🗞️ Daily Business Brief – DEC 15, 2025
- India–EU FTA Talks narrow down differences; difficult issues like carbon tax under discussion.
- Zydus Lifesciences US arm gets FDA nod for paediatric drug CUTX-101 NDA resubmission.
- Lemon Tree Hotels signs new property in Nepal with 80 rooms, restaurant, bar, banquet, meeting room, pool, spa & fitness centre.
- SBI – YONO 2.0 unveiled; targets doubling users to 20 crore with simplified KYC and re-KYC at 1/10th branch acquisition cost.
- RBL Bank CFO Buvanesh Tharashankar resigns w.e.f. Dec 15, 2025, to pursue external opportunities.
- Can Fin Homes declares interim dividend of ₹7/sh for FY26; reappoints Suresh Srinivasan Iyer as MD & CEO for 2 years from Mar 18, 2026.
- Newgen Software secures contracts worth ₹56 crore in India and overseas.
- Arvind SmartSpaces adds new residential high-rise project in Bengaluru with top-line potential of ₹550 crore.
- Delhivery expands intracity delivery services to Mumbai and Hyderabad.
- Ion Exchange bags ₹205 crore solar orders from Rayzon Energy and Inox Solar.
- Bajaj Auto & ITC emerge as top net forex earners outside IT and Pharma sectors.
- Panacea Biotec appoints Vinod Goel as CFO w.e.f. Dec 16, 2025.
- Zydus Lifesciences FDA accepts CUTX-101 (Copper Histidinate) NDA resubmission for Menkes disease treatment.
- SBI to sign €150 million credit agreement with KfW for climate-friendly energy generation projects.
- Johnson & Johnson ordered by jury to pay $40 million to two cancer patients linked to talcum powder usage.
- Solex Energy partners Malaysia’s TT Vision to advance next-gen solar automation and talent development in India.
- Westlife Foodworld appoints Shardul Doshi as CFO w.e.f. Dec 15, 2025.
- BL Kashyap bags ₹616 crore order from Sattva CKC.
- MUFG (Japan) reportedly nearing deal to acquire stake in Shriram Finance.
- Intellect Design Arena partners with 35 Canadian credit unions across 8 provinces.
- Sterling Tools CFO Pankaj Gupta resigns w.e.f. Dec 31, 2025.
- Aurobay Technologies expands digital transformation partnership with HCLTech to boost manufacturing excellence.
- India–Mexico Trade Talks underway on higher tariffs; exports worth $2 bn may be impacted; India proposes Preferential Trade Agreement.
- India–US Trade Talks six rounds held on full-fledged BTA; framework deal close but no timeline yet.
- November Trade Data exports up 19.4% YoY to $38.13 bn; imports down 1.9%; trade deficit narrows 23.15% YoY.
- MTAR Technologies bags international order worth ₹370 crore from an existing customer.
- Texmaco Rail secures ₹132 crore order from Touax Texmaco Railcar Leasing.
- Deccan Gold Mines Jonnagiri Gold Project completes trial runs and transitions to commercial production.
- Waaree Energies incorporates wholly-owned subsidiary Eco Flux Renewables for IPP projects.
- Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences starts operations at 350-bed hospital in Bengaluru.
- MTNL board approves sale of BKC residential property to NABARD for ₹350.72 crore under asset monetisation.
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