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Corporate India is likely to hire more in the year ahead compared with 2025.Staffing services firm TeamLease predicts Indian companies to add 10-12 million jobs in calendar 2026, compared with 8-10 million in 2025. HR executives at companies such as EY, Godrej Consumer Products, Diageo, Tata Motors and Motilal Oswal Financial Services said they are stepping up recruitment with a focus on diversity and campus hiring.While campus hiring is re-emerging as a key theme, for some companies, improving workforce diversity will also be a focus area.EY India plans to hire 14,000-15,000 people in its fiscal year ending June 2026, chief HR officer Arti Dua said. "Campus hiring has always been an important pillar of hiring at EY," she said.It hires around 2,000 people annually from business schools, en
The year 2025 has been remarkable for mutual fund investors, with several schemes delivering impressive returns despite market volatility. Among them, HSBC Brazil Fund has emerged as the standout performer, earning the title of mutual fund scheme of the year 2025 with a staggering return of over 55.24%The HSBC Brazil Fund is an open-ended fund of funds scheme that invests in the HSBC Global Investment Funds - Brazil Equity Fund.Also Read | Mutual fund investing in 2026: Types of schemes that may do wellA monthly SIP of Rs 10,000 made at the first day of the current calendar year, the current value of the investment would have been Rs 1.48 lakh now with an XIRR of 46.45%. The lumpsum investment of Rs 1 lakh made on January 1, 2025, would have been Rs 1.55 lakh now with a CAGR of 55.24%. The
