*Financial News*
Source: Leading Newspapers
*Compiled by Rudra Shares*
Vande Mataram
Sunday, 16 August 2026

*Commodities*
• Silver (Spot): Rs 2,33,500
• Gold (Spot): Rs 1,51,744

*Mutual Funds & IPOs*
• MF industry adds over ₹9.5 lakh crore in AUM since last Independence Day
• Mutual funds deployed over Rs 9,700 crore across 11 IPOs in July 2026
• IPO rush: 5 companies to raise Rs 5,499 crore in coming week
• Temperature sensors maker Tempsens Instruments to launch Rs 95 crore IPO on August 20

*Food & Consumer*
• FDA suspends Parle Agro warehouse licence
• India state food safety chief targets Eternal, Swiggy, Zepto in sweeping crackdown; suspends permits of 12 warehouses
• Choices aplenty for car buyers; petrol moves to slow lane as CNG, hybrids and EVs chip away at its share
• E20 petrol not sole reason for lower mileage, Centre says
• Government weighs PNG Drive 3.0 to speed up adoption; launch likely in September

*Corporate*
• Brigade Enterprises sales bookings dip 5% to ₹1,061 crore in Apr-Jun
• NCLAT upholds insolvency proceedings against Nyka Steel guarantor over UCO Bank dues
• Chemical exports may hit $81 billion by 2030
• Ola Electric looks beyond scooters, unveils new products in Shakti portfolio

*Capital Markets & SEBI*

• SEBI allows online bond platforms to offer IFSCA products, 54EC bonds; eases compliance officer requirement
• NSE Clearing launches 3-day stock lending contracts from August 17 under SLB scheme

*Defence & Technology*
• 'No alternative to being self-reliant in defence': PM Modi says India needs to lead in drones, hypersonics
• Sapt dhara, self-reliance and technology: Industry backs PM Modi’s Viksit Bharat roadmap

*Politics & States*
• BJP claims Sonia Gandhi 'objected' to full version of Vande Mataram at event; Congress denies charge
• Odisha: BJD plans legal action, public demonstrations against Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Bill
• Akhilesh warns leaders against loose talk that could help BJP
• Jharkhand students escalate protest; to burn CM Soren, Rahul Gandhi effigies tomorrow, announce August 20 siege of CM's residence

*Jai Hind* 
*Rudra Hai to Mudra Hai*
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