Priya Nair, 1st woman to become CEO-MD of HUL

Priya Nair will become the first woman CEO and MD of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) effective August 1, 2025, with India’s largest FMCG firm announcing her appointment on Thursday. Photograph: Courtesy, HUL Nair, currently president, Beauty & Wellbeing, Unilever, has

Indian team to soon visit Washington again for trade talks

An Indian commerce ministry team will soon visit Washington for another round of talks on the proposed trade agreement with the US to iron out differences in sectors, like agriculture and automobiles, a government official said on Thursday. IllustrationL Dado

No option for states to reject bike taxi norms: Rapido cofounder Guntupalli

Rapido — one of the largest players in the bike taxi commute business — says the new guidelines released by the central government on July 1, permitting “non-transport motorcycles” for aggregators, no longer give states the option of rejecting the

India-origin Sabih Khan appointed new COO of Apple

Apple Inc has named India-origin Sabih Khan as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), marking a key move in its long-planned leadership transition. Khan, 58, who has been with Apple for 30 years and is currently the senior vice president

Equity mutual fund inflow rises 24% to Rs 23,587 cr in Jun

The net inflow into equity mutual funds surged 24 per cent to Rs 23,587 crore in June, reversing the declining trend of the last five months, driven by strong equity market performance across segments, data released by the Association of

Sensex ends down 176 points; IT, oil stocks drag

Stock markets closed lower on Wednesday due to selling in IT and oil & gas shares as investors turned cautious ahead of the start of earnings season and mixed global trends. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters Dragged by late selling, the 30-share

India eyes 2000 GCCs beyond metro cities by yearend

MeitY is in discussions with global Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies, mid-tier firms, and state government officials on a three-pronged approach to setting up new GCCs in India. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The central government will soon come out with

BRICS set up to ‘hurt us’, ‘degenerate’ US dollar: Trump

President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that BRICS was established to “hurt” the US and “degenerate” the dollar as he warned that the member countries of the bloc would face a 10 per cent tariff. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Reuters Trump

Gross office space leasing soars 5% in Q2 of 2025: Cushman & Wakefield

Fuelled by the global capability centre (GCC) boom, gross leasing of office space across top eight cities soared 5 per cent to touch 21.4 million square feet (msf) in the second quarter of calendar year 2025, according to Cushman &

Sensex gains 270 pts on fag-end buying in banking stocks

Benchmark BSE Sensex closed higher by 270 points on Tuesday, helped by late-day buying in banking and select IT shares as well as positive trends in the Asian markets. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters After moving in a narrow range for most