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*News Headlines from Business News Agencies:* *The Economic Times* 📝 St in a Jam; Foreign Investors at a Loss Sensex is down over 20% in dollar terms so far in 2026 — its steepest such fall in 15 years — as weaker global interest and a rupee near 96/$ amplify FPI losses versus a 14.9% local-currency decline. 📝 RBI steps in as crude rally pushes bond yields higher Bond markets price higher yields with oil staying elevated; dealers flag the 10-year moving toward 7.25% or higher if crude stays hot, even as RBI intervention steadies the rupee. *BusinessLine* 📝 HBL Engineering (₹808.05): BUY BusinessLine’s Today’s Pick: buy around ₹808, accumulate near ₹790; trail stops higher with an exit view toward ₹870–₹880 as the short-term uptrend stays intact. 📝 Life insurance agents urge IRDAI to soften commission cuts LIAFI asks the regulator not to cut agent remuneration disproportionately under proposed distribution reforms, warning livelihoods of about 15 lakh agents and rural reach are at risk. 📝 Sensex, Nifty drift lower as weekly losing streak extends Benchmarks eased further on Tuesday with Midcap and Smallcap under pressure, extending the longest weekly losing run as risk appetite stayed weak. *Business Standard* 📝 Insurers must compete on price, quality, not commissions: Irdai Chair Ajay Seth says proposed distribution and EoM reforms aim to end commission-led competition; private life commissions rose to about 22% and general to about 32%, with Bima Sugam eyed in 4–6 months. 📝 Delhi HC quashes FSSAI order on Red Bull ‘energy drink’ tag Court sets aside FSSAI’s June directive that Red Bull drop the ‘energy drink’ label, citing denial of natural justice, while leaving the regulator free to restart due process. https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaK9Pdx7oQhe24NT923E 📝 CAG flags weak GST recovery and demand gaps in Odisha Audit for the period to March 2023 finds only about ₹110 crore recovered against over ₹2,500 crore of GST demands, plus large excess ITC and unpaid tax in sample cases. 📝 Tata stocks drop amid listing concerns; Titan, TCS lead fall Tata group stocks slipped nearly 1% as Titan fell about 3% and TCS about 1.85% after reports that Trusts may try to keep Tata Sons unlisted. 📝 FPIs end five-month streak, sell ₹9,192 cr FAR bonds Foreign investors turned net sellers of G-secs under the fully accessible route in September as West Asia risks and crude above $105 weighed on Indian debt demand. https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaK9Pdx7oQhe24NT923E *Mint* 📝 Sebi drops Adani’s offshore fund probe on MPS case Regulator says it could not establish that Vinod Adani controlled two FPIs invested in Adani Power, and drops MPS and fraud allegations against him and other noticees. 📝 Lloyds Enterprises settles Sebi case for ₹4.16 crore Company and two senior executives settle alleged fund-use and related-party disclosure violations without admitting guilt after a BSE alert triggered the probe. 📝 Cooling stock valuations open new avenues Front-page markets lead flags cheaper equity valuations alongside the Tata Trusts plan to merge TCE and TESS into Tata Sons to avert a listing.