indian tycoon ratan tata has died. death was announced a few hours ago by the tata group, a conglomerate he led for more than two decades. mr tata was one of india's most recognised business leaders. indian prime minister narendra modi has hailed him as a "visionary business leader, a compassionate soul and an extraordinary human being". the bbc�*s samira hussian takes a look at the life of mr tata. chairman of the tata conglomerate for more than two decades, ratan tata turned the company that bears his name into a global empire. shy and often described as a loner, tata was raised by his grandmother in mumbai. educated in the united states, he came back to india at age 25, to work in the family business. under his leadership, he turned an indian company into an international success, buying quintessentially british brands tetley tea, jaguar land rover and anglo—dutch steelmaker corus — an acquisition that, at the time, was seen as saving the british steel industry. tata's most ambitious project, the tata nano, the world

we start in india where ratan tata, who led one of india's biggest conglomerates, the tata group, hashe age of 86. he was one of india's most internationally recognised business leaders and took over the family business as chairman in1991. he transformed it into a global corporation through a series of high profile acquisitions including jaguar land rover and corus steel here in the uk. india's prime minister narendra modi called him a visionary business leader, a compassionate soul and an extraordinary human being. mr tata died at a hospital in mumbai after a brief illness. our south asia correspondent samira hussain looks back at his life, and a warning that her report contains some flashing images. chairman of the tata conglomerate for more than two decades, ratan tata turned the company that bears his name into a global empire. shy and often described as a loner, tata was raised by his grandmother in mumbai. educated in the united states, he came back to india at age 25, to work in the family business. under his leadership, he turned an indian company into an international success

the bbc�*s samira hussain takes a look at the life of ratan tata.

the bbc�*s samira hussain takes a look at the life of ratan tata. the tata conglomerate. for more than two decades, ratan tata turned the company that bears his name into a global empire. shy and often described as a loner, tata was raised by his grandmother in mumbai. educated in the united states, came back to india at age 25 to work in the family business. under his leadership, he turned an indian company into an international success, buying quintessentially british brands tetley tea, jaguar land rover and anglo—dutch steelmaker corus. an acquisition that, at the time, was seen as saving the british steel industry. tata's most ambitious project, the tata nano, the world's cheapest car. it never was conceived of as being the cheapest car, it was conceived of as being a car that would give the people of india an opportunity to own a car that had not been within their reach before. but the indian consumer just wasn't interested. tata was also known for his philanthropic work, animalwelfare, health and education, and most recently, working with the e

indian tycoon ratan tata has died. merate he led for more than two decades. mr tata was one of india's most recognised business leaders. prime minister narendra modi has hailed him as a "visionary business leader, a compassionate soul and an extraordinary human being". the bbc�*s samira hussain takes a look at the life of mr tata. chairman of the tata conglomerate for more than two decades, ratan tata turned the company that bears his name into a global empire. shy and often described as a loner, tata was raised by his grandmother in mumbai. educated in the united states, he came back to india at age 25, to work in the family business. under his leadership, he turned an indian company

the passing of ratan tata.to the markets, india trade and about three minutes as we speak. it is in positive territory along with the rest of the region, seeing gains from the biggest advancer. the index up about .3 point -- .3%. the overstretched evaluation in india is prompting bernstein to cut india to underweight.from neutral it talked about record high relative valuations in china as well and emerging markets. learning cycles -- the earnings cycle heading to a downgrade from bernstein. plenty more ahead. keep it here with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: tesla is taking the wraps off its long-delayed robotaxi. thursday the new product will face tough competition in china, were self driving taxis have moved beyond trials and onto public streets. our correspondent reports from beijing. reporter: already dominant in their home market, chinese ev makers aim to lead as well in the self-driving realm. from advanced robotaxis, to larger semi autonomous semis. >> the game for autonomy is in china. that is why el

we start in india where ratan tata,

the chairman called ratan tata a groundbreaking leader that changed the face of our nation. rman of the tata group dead at age 86 and welcome back to world viewers. more than 50 florida counties are under a state of emergency. there are mandatory evacuation jones -- zones in 15 counties. some have refused to evacuate. you heard in gordon's report earlier that the florida attorney general has advised the people that are staying to write their name on permanent -- in permanent marker on one of their arms. there are those that were just outside the evacuation zones that have a choice to make. joining us is sam a mcgraw who lives in riverview 15 minutes from tampa. it's good of you to join us while you still have power. i'm trying to get an impression of what it is like for you now. what is it like outside your windows? >> honestly just rain and a wind now. it is supposed to pick up in the next couple hours and hit us hard tonight around 2:00 a.m.. >> you have put up storm shutters? what's we bought the house a couple months ago. it is rated for a category five hurricane and has

indian business leader ratan tata has died. i'm katie silver. lets look at live pictures coming in of hurrican milton, which has made landfall in the last few hours in florida. we can show you pictures of margaritaville beach result in fort myers. hundreds of thousands of people have lost power. most recently up to 1 million people. mass evacuations in the state over the last few days. this is a huge business impact for the state as well as the personal toll being felled for florida. stay with bbc news, we will continue to follow this and check out the website. all of this breaking and happening at the moment. the latest we hear is that hurrican milton —— hurricane milton is about 165 kilometres south—west of cape canaveral. making its way

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ratan tata, the chairman of the sentience conglomerate, tata, has died aged eighty—six.he is creditedh diversifying the company in the past 20 years. tata is one of the world's biggest group of companies with a revenue of 165 billion dollars in the last year. under his leadership, he acquired british brands like tetley tea, jaguar land rover and uk steel—maker corus, which was seen as saving the british steel industry. if you arejustjoining us welcome to the programme. the time to evacuate has passed. hurricane milton is bearing down on florida, the storm 5 outer bands already arriving on the gulf coast, those strong winds starting to push water on shore. we are expecting storm surge, in the next eight to ten hours of anything up to 15 feet. but where it comes ashore is the big question? the path it track can wobble as it comes ashore, anywhere from 20 miles in either direction and that can make a big difference. because the worst effects of this, will be on that front bottom quadrant of the storm. the greatest threat from hurricane milton is by far the storm surge, so the amount of s