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Satyakam Arya set to take over as president and CEO of Hino Motors

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles MD and CEO Satyakam Arya will lead Hino Motors, a Toyota Group company, marking the first time an Indian will head a Japanese automobile major

Hinduja Group chairman Gopichand Hinduja passes away in London at 85

Gopichand was part of the second generation of the Hinduja family and assumed the role of chairman in May 2023, following the death of his elder brother, Srichand Hinduja

Achin Gupta to succeed Umang Vohra as Cipla MD & GCEO from April 2026

Umang Vohra joined Cipla in 2015 as global chief financial and strategy officer and thereafter served as the company's MD & GCEO since 2016

Banks increasingly looking towards retail customers, says K V Kamath

K V Kamath says Indian banks must reinvent, focus on retail, and invest in the right tech as corporates rely less on loans and new-age finance reshapes money flows

Max Healthcare's 10,000-bed expansion built with zero debt: MD Abhay Soi

Max Healthcare's ₹6,000 crore plan to add 10,000 beds over four years will be fully funded through internal accruals, says CMD Abhay Soi, outlining a strategy for growth without margin dilution

Flipkart Minutes VP Kabeer Biswas resigns within a year of joining

While Biswas had joined Minutes in January this year, the company's qcom operations had started just a few months ago in August 2024

Our eventual aim is to serve a billion people: Lenskart's Peyush Bansal

Bansal said that as a consumer brand, Lenskart has to be an internationally renowned brand because it raises the quality bar

TCS not dependent on H-1B visas, can survive without them: CEO Krithivasan

H1B is now far less of a retention policy than it once was, and we should not be assessing today's scenario through yesterday's lens

Norton bikes will be available in India after April: TVS Motor's Venu

Venu talks about the road ahead, the journey of its 127-year-old global premium brand Norton Motorcycles, its India launch, and electric vehicle plans

J&K Bank sees margins gradually improve if rates hold steady: MD & CEO

MD & CEO Amitava Chatterjee says half of J&K Bank's loan book will come from branches outside the Union Territory within two years, as the lender diversifies after recent disruptions

PNB looks to achieve ₹4 trn corporate loan book in FY26: MD & CEO Chandra

The bank is also expanding digital offerings, growing its credit card base, and re-entering the West Asian market with plans to reopen its Dubai office, said Ashok Chandra

'AI is a monster wave, investors are focusing on AI-first initiatives'

Both of us were doing angel investments on the side and helping founders. In 2019-20, we realised that there was literally no operator-led help for early-stage startups

Hospitality, real estate, MSME solar financing to drive growth: TFCI MD

TFCI eyes ₹2,000 crore disbursement in FY26, driven by booming hotel and real estate funding, and plans to enter MSME solar finance and tourism-focused AIF

IOB bets big on M&A financing, moves to address CASA concerns: MD & CEO

We are targeting double-digit growth of 13-15 per cent in the next two years, and in the last two years, we have grown more than that, says IOB MD & CEO

ECL framework to improve banks' overall credit culture: Indian Bank CEO

We are targeting double-digit growth of 13-15 per cent in the next two years, and in the last two years, we have grown more than that, said Indian Bank's CEO Binod Kumar

Emirates NBD is here for 15-20 years: RBL Bank CEO R Subramaniakumar

The $3 billion deal marks the largest cross-border investment in an Indian private lender, with plans to double RBL's branch network and boost market share

India must be able to quickly attract global oil firms: Rystad Energy CEO

India's energy future hinges on decarbonising electricity first, boosting oil and gas exploration, and weighing nuclear SMRs against cheaper renewables

IndusInd Bank to rebuild senior management team in 6 months: MD & CEO

IndusInd Bank CEO Rajiv Anand outlines three-year plan to boost deposits, expand MSME and retail lending, stabilise microfinance, and strengthen senior management

India's green shift to create jobs but skills gap a concern: Ratul Puri

Initiatives like the Skill Council for Green Jobs and the Green Skill Development Programme have trained approximately one million candidates so fara number below the expected demand

We're building global innovation bridge between St Louis and India: Bio-STL

Bio-STL and AgVaya launch Global AgXelerate to connect Indian agri-tech and bioscience startups with global markets and investment opportunities