*Financial News* 
Source: Leading newspapers 
 *Compiled by Rudra Shares* 
Vande Mataram 
Thursday, 13 August 2026

*Commodities* 
• Silver (Spot): ₹2,38,008
• Gold (Spot): ₹1,52,939

*Banking & Financial Services* 
• Banks to reveal loan rates every month in RBI's disclosure tweak
• Manappuram ends family-led era, appoints Ashish Singh as new CEO
• Bank of America invests ₹18,268 crore for a 49.9% stake in Jio Credit
• Groww leads India's top brokerages in July with over 70,000 new active accounts

*Consumer & Retail* 
• Uber expands into 100 more Indian cities, deepening its push beyond major metros
• Reliance Brands signs pact to launch Fabletics activewear brand in India
• Maharashtra FDA suspends licenses of four Domino's Pizza outlets over hygiene-norm violations

*Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare* 
• Government tightens drug-quality net; initiates 950 actions since 2022
• Over 1,100 cough-syrup makers face intensive audits amid quality concerns
• TPG and Temasek offload 12.63% stake in Dr Agarwals Health Care

*Capital Markets & SEBI* 
• SEBI sees no CAS manipulation and eyes greater participation
• SEBI looks to widen the gates: FPIs may soon hedge directly in commodity derivatives
• SEBI eases commodity-derivatives stress norms; cuts Z-score threshold to 5
• Yotta plans IPO of up to ₹8,000 crore to fund AI infrastructure expansion
• SEBI censures Alankit Assignments over multiple regulatory lapses; rejects one-year client ban
• Credent Connect N Care, backed by Ashish Kacholia and Abakkus, raises ₹26.5 crore from anchor investors ahead of IPO
• Home-grown alternative AMC Gaja Capital files RHP; ₹550-crore IPO to open on August 19
• Tenneco Clean Air India promoter offloads 15% stake worth ₹3,180 crore; SBI and HDFC MF among buyers

*Telecom* 
• Vodafone Idea shares rise as brokerage sees 45% upside post-Q1 results

*Hotels & Hospitality* 
• Hotels and cafes ramp up expansion, set to unleash a hiring boom in H2 2026

*Tata Group* 
• Tata leadership change unlikely to hurt listed stocks, but TCS faces its own growth headache
• Uncertainty clouds Tata Sons AGM as Charity Commissioner rejects plea for emergency meeting

*Politics & National Affairs* 
• Congress running away from discussion on student protests, afraid of facing Amit Shah: Nabin
• CJP's Saurav Das alleges intimidation by Puducherry police; official rejects claim as false
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah challenges Opposition to debate student protests
• Jharkhand protest: Devendra Mahto writes to civil surgeon seeking permission to return to site
• Bengal Assembly passes twin Bills to raise Kolkata wards to 209 and Howrah wards to 68
• West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari orders arrests over derogatory Netaji remarks online

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