·         Bharat Electronics: The Ministry of Defence has sign | SKM INVESTMENT

·         Bharat Electronics: The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract worth Rs1,075 crore with the company for the retro-modification of commander sight of battle tanks-T-90 - Positive
·         SEBI postpones F&O margin rule implementation to May 2, 2022 – positive for the market sentiment
·         Apollo Hospitals will replace Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. in the benchmark Nifty 50 from March 31, 2022, as part of the semi-annual index review. - positive
·         Hindustan Unilever announced plans to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive officer as Unilever Plc’s India unit seeks to boost governance standards. Nitin Paranjpe, currently the chief operating officer of Unilever, will be taking over as the non-executive chairman of  the Indian subsidiary while Sanjiv Mehta will continue as the chief executive and the managing director. - positive
·         Vodafone block deal - Indus Tower nearly 3 per cent of the total equity of the company changed hands on BSE and NSE yesterday. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Group, together, are classified as promoters of the Company and they owned 69.85 per cent shares of the Company as on March 31, 2021. British telecom giant Vodafone was in discussions to sell around five per cent stake in Indus Towers to Bharti Airtel. The stake is estimated to be valued at over Rs 3,300 crore, and the proceeds will be pumped into the Indian entity Vodafone Idea.- positive
·         Rating Agency Moody's Investors Service has raised its GDP growth forecast for India for the current calendar year to 9.5 percent from 7 percent, citing a stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the national lockdown of 2020 and the second wave of the COVID pandemic in mid-2021. - Long term positive for market
·         Bharat Forge announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire JS Autocast Foundry India Private Limited ("JS Auto"). Established in 2004, JS Auto is a leading and a preferred supplier of critical machined Ductile Iron castings for the Wind, Hydraulic, Off-Highway and Automotive applications.- positive
·         Windsor Machines Limited has developed surpassing new product "SPRINT-800" for the manufacturing of thermoplastic products and ready for Domestic as well as International Market.- positive
·         AGS Transact Technologies - CRISIL Ratings has withdrawn the credit rating of CRISIL A+ / Stable issued by it for the NCDs - positive .
·         LIC IPO Prospects Unlikely To Be Hit By Ukraine Situation, Says Finance Secretary TV Somanathan - India does not expect LIC IPO prospects to be hit by Russia-Ukraine crisis. India prepared to handle any crisis due to the situation in Ukraine -  Bloomberg
·         Apollo Hospitals Group has announced a unique collaboration with '8chili Inc' to enable engagement in the metaverse, in the first-of-its-kind initiative. Virtual reality will provide an immersive experience that has been proven to increase patient engagement and skill mastery for hands-on training– positive
·         India's homegrown Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) continues to lead the country's United Payment Interface (UPI) ecosystem and the FASTag segment, as per data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for January 2022. – positive
·         Hindustan Foods fixes March 5, 2022 as record date for merger – long term positive
·         Russia-Ukraine crisis: India's tea exports likely to be hit - Tea planters and exporters are "extremely worried" over the possible impact on their shipments to Russia, India's second largest buyer of tea, in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. – negative for Tea stocks, - Tata Consumes, CCL Products, Mcleod
·         Minda Indsutries buys 87.5% stake in SM. Auto Industries - positive 
·         Saregama India approves stock split from Rs10 to Re1