PRE-MARKET INDIAN STOCKS NEWS: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC IS) international investment arm sent a team to Venezuela to review assets after receiving clearance from the US

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (ADSEZ IS) - Co. handled a record 50mln tonnes of cargo in August, its highest-ever monthly throughput, supported by stronger domestic activity, container trade and a diversified cargo mix. (Economic Times)

Housing & Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO IS) - Co. signed an MoU with the Bihar government to provide financial assistance of up to INR 250bln over five years for industrial infrastructure development, including land acquisition. (Moneycontrol)

Hyundai Motor India (HYUNDAI IS) - Co. plans to launch two new SUVs, including an EV, and use additional production capacity to scale up volumes and regain the number two position in India’s passenger vehicle market. (Economic Times)

IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB IS) - CBI filed a chargesheet against 19 accused, including three Co. officials, over the alleged misappropriation of INR 5.04bln in Haryana government funds. (Economic Times)

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC IS) - Co.’s international investment arm sent a team to Venezuela to review assets after receiving clearance from the US. (Economic Times)

Power Grid Corporation of India (PWGR IS) - Co. received a Letter of Intent for an interstate transmission project to evacuate power from Rajasthan REZ Phase-IV on a BOOT basis, with quoted annual transmission charges of INR 32.44bln. (Moneycontrol)

Swiggy (SWIGGY IS) - Co. will be removed from the MSCI Global Standard Indexes under the foreign ownership limit event category. (Economic Times)

The operative item is ONGC's overseas arm dispatching a team to Venezuela after securing US clearance, which fits the established pattern of sanctions-regulated upstream re-engagement: foreign operators historically return to sanctioned jurisdictions only under specific authorizations, and the sequence has tended to run from asset review and due diligence to talks on recovering past dues and dividends, with any production restart a much later step. Indian state refiners and producers have prior form here, having previously wound down Venezuelan exposure under sanctions pressure and sought waivers when enforcement allowed. The transmission channel, if one emerges, is heavy sour crude supply and upstream equity rather than prompt barrels, since a review visit does not move output. The other items in the wrap are routine: an index deletion under foreign ownership limit rules typically forces mechanical passive selling by trackers at the rebalance, a regulator chargesheet over misappropriated deposits raises governance questions for the lender involved, and the cargo, transmission and model-launch items are company-specific. What matters next on Venezuela is the scope of the authorization, whether other sanctions-hit partners receive comparable treatment, and any statement from the US side clarifying terms.