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From corporate veterans transforming wellness at Corumm to a strategic leadership shakeup at ALLEN,YourStorybrings you today’s headlines with the latest developments across sectors. After more than two decades in demanding corporate leadership roles, Rahul Singhal and Anshul Khullar had reached a stage in life that many professionals recognise but often ignore. Long working hours, constant pressure, and little time to recover had become part of everyday life. The childhood friends had built successful corporate careers. Yet, despite their professional success, both increasingly found themselves questioning whether achievement had come at the cost of personal wellbeing. This couple is building India’s answer to Barbie with 100 women artisans in the Nilgiris In 2017, Sunita Suhas and Suhas Ramegowda packed their entire lives into five bags and left Bengaluru, walking away from their corporate careers for good. The existential questions that had long lingered led them to the Nilgiris, where they founded The Good Doll and created its flagship doll, Nilah. Today, the company employs more than 100 women and its founders hope to build India's answer to Barbie, one rooted in local craftsmanship, culture, and purpose. ALLEN has appointed Aviral Maheshwari, Anand Maheshwari and Keshav Maheshwari to its Board of Directors as part of its long-term leadership transition. The appointments bring the next generation of leadership onto the board alongside the founders and the professional management team. Aviral Maheshwari has led operational and organisational initiatives since 2014, Anand Maheshwari has focused on digital and technology integration since 2019, and Keshav Maheshwari has overseen the company's international business. The move is aimed at strengthening governance and supporting ALLEN's long-term institutional growth. Emeritus Enterprise delivered more than 600 enterprise learning programmes in FY26, with over 80% focused on Agentic AI and leadership development. The division trained more than 120,000 professionals globally, with India emerging as its largest market for role-based AI training. More than 80% of enterprise clients are building AI learning academies to support workforce adoption. Demand also expanded beyond technology teams to functions including sales, marketing, finance, HR and operations. The company said women's enrolment rose 30% during the year, reflecting broader participation in enterprise AI upskilling. The Holidays.ai has launched an AI-powered travel planning platform that provides personalised destination recommendations, customised itineraries and travel assistance through conversational AI. Founded by AxisRooms co-founder Ravi Taneja, the platform creates travel plans based on users' preferences, budget, travel style and trip duration for holidays ranging from weekend breaks to international vacations. The company aims to simplify the travel planning process by combining destination discovery, itinerary creation and pers