India's business icon Ratan Tata dies at 86

Ratan Tata, an Indian business legend and the vast Tata Group conglomerate’s former chairperson, died yesterday aged 86.

Tata headed Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, for 21 years, and enjoyed an elevated status among the country’s powerful industrial elite.

“It is with deep sorrow that we announce the...