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Stocks To Watch: Tata Motors, IndiGo, Jindal Stainless, GMR Airports, Hindalco, And Others
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Stocks to watch: Shares of firms like Tata Motors, IndiGo, Jindal Stainless, GMR Airports, Hindalco, and others will be in focus on Monday’s trade
Stocks To Watch Today, March 16
Stock market today: The Indian stock market is expected to open higher but could remain volatile on Monday amid mixed global cues, as investors closely track developments in the ongoing US–Iran conflict. The war has now entered its third week and has triggered sharp fluctuations in global oil markets.
Stocks to Watch
Amid the backdrop of the US–Iran war, several stocks are likely to remain in focus on Monday, March 16, 2026:
Tata Motors PV
Radhakishan Damani has sold 16 lakh shares worth Rs 52 crore in Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles (TMPV) through a block deal. The buyer in the transaction was Derive Trading and Resorts Private Limited, a firm where Damani serves as one of the directors.
IndiGo
The airline announced that it will impose a fuel surcharge starting March 14, 2026, citing an over 85 percent surge in jet fuel prices due to geopolitical tensions in West Asia.
Jindal Stainless
The company said the ongoing conflict in West Asia has disrupted its operations, pointing to fuel shortages and shipping delays as the main challenges.
Adani Total Gas
Adani Total Gas has reduced the price of excess natural gas supplied to certain industrial customers to Rs 82.95 per standard cubic metre (SCM) from Rs 119.90 per SCM, effective from 0600 hours on March 16, following a softening in upstream gas prices amid supply disruptions.
GMR Airports
The company has secured a contract from Delhi International Airport Ltd to upgrade, modernise and operate Cargo Terminal-1 at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
Data Patterns
The company has received an order worth Rs 288 crore from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the supply of 32 Doppler Weather Radars.
Adani Power
The company has received a Letter of Award (LoA) from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited to supply 1,600 MW of thermal power under a long-term Power Supply Agreement.
Dilip Buildcon
Dilip Buildcon said it has emerged as the lowest (L1) bidder for a road construction project valued at Rs 160.20 crore, excluding GST.
Hindalco Industries
Responding to media reports suggesting it had halted aluminium product sales due to the Iran conflict, Hindalco clarified that it has not suspended operations of its aluminium extrusions business.
Voltas
The Assistant Commissioner of State Tax, Investigation A, Mumbai, conducted a GST inspection at the company’s Chinchpokli office on March 12 under the Maharashtra GST Act, 2017.
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Spirit Airlines check-in Kiosks sit idle at Oakland International Airport on August 13, 2025 in Oakland, California.
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Spirit Airlines could shut down as early as 3 a.m. ET Saturday, according to people familiar with the matter. The carrier has failed to secure a financial lifeline to continue operating, though it hasn’t commented on the potential shutdown or its plans.
About 290 Spirit flights are scheduled for Saturday, according to aviation site Flightradar24. Another 381 are scheduled for Sunday.
Travelers with Spirit tickets could be understandably rattled. While there have been some U.S. airlines to shut down in recent years, the budget carrier is larger than most recent airline failures and links major cities like New York, Miami, Detroit and Los Angles — and many others in between — with its Airbus jets.
Here’s what travelers need to know:
You have a Spirit ticket. What should you do?
Immediately? Nothing.
Travelers who are booked on a Spirit flight, like this CNBC reporter is for later this month, are likely to receive a refund if they purchased tickets with a credit card.
If the ticket was bought with a debit card or with loyalty points, however, the chances of recovering funds are slim to none, said Henry Harteveldt, founder of Atmosphere Research Group, a travel consulting firm.
“If you’re holding a reservation for a flight on Spirit don’t proactively cancel it. Wait for the airline to announce it is shutting down,” he said.
Would Spirit be able to help you at the airport?
Don’t count on it.
Spirit has declined to comment on a potential shutdown. If it confirms an end to operations, the carrier will most likely have information on its website about travelers’ next steps.
Harteveldt said travelers shouldn’t go to the airport expecting to find Spirit staff in the event the airline ceases operations. Call centers are likely to be overwhelmed if they are still staffed.
That could leave passengers with fewer answers than they’d like, but other airlines are likely to help assist affected customers.
Airlines that offer last-minute fares, likely with some discounts, will be available to travelers at airport ticket counters.
How can another airline help?
United Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Frontier Airlines and American Airlines are among the carriers that have said they are ready to assist Spirit customers and crews if the carrier shuts down.
That could mean scheduling additional flights to carry the stranded passengers, similar to what they do during a hurricane or other natural disaster.
Why could Spirit shut down?
Spirit, known for bright yellow planes, low fares and fees for everything else, had been successful for years, but this week it’s been on the brink of liquidation after failing to reach a deal with bondholders for a $500 million government bailout from the Trump administration.
Last year Spirit filed for its second bankruptcy in less than a year, though it’s had a host of problems even before then.
A plan to be acquired by JetBlue was blocked. Rising costs upended its business model. An engine defect grounded dozens of its planes. And, more broadly, upscale travel became more popular with consumers, driving airline profits.
At the same time, big, legacy airlines were selling their own basic economy fares that were similar to what Spirit was offering, but with bigger networks.
What does this mean for travel going forward?
Airlines have been adding flights since Spirit’s bankruptcy filing last year on some of its routes and at major airports. They’re likely to keep doing so.
Experts have said they expect fares to rise, at least in some markets, if the discounter goes away, even though the carrier has shrunk substantially.
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Middle East crisis: Air India to make food optional, help cut price of tickets – The Times of India
NEW DELHI: Desperate times call for desperate measures. Full service Air India is planning to make meals optional on its domestic and short international (under two hour) flights. Once this “unbundling” rolls out in the next month or two, passengers opting out of meals could have upwards of Rs 250 shaved off their ticket price. While this move, say people in the know, is “on the anvil,” the airline is looking at several other unprecedented measures to fly through the severe cost-revenue turbulence caused by the unending West Asia war.While not opting for meals could lead to slightly cheaper economy tickets, AI is looking at unbundling lounge access for business class passengers because those opting out of this, could get their tickets cheaper. On an average, lounge operators charge Rs 1,100-1,400 per user at metro airports and Rs 600-700 at non metros.The average spend is about Rs 1,000 per lounge. Many business class flyers are frequent travellers who just make it to airports in time for their flight and do not head to the lounge. If unbundled, this could be a saving in their ticket cost. Banks have been reducing lounge access for credit card users for the same reason to cut their costs.“From Day One, Air India has had meals bundled in its ticket price. Now the way aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price is rising and the rupee crashing since Feb 28, ticket prices are going up. India is a price-sensitive market and raising fares beyond a point leads to a fall in traffic with many opting to travel by train or road. This has led to the rethinking to unbundle meals on some flights. Other steps are also being considered,” said people in the know.Several airlines globally have over the past few years unbundled their onboard offerings. Many international full service airlines offer a basic meal in economy while giving the option of buying gourmet meals at an additional cost. Ditto for alcoholic beverages, with cheaper beer and wines being given at no extra cost while the others being charged for. “For passengers, the distinction between full service and low cost airlines is blurring very fast,” said an industry old-timer.
A tree surgeon said he thought he “was going to die” when he suffered a powerful electric shock from an overhead line while clearing hedges in Wiltshire.
Joshua Pocknell was working just after midnight on the A3102 near Royal Wootton Bassett when the mobile lighting tower he was pushing touched an 11,000 volt overhead powerline.
The 26-year-old was seriously injured and taken to hospital, where he spent the next five weeks, workplace watchdog the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said.
“My whole body locked and I felt hot and cramping,” Mr Pocknell said of the shock.
“I could hear the electricity in my head and thought I was going to die.
“I hit the floor and passed out, still cramping.
“I later discovered a hole had burnt through my arm and hip all the way to the bone.”
More than two years after the incident on January 19 2024, the tree surgeon said he still experiences “considerable pain”.
“My injuries were complex and challenging and there were five or six different surgeons involved in my treatment,” he said.
“I still experience considerable pain and strange bodily sensations, including nerve pain and itching.
“This incident has torn the life from beneath me and I don’t think I will be able to return to the job that I used to love.”
The regulator said it investigated the incident and found Mr Pocknell’s employer, Upton Specialised Tree Services, did not properly plan for or risk assess the dangers posed by overhead power lines.
The firm did not put up barriers or provide training in operating the mobile lighting tower.
Upton Specialised Tree Services pleaded guilty to the charge of breaching Regulation 14 of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 by virtue of Regulation 3, the HSE said, and was fined £60,000 and ordered to pay £6,237 in costs at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
HSE inspector Tom Preston said: “Joshua is lucky to be alive.
“Overhead electrical power lines present extreme risks to workers, but the risks can and must be controlled.
“Work near overhead power lines should only be carried out where it can be done safely, following a suitable risk assessment, the use of barriers or safety zones, and proper training on the equipment being used.
“In this case, a worker sustained severe injuries in a traumatic incident for all concerned that was entirely preventable.
“HSE will take action against those who fail to take the steps necessary to protect people at work.”
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