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On 13 Aug 2026 Washington alleged that India is a top hub helping China dodge U.S. Section 301 duties, grouping it with Mexico and Vietnam in a $67 billion ‘shadow transshipment network’ and signaling imminent, stricter rules-of-origin checks on Indian exports.
On 13 Aug 2026, President Trump signed a Section 232 proclamation that will levy 100 % tariffs on large or thermal-equipped drones and 25 % on most smaller models, with duties taking effect 3 Sep 2026.
On 13 August 2026 a wave of April–June 2026 disclosures showed India’s auto giant Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles suffering an 80 % year-on-year profit collapse even as several mid-cap manufacturers and consumer firms reported double- to triple-digit profit growth.
On 13 Aug 2026, authorities began a controlled shutdown of Cernavodă’s 700-MW Unit 2—the plant’s last active reactor—after the Danube dropped to –230 cm, removing roughly 20 % of Romania’s generation from the grid.
On 12 Aug 2026, Chairman N. Chandrasekaran said he will step down on 20 Feb 2027 after a single dissenting Tata Trusts nominee, wielding affirmative rights, blocked his third-term re-appointment despite majority board support.
On 13 Aug 2026 crude benchmarks slipped below $89 Brent and $83 WTI after an unexpected 17.4 million-barrel build in U.S. inventories and fresh OPEC/IEA demand downgrades out-weighed lingering but opaque Strait of Hormuz supply risks.
U.S. consumer prices ticked up only 0.1 % in July, pulling headline inflation down to 3.4 % and core to 2.5 %, prompting a swift 0.5 % jump in S&P 500 futures and lifting the odds of the Fed holding rates in September above 55 %.
On 11 Aug 2026 President Donald Trump inserted a demand that Tehran pay multi-decade “damages,” derailing nascent U.S.–Iran cease-fire diplomacy and immediately jolting oil and tanker markets.
On 12 August 2026, a week before the Tata Sons AGM, Chairman N Chandrasekaran tendered his resignation but said he will finish his term ending 20 Feb 2027, abruptly reopening the succession race at India’s largest conglomerate.
Liverpool supporters intervened after reports that an Amit Bhatia-led consortium, now fronted by Jeff Bezos, is days away from buying roughly one-third of the club from Fenway Sports Group (FSG).
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