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Indian defence forces are set to make emergency purchases worth Rs 40,000 crore to enhance combat readiness. The initiative focuses on acquiring key systems being prioritised under emergency powers, including surveillance drones, kamikaze drones, missiles, and various types of ammunition.

We attended Voltas’s analyst meet to gain deeper insight into its growth roadmap/demand environment. The management indicated a ~20– 25% decline in RAC secondary sales across players in Apr-May ’25, with a similar impact expected on primary sales, till inventory levels normalize.

CCRI holds a dominant position with a ~58% market share at JNPT and a 56% pan-India share as of Mar’25, complemented by a significant presence at Mundra (37.7%) and Pipavav (48.4%) ports.

HZL’s Board has approved a growth capex of ~INR120b (funded through internal accruals and debt) to expand the zinc smelting capacity by 250ktpa at Debari, along with a mines capacity expansion of 330ktpa (Rajpura Dariba - 2.5ktpa and Zawar - 0.8ktpa).

We interacted with management of Persistent Systems to understand the company’s business strategy and growth prospects.

We reiterate our BUY recommendation with a Target Price of Rs 2360/share, offering an upside potential of 13% from the CMP.

We recommend a BUY rating on the stock with a TP of Rs 1,865/share, implying an upside of 10% from the CMP.

We met Mr Praveen Kutty, MD&CEO of DCB Bank (DCB). Management is re-orienting DCB towards being customer-centric, as opposed to being product-centric earlier.

Zee’s Board of Directors has approved the issuance of up to 169.5m fully convertible warrants to promoter group entities on a preferential basis at INR132 per warrant (~2.6% premium to the SEBI floor price).

*over or under performance to benchmark index CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd manufactures and distributes electrical equipment, such as transformers, reactors and control equipment, as well as industrial motors and pumps and communication systems. CG Power's consolidated revenue for Q4FY25 grew 25.6% YoY to Rs. 2,753cr, led...