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Adi Godrej steps down from GPCL board
Mumbai: FMCG major Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) on Wednesday announced that Adi Godrej will step down from the board of directors of the company, effective 30 September. He will continue to remain chairman emeritus of the company.
“It has been a privilege to serve Godrej Consumer Products. I am grateful to our Board for their continued guidance; to all our team members for their passion for Godrej and helping build a company that we can all be proud of; and to our customers, business partners, shareholders, investors, and communities, for their deep partnership over the years,” he said.
Adi Godrej further said that the company’s foundations are very strong. “I am very confident that Nisa and our leadership team will continue to build forward and create even more sustainable, long-term value for all our stakeholders,” he added.
In 2017, Adi Godrej passed on the reins of the company to his daughter Nisaba. He had then moved on to the role of chairman emeritus of the company.
Nisaba Godrej thanked her father for his vision and guidance that has helped shape and transform GCPL. The GCPL chairperson and MD added, “The values that he has taught us, combined with his disciplined, results-driven, and humble approach, will always be the core of our DNA. Our leadership team will continue to draw from this as we drive Godrej Consumer Products forward with a strong sense of purpose and ambition.”
The company also announced its CFO succession plan. Sameer Shah, GPCL’s current head of finance and investor relations has been promoted to the role of chief financial officer (CFO) of the company, effective 1 September. Shah succeeds V Srinivasan who has moved on as CFO and company secretary to pursue opportunities outside Godrej.
Shah has been associated with GCPL for 15 years. He has held a number of key leadership roles including as CFO of GPCL’s largest business, the India & SAARC cluster. He has also led diverse priorities across its global portfolio – investor relations, financial controlling, ERP implementation, global financial planning and analytics, and integrating inorganic businesses like Africa.
A chartered accountant by profession, Shah has specialised in Treasury Management from The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts. Before joining GCPL, Shah worked at PepsiCo and General Mills.
Apple rarely announces minor updates with much fanfare, and iOS 26.4 is no exception. No dramatic redesigns, no flashy keynote moments. What it delivers instead is a focused set of improvements that sharpen the experience you already have. If that sounds underwhelming, spend a week with it. You will change your mind.
Apple Music Learns to Listen Better
The biggest shift in this update lives inside Apple Music. Apple has brought AI-powered playlist generation to the app, and it works on mood rather than genre. Type something like “rainy evening at home” or “running late on a Monday,” and it builds a playlist that actually fits. This is not algorithmic guesswork dressed up in new clothing. It genuinely reads the intent behind vague descriptions and responds well.
Alongside this, a new concerts feature scans your listening history and surfaces live events happening near you. It is a smart bridge between your digital music habits and real-world experiences. Apple is quietly making the case that a music app should do more than just play songs.
Shazam also gets a meaningful upgrade. It can now identify songs without an internet connection. This might sound like a minor convenience, but anyone who has tried to Shazam something at a crowded venue with patchy signal will tell you it is anything but minor. The feature works locally on-device, which also means it is faster.
CarPlay Gets Smarter Controls
CarPlay has been updated with deeper integration for intelligent voice assistants. The goal is to reduce how often drivers need to look at a screen or tap anything at all. You speak, things happen. It is a clear step toward making the driving experience safer without stripping away functionality. The integration feels natural rather than bolted on, which is a harder thing to achieve than it sounds.
The Fixes You Feel Every Day
This is where iOS 26.4 earns its keep. Keyboard responsiveness has been improved, and the difference is noticeable immediately. Typing feels more accurate and less combative. Accessibility features have been refined across the board, with better contrast options and adjusted spacing that makes the interface easier to read without forcing you into larger text sizes.
The Health app has also been updated. It now surfaces more actionable insights from your daily data rather than just displaying numbers. If your sleep patterns have shifted or your activity levels have changed, the app now contextualises that clearly instead of leaving you to interpret raw figures on your own.
These are the kinds of changes that do not photograph well for a press release. They also happen to be the ones that make your phone feel genuinely better to use.
A Few Other Additions
New emojis have been added in this update. They will find their way into your conversations faster than you expect. Family Sharing has also been updated, with more granular control over shared payments and subscriptions. If you share an Apple account with family members, this puts clearer limits on who can spend what, which has been a long-requested fix.
What This Update Actually Represents
iOS 26.4 is Apple doing what it does best when it is not trying to make headlines. Every addition here serves a clear purpose. The AI music features are genuinely useful. The CarPlay improvements address a real safety concern. The small UI fixes accumulate into a noticeably smoother daily experience.
There is no bloat. Nothing feels experimental or half-finished. That discipline is harder to maintain than it looks, especially as operating systems grow more complex with each passing year.
If you have been holding off on updating, this is the one worth installing.
