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Rekha: ‘Rendezvous with Simi Garewal’s’ 100th episode special formula
Rekha's fans are in for a treat. Come 6 June they will get an insight into Rekha's personality as she speaks her heart out with Simi Garewal on Star World's Rendezvous with Simi Garewal on their 100 episode with this gorgeous lady.
The one and a half hour interview will be aired in two parts on 6 and 13 June at 8.30 p.m. and at 8 p.m. respectively, on Star World, says a press release.
The special episode captures Rekha in her first interview in 20 years, where she talks at length about her private life, her relationship with her parents, her marriage and also about the influence of superstar Amitabh Bachchan on her life.
Simi in her 'rendezvous' has interviewed film personalities like Sunil Dutt, Hema Malini, Madhuri Dixit, Rani Mukherjee, Kajol, Subhash Ghai, A. R. Rahman, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Aparna Sen, Kamal Hassan, Jaya, Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan amongst others.
The show has also featured interviews of industrialists, politicians, sportsmen and artists as well as of prominant personalities like maharani Gayatri Devi and Kiran Bedi in its last 100 episodes.
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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.
