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Fastrack launches limited edition Deadpool watches
MUMBAI: All you superhero fans hold your breath! Cause this May Fastrack is launching watches from the Deadpool Collection and it’s that one piece of accessory you’ll have to own if you’re a Deadpool fan. If you're the smart, tongue-in-cheek, crazy millennial who loves to flaunt that swanky piece on his wrist, the Deadpool Collection from Fastrack is what you need next! And what’s better is, these are limited edition watches and you can pre-book yours even before you book movie tickets for Deadpool 2.
Priced at Rs. 995, these limited edition collectible watches from Fastrack come in 10 variants. To pre-book watches from the Deadpool Collection, you can visit Fastrack stores across the country or order them online on titan.co.in. The Deadpool Collection from Fastrack will also be available exclusively on e-commerce website Flipkart.
Explaining about the Deadpool Collection Fastrack, Head of Marketing, Ayushman Chiranewala says, “The Deadpool Collection from Fastrack is a collection of 10 watches, as mad as Deadpool himself, and will take your style quotient to a notch higher. We wanted to team up with a Hero who is as wacky, crazy, irreverent and witty as Fastrack. Someone who packs a punch, makes you laugh your guts out while being utterly cool and someone who’s badass with a tendency to break the fourth wall as and when required.”
All customers preordering the watch will get a free movie ticket. Fans also have a chance of winning watches from the Fastrack Deadpool Collection by participating in the #FlashYourFastrack campaign. All they would need to do is, take a picture with the life size cut out of a watch and Deadpool displayed at 170 Fastrack stores across the country and upload it with the #FlashYourFastrack hashtag.
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UltraTech Cement appoints Jayant Dua as managing director
Dua will succeed K. C. Jhanwar after his term ends in December 2026
MUMBAI: UltraTech Cement, the flagship cement arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has elevated Jayant Dua as managing director, effective 1 April, 2026.
The company’s board also approved his appointment as additional director, managing director and key managerial personnel, effective 1 January, 2027, following the completion of the current managing director K C Jhanwar’s term on 31 December, 2026, according to a regulatory filing.
Dua will serve as managing director for a four-year term from 1 January, 2027 to 31 December, 2030.
A veteran executive with more than 37 years of professional experience, Dua joined the Aditya Birla Group’s cement business in 1996 and spent nearly a decade in various functional and leadership roles.
Over the past two decades, he has held several profit-and-loss and chief executive responsibilities across multiple group businesses, including insulators, insurance, Century Cement and the chlor-alkali segment. In 2023, he was elevated to lead the group’s renewables and textiles businesses.
Within the group, Dua has received several internal honours, including the chairman’s individual award for exceptional contribution in 2002, the outstanding leader award in 2009 and the leader of leaders recognition in 2022.
He holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MBA from International Management Institute and has completed the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School.
