Indian airlines’ flight operations to Dubai have been impacted, with Air India, Air India Express and SpiceJet either cancelling or rescheduling their services due to restrictions at the busy airport in the Emirates. There is substantial air traffic between India and the UAE, especially Dubai, which is also one of the world’s busiest airports.

Air India will soon have a new crew management system that will help strengthen rostering rules and enable faster recovery from scheduled disruptions. In a message to the staff on Friday, Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said that in the next two weeks, there will be the CAE Crew Management System that will ”strengthen our systems’ adherence to rostering rules.

FM Sitharaman, on Friday, said that BJP plans to reintroduce electoral bonds in some capacity following extensive consultations with all stakeholders, should it come back to power in the 2024 general elections, according to a report in the Hindustan Times. However, the Centre has not yet decided whether to seek a review of the ruling made by the Supreme Court (SC), she said.

HDFC Life Insurance Company announced their Q4 FY24 results on 18 Apr, 2024, with a significant increase in both revenue and profit. The company reported a 27.81% year-over-year growth in revenue and a 13.73% year-over-year rise in profit. In comparison to the previous quarter, HDFC Life Insurance Company witnessed a 4.39% growth in revenue and a 12% increase in profit.

Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday said it will roll back requirements that U.S. suppliers and staffing firms pay their employees at least $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits, a move that could allow the tech giant to avoid bargaining with unions. The board relied in part on the 2019 policy.

Gems and jewellery exports declined by 12.17% to Rs 2,65,187.95 crore (USD 32,022.08 million) during 2023-24, compared to the previous financial year due to high interest rates in the US and slow recovery in China, Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) data showed. Gems and jewellery exports in FY23 stood at Rs 3,01,925.97 crore (USD 37,646.17 million), according to GJEPC data.

Amazon.com's advertising executive Colleen Aubrey, a member of the elite internal team advising the CEO, is moving to a new undisclosed position at the company. Spokeswoman Kristin Mariani said Aubrey's new position would be announced later. She has held the role for nearly three years. Aubrey is a member of the so-called "S-team," which counsels CEO Andy Jassy.

The fiscal 2023-24 was undoubtedly a good year for stock markets in general, thus delivering an impressive return of 30% to the benchmark index of Nifty50. No wonder then the stocks and mutual funds drew investors galore. It will, therefore, not come as a surprise that a total of 185 new fund offers, or NFOs, were launched in fiscal 2024, raising a whopping ₹66,364 crore, shows the AMFI data.

Oil prices are up around 16 per cent so far this year near the $90 per barrel-mark, with supply worries high given escalating Middle East tensions between Iran and Israel and back-to-back attacks on energy infrastructure between Ukraine and Russia. The rise in prices comes after crude oil had cooled down as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

NSE International Exchange (NSE IX) has received US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) class relief, allowing US clients to participate in trading Equity Index Option Contracts on the bourse, according to a statement. The class relief allows NSE IX members to get acquainted with equity indices at NSE IX through activities with approved broker-dealers and financial institutions in the US.

Spotting a multi-year growth opportunity for affordable housing finance companies, domestic brokerage firm Nirmal Bang has initiated coverage on Home First Finance Company (HFFC) and Aavas Financiers. HFFC gets a ‘buy’ recommendation with a target price of Rs 1,150 while Aavas has a ‘buy’ recommendation with a target price of Rs 1,775.

Premier Energies, one of the largest solar cell and solar module manufacturers, has filed preliminary papers with the capital markets regulator SEBI to raise funds via an initial public offering. The IPO consists of a fresh issuance of equity shares worth Rs 1,500 crore by the company, and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of 2.82 crore equity shares by the existing shareholders.

📌SIP inflows jumped 35% on Y-o-Y basis to ₹19,271 crore in March 2024 compared to inflows of ₹14,276 crore in March 2023. 📌Open ended equity mutual funds witnessed inflows of Rs. 5,583 crore in March 2024. The net AUM of the overall mutual fund industry stood at ₹23.49 lakh crore. 📌India’s forex reserves rose for the seventh straight week to hit a record high of $648.56 as of 5th April 2024.

Next week's earnings reports from some of the market's biggest tech and growth companies could prove an important test for U.S. stock rally, which has flagged as expectations for interest cuts fade. Tesla, Meta Platforms, Alphabet and Microsoft - all set to report next week - are part of the group of companies that had been dubbed the Magnificent Seven as they led S&P 500 to a 24% gain last year.

We're barreling through earnings season, and soon we'll be learning how Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) performed in its most recently completed quarter. In an instance of interesting timing, one analyst got notably more bearish about prospects for the handmade-goods website operator. In fact, he knocked his recommendation down a peg while chopping his price target on the stock.