Deepak Acharya

Wipro has appointed Tejal Patil as its general counsel. She succeeds Deepak Acharya who is moving out of the firm. Patil will head the legal & compliance, global data privacy and government affairs functions. She will also be part of Wipro’s executive council.

Ashok Kumar overcame a wobbly back-nine to card a three-under 69 for a share of the third spot after the opening round of the Surya Nepal Masters golf tournament.

Stores across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai will continue to remain closed for business on Wednesday over implementation of the local body tax (LBT).

Mangaluru Boscoss Pu College has won an Ultratech Award for their well-built concrete structure. Multistorey building Prof. SS Bosco received the award during a ceremony held under the aegis of Association of Consulting Civil Engineers India. Mangaluru Centre and Ultratech Cement Limited Mescom Managing Director Prashanth Kumar Mishra, Mangalore City Corporation Commissioner Akshy Sridhar, Accei Chairman Satyendra Rao, Vice Chairman Ujwal D’souza, Secretary General Vijay Vishnu Mayya, Treasurer Srinivasan R Punnose, P John Zonal Head of Ultratech Cement Ashok Reddy Regional Head of Ultratech Cement and others were present.

What started as a trickle is soon turning into a deluge.

Do not change the colour of the city's buses: that's the message a large number of Mumbaikars have for the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST). They say that changing the colour of the buses from red to white and yellow would be akin to changing the character of the city. The feedback is in response to a survey conducted by the beleaguered BEST, which is attempting to begin things anew.

Companies have been doing their bit to counter counterfeits and passoffs (products that carry a similar, but not identical brandname; like, a Vicks ripoff in Gujarat was called Vikas).

Wipro's new CEO Thierry Delaporte is overhauling the organisational structure -- reducing the number of business units, putting the focus on geographies instead of industry verticals, giving more powers to P&L owners, and defining the ownership of performance metrics.

Hyderabad residents are increasingly seeking solace in nature through weekend trails, fostering environmental awareness and wellbeing. These walks, led by citizen groups and supported by the government, attract diverse participants, promoting conservation and community engagement.

There's a small revolution of sorts taking place in the heights above virgin Patalkot, which falls in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh, and is around 200km from Nagpur.

At the top of the 300-odd first flight of concretized steps, we bump into Dilip Khamretti, a 25-year-old youth.