India

Immediately after news of Chandrasekaran's resignation, shares in Tata Group companies tumble, with TCS losing 4%. Chandrasekaran has spent his entire corporate career with the Tata Group, rising from an intern in 1987 to CEO in 2009 and head of Tata Sons in 2017.

After the enduring backlash following recent police violence against student protesters in Delhi, BJP looks keen on painting Congress and JMM with a matching brush, portraying the two parties as insensitive to students rights.

While disapproving the use of tear gas shells and water cannons on student protesters in Ranchi, Rahul Gandhi demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah clarify if he had authorised the use of pellet guns on student protesters in Delhi.

With per capita income in India being below that in Bangladesh and Vietnam, the upcoming price rise in FMCG products is going to hit Indians hard.

Prohibitory orders have been imposed around Jharkhand's Assembly building, and most schools have been kept shut as precaution as CM Hemant Soren struggles to pacify student protesters.