Overview
- Tata Group and Tata Trusts posted tributes as citizens, business leaders and officials shared memorial messages on social media, with public homages ranging from company statements to a sand sculpture in Odisha.
- NDTV reported that TCS cancelled its Q2 earnings press conference, citing a clash with events marking Ratan Tata’s first death anniversary.
- Coverage revisits his tenure leading Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012, including global acquisitions such as Tetley, Corus and Jaguar Land Rover, and notes his widely cited compassion after 26/11 and large-scale philanthropy through Tata Trusts.
- New reporting describes governance tensions at Tata Trusts, with accounts of factions around Noel Tata and trustees seen as close to Mehli Mistry, and details a dispute over Vijay Singh’s rejected reappointment to the Tata Sons board followed by his resignation.
- Telangana Today reports that group market value has fallen over the past year and notes speculation about possible government involvement, while reiterating that Tata Trusts own about 66% of Tata Sons.