering sub-assemblies and bare components.”

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) shares rose by 1.7% in early trade to Rs 4,234.95 on the BSE on Friday after the company officially amended its contract with the Indian Air Force (IAF) for the delivery of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1 Final Operational Clearance (FOC) fighter jets. The original contract, signed on December 23, 2010, was valued at Rs 5,989.39 crore. Due to revisions in the delivery schedule, the contract’s value has now been updated to Rs 6,542.20 crore.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) shares will be in focus on Friday after the company secured additional orders worth Rs 1,385 crore since its last disclosure on March 12, 2025. The new orders cover radar spares, radar upgradation, electronic voting machines, simulators, advanced land navigation systems, stabilisers for tanks, fire control systems for ship-based decoys, and communication equipment, among others.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru-based electronics designer and manufacturer, Indkal Technologies, is closing its next venture capital-backed funding round—raising $100 million by June this year. Speaking with Mint, Anand Dubey, chief executive of Indkal Technologies, said that the company is close to finalizing its upcoming funding round, and before this it will also make its first product announcement as a design-led electronics manufacturing firm.

“I am concerned that pure politics could damage our prospects in future competitions,” admitted an executive at a leading US contractor. The fear? That Trump’s erratic foreign policy could leave allies exposed—or worse, that the US could remotely disable their aircraft if political relations soured.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India-US trade discussions that kicked off on Wednesday focused on reducing India's tariff levels on goods imported from the US to the same levels as what US levies on such imports from India, two people aware of the talks said. The effort aims to avert US reciprocal tariffs that US president Donald Trump has promised to roll out on 2 April.

Britannia, Kaynes Energy and Gokaldas Exports have committed to invest Rs 3,700 crore in the state during an investor connect meeting held in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The proposals have come from companies in sectors such as engineering, textiles, electronics, IT/ITeS, food processing and green fuel, state officials said. The state government also signed memorandums of understanding with Nasscom, India Electronics and Semiconductor Association and TiE Bangalore to explore investment opportunities and generate employment in information technology, startup and semiconductor sectors in the state, they said.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K T Rama Rao launched a scathing attack on the Congress-led Telangana government for prioritizing beauty pageants over addressing the «escalating crisis of farmer suicides in Telangana.» Speaking in the Assembly on Tuesday, KTR criticized the government's decision to spend Rs 55 crore on events like Miss World while claiming that farmers are struggling without drinking or irrigation water, according to a statement released by his office. «When the state is reeling under distress, with farmers taking their lives, the government is busy organizing beauty contests. These events have no relevance or necessity,» KTR said. He demanded that the government explain how the pageants generate jobs or revenue. He accused the administration of projecting them as a grand international achievement despite their declining global significance. KTR also slammed the government for «locking up» the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar, questioning why it has been excluded from the tourism circuit. «Why is Ambedkar being held captive behind locks? Will they open it at least on his birth anniversary when followers from across the country visit?» he asked.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India and the US will outline the terms of their trade talks, discuss a schedule for tariff cuts, and work towards an early harvest deal at negotiations that kick off in New Delhi today, three officials aware of the matter said. A US delegation led by Assistant US Trade Representative Brendan Lynch will discuss trade and tariff matters with Indian officials over three days beginning Wednesday, advancing negotiations conducted virtually since an Indian delegation visited the US.

In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada said that as on date, reciprocal tariffs have not been applied by the US on India. He said that the government continues to engage with the US to achieve enhancement and broadening of bilateral trade ties in a mutually beneficial and fair manner. “Both countries plan to negotiate a mutually beneficial, multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement. Both countries would focus on increasing market access, reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers, enhancing supply chain integration and resolving bilateral trade issues,” Prasada said. In a separate reply, he said recently, the government has not taken any such steps to lift ban on import of certain prohibited and restricted products from USA, China and UK.

Hindustan Org(up 19.99%), Sika Interplant(up 19.99%), Keynote Financial(up 19.99%), Vinyl Chemicals(up 19.99%) and ISF Ltd(up 19.84%) were among the stocks that surged over 15%.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced access to the Negotiated Dealing System-Order Matching (NDS-OM) platform for non-bank brokers with an aim to boost retail participation in the trading of government securities during its February monetary policy.

AI) is unlikely to have as much material impact on organised-sector headcount in India as in the West, a top government official said Monday, as far fewer white-collar jobs are potentially at risk here than in the advanced industrial economies. «The reason we don't see it as much of a threat in India is possibly because we don't have as many white-collar jobs at stake, and we don't see as many office jobs at stake,» S Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), told delegates at the ETTelecom 5G Congress. «Today's generative AI mostly replaces manual, repetitive work.» Rather, Krishnan said, AI's assistance can enhance workforce productivity. «The application of AI into the real segments of the economy, like manufacturing and agriculture, is really possible when there's an interplay between sensors, IoT devices communicating along 5G and 6G networks, going into a central server, collecting the data and putting it all together, so that it can work,» Krishnan said.

Quick commerce platform Swiggy Instamart on Monday said it will now deliver smartphones in 10 major cities. According to the platform, these cities include Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Faridabad, Noida, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Pune, with plans to expand to more cities. The smartphone brands available include the iPhone 16e, Samsung M35, OnePlus Nord CE, and Redmi 14C. Quick commerce platforms have been continuously expanding their offerings by partnering with brands and introducing products that were previously sold on ecommerce platforms. Rivals Zomato-owned Blinkit and Zepto are also offering electronics and phones, in addition to items such as fashion, accessories, beauty, and personal care products.