Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this evening

A round-up of the big stories

Here are stories covering a range of topics to keep you well-informed. Read important details from each article and follow the provided links to read more about each story.

Dalal Street Week Ahead: RBI policy, auto sales, global PMI data among 10 key factors to watch

The market had a strong close for the truncated week ended on March 28, as the benchmark indices gained 1 percent with participation from most sectors barring IT after consolidation in previous couple of weeks. In fact, the monthly expiry session for March derivative contracts had a good rally, indicating the market may be inching towards a record high soon. Read more here

'If investing was logical, very few of us would buy a home': Edelweiss MF's Radhika Gupta

Edelweiss MF CEO Radhika Gupta recently shared how buying a house is more of an emotional expense than an investment. She pointed out that most logical investors wouldn't buy homes if it didn't come with its emotional value. Read on

New insurance policies will be issued only in electronic format from April 1

If you decide to buy insurance after April 1, your insurer will issue the policy only in digital form. This is in line with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India’s Protection of Policyholders’ Interests regulations that make it mandatory for insurers to issue policies in dematerialised form. Read on.

Bengaluru doctor blasts HDFC after repeated spam calls for loans. Bank responds

"HDFC loan requirement callers have become a nuisance and if you get angry with them you are pestered with more calls despite blocking," Dr Sankaran wrote on X. "Today after one caller got fired by me another caller claiming to be manager HDFC wanted to know why I was rude looked like spam calls but HDFC has to act and investigate." Read on

Opposition rally at Ramlila Maidan: Sunita Kejriwal reads out Arvind Kejriwal's ‘letter’

Addressing the crowd at the Ramlila Maidan, Sunita Kejriwal on March 31 read out a message written by her husband and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inside the Enforcement Directorate's custody.
Our Prime Minister jailed my husband. Did he do the right thing? Don't you believe that Kejriwal ji is an honest man? Should Kejriwal ji resign? Your Kejriwal is a lion. He lives in the hearts of crore of people , said Sunita Kejriwal, wife of jailed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc have assembled at Delhi's historic Ramlila Maidan for their ‘Loktantra Bachao’ (save democracy) rally. Read more here
Top 10 IPL 2024 Purple Cap contenders right now:Who is Mayank Yadav, overnight contender for Purple Cap?

A look at the early leaders in the running for the IPL 2024 Purple Cap: Mustafizur Rahman, Harshit Rana, Kagiso Rabada, Sam Curran, Andre Russell, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Yadav. Read here