*Financial News*
Source: Leading newspapers
*Compiled by Rudra Shares*
Vande Mataram
Saturday, 22 August 2026

*Commodities*
• Silver (spot): Rs 245458
• Gold (spot): Rs 159802

*Corporate & Business*
• Godrej Industries to enter pvt credit space, aims to raise ₹2,000 cr in AIF
• Glenmark expands US injectables portfolio with Calcium Gluconate launch
• China+1 is 'intellectually lazy', says KM Birla; bets on “World+1” that may change India Inc’s game
• 'India gets nearly Rs 5,000 crore FDI after easing rules for Chinese-linked firms
• Expensive living? Inflation hits coriander to cars in India
• 'CBI files supplementary chargesheet in RCom ₹1,200 crore loan case
• Bengaluru airport to introduce User Development Fee for arriving passengers from September 1; UDF cut for departing flyers
• LG Electronics sees India emerging as key manufacturing and export hub
• Welspun Corp shares hit 52-week high on bagging largest-ever order worth Rs 17,200 crore

*Banking & Financial Services*
• Banks ride RBI swap wave to raise $12 billion via overseas debt
• India's forex reserves soar by $9.9 billion to $716.90 billion as on August 14
• India’s PMS Industry AUM rises 2% in July to Rs 44 lakh cr
• SEBI chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey urges mutual fund industry to prioritise investor outcomes as scale, complexity rise
• Buying bonds may get easier: SEBI proposes new distributor network beyond big cities

*Automobiles*
• Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles to cost up to ₹25,000 more from next month
• FPIs flip to buyers in Auto after months of selling; Financials see strong return of foreign money

*Capital Markets & IPOs*
• 'Online Instruments India gets Sebi approval to float IPO worth ₹750 cr
• Tempsens Instruments IPO subscribed over 21x on Day 2; GMP soars to 90%
• Gaja Capital IPO subscribed 31x on Day 3
• Augmont Enterprises IPO booked nearly 3x on opening day
• Online Instruments gets SEBI nod for Rs 750 crore IPO; Sunil Gold India withdraws papers
• Skyways Air Services raises over Rs 174 crore via anchor book, Rs 583-crore IPO to open on August 24
• Quantum Mutual Fund launches Flexi Cap Fund; NFO closes September 11

*Government & Policy*
• GST registration for big businesses: Centre, states work on uniform documents for faster approvals
• Govt rolls out Rs 62,500-crore mobile manufacturing scheme from April 1, 2026

*Politics & National Affairs*
• Jantar Mantar protest reflects 'failures' in system, not only corruption: RSS
• Telangana CM Revanth Reddy's US visit cancelled as MEA denies clearance
• Silencing Jama Masjid pulpit now part of state policy: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
• Eight DMs empowered to fast-track CAA certificates: Amit Shah in West Bengal
• ‘First step towards justice’: Rahul Gandhi ends dharna after Delhi Police registers FIR

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