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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Rajpal Yadav says there is no nepotism in Bollywood: Agar hota toh Shah Rukh Khan, Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar kaise hote
Nepotism in Bollywood has long been a topic of heated debate. Actor Rajpal Yadav recently addressed the issue and said that the success of actors depends on their talent. In an interview with ANI, Rajpal said it may be possible to get an initial break in Bollywood because of connections, but success depends on inherent talent and the response of the audience. (Also Read | Rajpal Yadav bashes Ranveer Allahbadia, Samay Rania amid India's Got Latent row, says he cries 'watching such people') "There is no nepotism. I want to speak very honestly. Nepotism agar hota to Shah Rukh Khan sahab kaise hote, Rajpal Yadav kaise hote, Paresh Rawal kaise hote, Anupam Kher sahab kaise hote, Akshay Kumar sahab kaise hote, Johny Lever sahab kaise hote, Sanjeev Kumar sahab kaise hote, Rajesh Khanna sahab kaise hote, Dharmendra sahab kaise hote (If there was nepotism, how would there be Shah Rukh Khan, Rajpal Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Anupam Kher, Akshay Kumar, Johny Lever, Sanjeev Kumar, Rajesh Khanna and Dharmendra)?" "In my family nobody asked me to join Bollywood or khud mere mann mein aaya and I told my kids koi bhi khel mein aur cinema mein koi kisi ka jeewan nahi bana sakta (In film and sports nobody can make your life)....to usme aapke andar ka jo baitha hua ek sacha aur acha insaan hai agar vo aapko bolta hai you are capable to do this to fir aap karo nahi to mai dhakka de sakta hu par dhakke ke baad jo patkhani khaoge usko mai bhi nahi bacha sakta..(if the good person sitting within you tells you can do it, then do it. I can give a push, but the reversal you will face later, I can't prevent that)," he added. The actor said that it is possible to get an opportunity initially because of one's parents, but that is no guarantee of success. "If you are a player, your kid will get a chance to play. Similarly, if a person who has been doing film or television for 30 years, his child... He must know what my father does. So, he will learn filmmaking lekin vo chalega ki nahi chalega kar paayega ki nahi kar paayega vo urza hai ya nahi hai vo decide karta hai ya to uparvala ya audience.. nepotism nahi hai.. (but whether he will taste success or not, has that energy or is decided by the Almighty or the audience, there is no nepostism)," shared the actor known for his films including Partner, Garam Masala, Hungama among others. "I have been acting for 38 years now. And I have at least 200 relatives. Mai to ek ko bhi nahi karva blessings apni apni.. mehnat apni hai (I haven't been able to get them work here. It is blessings, hard work) and finally it is the audience who decides." Rajpal's breakthrough performance was in Ram Gopal Varma's Jungle, which was released in 2000. He later gained popularity for his slapstick comic performances and received several accolades. He worked in movies such as Ek Aur Ek Gyarah, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Bhagam Bhag.
TimesLIVE
5 days ago
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Ashok Leyland Phoenix cargo carrier arrives in Mzansi
Ashok Leyland is an Indian commercial vehicle maker which relaunched in SA in 2023 after last being sold here in the 1980s. One of India's largest bus manufacturers, the company was founded in 1948 as Ashok Motors and became Ashok Leyland in 1955 after an alliance with British Leyland, which also had manufacturing facilities in SA. The Dost single cab loader and Partner medium truck have been on offer in SA since 2023. They are joined by the new, mid-tier Phoenix with similar budget-conscious, no-frills workhorses. Phoenix With a price of R269,900, the new Phoenix single cab bakkie is squarely aimed at alternatives, including the Mahindra Bolero and Mahindra Pik Up single cabs. It is 5,025mm long, 1,842mm wide and 2,061mm high, but load volumes are the most obvious battle points in this niche. On this front it fights with a 2,950mm long, 1,750mm wide and 415mm high cargo deck rated with loading a max 1,850kg and available with drop sides. It's a three-seater cab with dash-mounted lever and controls, and power steering. It is powered by a 1.5 I three-cylinder diesel engine that outputs 59kW at 3,300rpm and 190Nm between 1,600rpm to 2,400rpm, paired with a five-speed manual transmission driving the rear wheels. Further mechanical wares include the front suspension with two-stage over-slung parabolic and double action shock absorbers in front and semi-elliptic items at the rear axles.
Business Wire
7 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
TELUS Digital Expands Capabilities With the Addition of Gerent, a U.S.-based Salesforce-focused Consultancy
VANCOUVER, British Colubmia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TELUS Digital Experience (TELUS Digital) (NYSE and TSX: TIXT), a leading global technology company specializing in digital customer experiences, today announced it has acquired Gerent, a U.S.-based Salesforce-focused consultancy that delivers enterprise-scale implementation and integration projects, and agentic AI solutions. Gerent's full portfolio of services is now offered by TELUS Digital and the Gerent brand will be retired at the end of Q3 2025. Gerent is a Salesforce Summit Partner with 1,800 certifications across the entire Salesforce product suite. Gerent's fully remote workforce located across the U.S., Canada, India and Australia has delivered over 1,000 Salesforce projects to date globally, logging more than 1.2 million implementation hours while maintaining a 4.9/5.0 customer satisfaction (CSAT) score. 'Gerent will further strengthen our company's expertise in transforming the CX agent experience, including the development and implementation of agentic AI as part of our Digital Solutions service line,' said Tobias Dengel, President, TELUS Digital Solutions. 'The numerous synergies between our two companies helps us advance our fusion-based growth strategy that brings top talent together with advanced technologies. Together we are positioned to create the workforces of the future for our clients, which combine AI-enabled humans and autonomous AI agents to deliver smarter, faster and more personalized CX at scale. Our companies also share a commitment to customer service excellence and bold innovation. This foundational alignment will enable us to integrate smoothly, benefit from immediate upsell and cross-sell opportunities across our client rosters, and attract net new clients through a strengthened go-to-market value proposition.' Jamie Timm, Global SVP, Service Delivery and Operations, TELUS Digital Solutions said, 'Salesforce is a key platform for creating personalized, data-driven and scalable engagement across sales, service, marketing and commerce. Gerent's Salesforce expertise, built over nearly two decades of solving complex, real-world challenges for enterprise clients, brings immediate value to our professional services portfolio and our clients.' Since its inception in 2008, Gerent has grown organically and through acquisitions to develop a fulsome capabilities portfolio that includes digital marketing and design, cybersecurity, cloud services, and managed IT services. The company brings deep, cross-industry expertise to clients in banking, insurance, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, distribution, automotive, education, travel and hospitality, retail and consumer goods, and the nonprofit sector. With a strong track record in both regulated and fast-evolving industries, Gerent helps organizations harness the full power of Salesforce to drive transformation and growth. Their broad expertise is enhanced by over 20 industry-focused accelerators to help clients achieve faster time to value by using prebuilt assets, templates and workflows, and established best practices. 'From the very beginning, we built Gerent on a people-first philosophy, pairing deep process and technical expertise with a relentless focus on customer outcomes,' said Gopi Ramineni, Founder and CEO, Gerent. 'This next chapter with TELUS Digital is a natural progression driven by shared values, strong cultural alignment, and a joint commitment to innovation. Together, we'll expand our impact and capabilities across industries and geographies, delivering greater value to our clients.' Agentic AI takes center stage in the next phase of automation Agentic AI marks a pivotal evolution in enterprise automation, enabling systems to autonomously make decisions and take meaningful action. As organizations navigate economic pressures and rising customer expectations, implementing agentic AI offers a scalable way to enhance service delivery, improve operational efficiency, and reduce costs. Gerent has developed a range of AI-enhanced agents that function internally to support employees and externally to enhance customer support. These include sales representative agents that independently engage with leads by sending emails, scheduling meetings, and recommending products, and CX agents that interact with customers to answer questions, resolve issues, and provide personalized recommendations without human support. These capabilities and expertise are well aligned with Fuel iX™, TELUS Digital's proprietary AI platform and suite of products. The transaction is not material and financial terms are not disclosed. More information: TELUS Digital provides Salesforce consulting and implementation services across the entire Salesforce product suite to unlock the full potential of enterprise investments to elevate customer experiences, and quickly and effectively achieve business goals. We leverage proven frameworks, performance-optimized accelerators and industry-specific best practices to launch intelligent AI agents to empower employees with assistive tools to handle routine tasks that boost efficiency, and customer-facing agents that deliver real-time, personalized support across channels for superior experiences. For more information, visit: Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statement This news release contains forward-looking statements about expected future events, including, but not limited to, statements relating to the expected benefits and synergies of the transaction, the impact of the transaction on TELUS Digital and Gerent's businesses and TELUS Digital's expectations regarding integration plans. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as 'aim', 'anticipate', 'assume', 'believe', 'contemplate', 'continue', 'could', 'due', 'estimate', 'expect', 'goal', 'intend', 'may', 'objective', 'plan', 'predict', 'potential', 'positioned', 'seek', 'should', 'target', 'will', 'would' and other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about our business and the industry in which we operate, and management's beliefs and assumptions, and are not guarantees of future performance or development and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are in some cases beyond our control. We assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, uncertainties or otherwise, except as required by law. By their nature, forward-looking statements require TELUS Digital to make assumptions and predictions and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that the expected benefits of the transaction will be realized within a targeted time frame or at all, including that the expected benefits and synergies of the transaction will be realized or that the integration of the businesses will be successful. There is a significant risk that the forward-looking statements will not prove to be accurate as a result of risks, some of which are beyond the control of TELUS Digital, that include, but are not limited to: risks related to the ability to achieve contemplated synergies and benefits and effectively integrate Gerent within expected timeframes or at all and the possibility that such integration may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected, the diversion of attention of management of TELUS Digital and Gerent to integration-related issues, risks related to investor perceptions of the transaction parties and their respective businesses, operations, financial condition and industry, and risks related to the potential impact of general economic, political and market factors on the companies or the transaction. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release describe our expectations at the date of this news release and, accordingly, are subject to change after such date. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a number of factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, this news release is subject to the disclaimer and qualified by the assumptions, qualifications and risk factors referred to in our 'Risk Factors' section of our Annual Report available on SEDAR+ and in 'Item 3D—Risk Factors' of our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on February 13, 2025, and available on EDGAR. Except as required by law, TELUS Digital disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements. About TELUS Digital TELUS Digital (NYSE & TSX: TIXT) crafts unique and enduring experiences for customers and employees, and creates future-focused digital transformations that deliver value for our clients. We are the brand behind the brands. Our global team members are both passionate ambassadors of our clients' products and services, and technology experts resolute in our pursuit to elevate their end customer journeys, solve business challenges, mitigate risks, and drive continuous innovation. Our portfolio of end-to-end, integrated capabilities include customer experience management, digital solutions, such as cloud solutions, AI-fueled automation, front-end digital design and consulting services, AI & data solutions, including computer vision, and trust, safety and security services. Fuel iX TM is TELUS Digital's proprietary platform and suite of products for clients to manage, monitor, and maintain generative AI across the enterprise, offering both standardized AI capabilities and custom application development tools for creating tailored enterprise solutions. Powered by purpose, TELUS Digital leverages technology, human ingenuity and compassion to serve customers and create inclusive, thriving communities in the regions where we operate around the world. Guided by our Humanity-in-the-Loop principles, we take a responsible approach to the transformational technologies we develop and deploy by proactively considering and addressing the broader impacts of our work. Learn more at:
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
TELUS Digital Expands Capabilities With the Addition of Gerent, a U.S.-based Salesforce-focused Consultancy
Gerent augments TELUS Digital's agentic AI expertise to empower human and autonomous CX agents VANCOUVER, British Colubmia, May 28, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TELUS Digital Experience (TELUS Digital) (NYSE and TSX: TIXT), a leading global technology company specializing in digital customer experiences, today announced it has acquired Gerent, a U.S.-based Salesforce-focused consultancy that delivers enterprise-scale implementation and integration projects, and agentic AI solutions. Gerent's full portfolio of services is now offered by TELUS Digital and the Gerent brand will be retired at the end of Q3 2025. Gerent is a Salesforce Summit Partner with 1,800 certifications across the entire Salesforce product suite. Gerent's fully remote workforce located across the U.S., Canada, India and Australia has delivered over 1,000 Salesforce projects to date globally, logging more than 1.2 million implementation hours while maintaining a 4.9/5.0 customer satisfaction (CSAT) score. "Gerent will further strengthen our company's expertise in transforming the CX agent experience, including the development and implementation of agentic AI as part of our Digital Solutions service line," said Tobias Dengel, President, TELUS Digital Solutions. "The numerous synergies between our two companies helps us advance our fusion-based growth strategy that brings top talent together with advanced technologies. Together we are positioned to create the workforces of the future for our clients, which combine AI-enabled humans and autonomous AI agents to deliver smarter, faster and more personalized CX at scale. Our companies also share a commitment to customer service excellence and bold innovation. This foundational alignment will enable us to integrate smoothly, benefit from immediate upsell and cross-sell opportunities across our client rosters, and attract net new clients through a strengthened go-to-market value proposition." Jamie Timm, Global SVP, Service Delivery and Operations, TELUS Digital Solutions said, "Salesforce is a key platform for creating personalized, data-driven and scalable engagement across sales, service, marketing and commerce. Gerent's Salesforce expertise, built over nearly two decades of solving complex, real-world challenges for enterprise clients, brings immediate value to our professional services portfolio and our clients." Since its inception in 2008, Gerent has grown organically and through acquisitions to develop a fulsome capabilities portfolio that includes digital marketing and design, cybersecurity, cloud services, and managed IT services. The company brings deep, cross-industry expertise to clients in banking, insurance, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, distribution, automotive, education, travel and hospitality, retail and consumer goods, and the nonprofit sector. With a strong track record in both regulated and fast-evolving industries, Gerent helps organizations harness the full power of Salesforce to drive transformation and growth. Their broad expertise is enhanced by over 20 industry-focused accelerators to help clients achieve faster time to value by using prebuilt assets, templates and workflows, and established best practices. "From the very beginning, we built Gerent on a people-first philosophy, pairing deep process and technical expertise with a relentless focus on customer outcomes," said Gopi Ramineni, Founder and CEO, Gerent. "This next chapter with TELUS Digital is a natural progression driven by shared values, strong cultural alignment, and a joint commitment to innovation. Together, we'll expand our impact and capabilities across industries and geographies, delivering greater value to our clients." Agentic AI takes center stage in the next phase of automation Agentic AI marks a pivotal evolution in enterprise automation, enabling systems to autonomously make decisions and take meaningful action. As organizations navigate economic pressures and rising customer expectations, implementing agentic AI offers a scalable way to enhance service delivery, improve operational efficiency, and reduce costs. Gerent has developed a range of AI-enhanced agents that function internally to support employees and externally to enhance customer support. These include sales representative agents that independently engage with leads by sending emails, scheduling meetings, and recommending products, and CX agents that interact with customers to answer questions, resolve issues, and provide personalized recommendations without human support. These capabilities and expertise are well aligned with Fuel iX™, TELUS Digital's proprietary AI platform and suite of products. The transaction is not material and financial terms are not disclosed. More information: TELUS Digital provides Salesforce consulting and implementation services across the entire Salesforce product suite to unlock the full potential of enterprise investments to elevate customer experiences, and quickly and effectively achieve business goals. We leverage proven frameworks, performance-optimized accelerators and industry-specific best practices to launch intelligent AI agents to empower employees with assistive tools to handle routine tasks that boost efficiency, and customer-facing agents that deliver real-time, personalized support across channels for superior experiences. For more information, visit: Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statement This news release contains forward-looking statements about expected future events, including, but not limited to, statements relating to the expected benefits and synergies of the transaction, the impact of the transaction on TELUS Digital and Gerent's businesses and TELUS Digital's expectations regarding integration plans. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "aim", "anticipate", "assume", "believe", "contemplate", "continue", "could", "due", "estimate", "expect", "goal", "intend", "may", "objective", "plan", "predict", "potential", "positioned", "seek", "should", "target", "will", "would" and other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about our business and the industry in which we operate, and management's beliefs and assumptions, and are not guarantees of future performance or development and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are in some cases beyond our control. We assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, uncertainties or otherwise, except as required by law. By their nature, forward-looking statements require TELUS Digital to make assumptions and predictions and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that the expected benefits of the transaction will be realized within a targeted time frame or at all, including that the expected benefits and synergies of the transaction will be realized or that the integration of the businesses will be successful. There is a significant risk that the forward-looking statements will not prove to be accurate as a result of risks, some of which are beyond the control of TELUS Digital, that include, but are not limited to: risks related to the ability to achieve contemplated synergies and benefits and effectively integrate Gerent within expected timeframes or at all and the possibility that such integration may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected, the diversion of attention of management of TELUS Digital and Gerent to integration-related issues, risks related to investor perceptions of the transaction parties and their respective businesses, operations, financial condition and industry, and risks related to the potential impact of general economic, political and market factors on the companies or the transaction. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release describe our expectations at the date of this news release and, accordingly, are subject to change after such date. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a number of factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, this news release is subject to the disclaimer and qualified by the assumptions, qualifications and risk factors referred to in our "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report available on SEDAR+ and in "Item 3D—Risk Factors" of our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on February 13, 2025, and available on EDGAR. Except as required by law, TELUS Digital disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements. About TELUS Digital TELUS Digital (NYSE & TSX: TIXT) crafts unique and enduring experiences for customers and employees, and creates future-focused digital transformations that deliver value for our clients. We are the brand behind the brands. Our global team members are both passionate ambassadors of our clients' products and services, and technology experts resolute in our pursuit to elevate their end customer journeys, solve business challenges, mitigate risks, and drive continuous innovation. Our portfolio of end-to-end, integrated capabilities include customer experience management, digital solutions, such as cloud solutions, AI-fueled automation, front-end digital design and consulting services, AI & data solutions, including computer vision, and trust, safety and security services. Fuel iXTM is TELUS Digital's proprietary platform and suite of products for clients to manage, monitor, and maintain generative AI across the enterprise, offering both standardized AI capabilities and custom application development tools for creating tailored enterprise solutions. Powered by purpose, TELUS Digital leverages technology, human ingenuity and compassion to serve customers and create inclusive, thriving communities in the regions where we operate around the world. Guided by our Humanity-in-the-Loop principles, we take a responsible approach to the transformational technologies we develop and deploy by proactively considering and addressing the broader impacts of our work. Learn more at: View source version on Contacts TELUS Digital Investor RelationsOlena Lobachir@ TELUS Digital Media RelationsAli
Malaysian Reserve
26-05-2025
- Business
- Malaysian Reserve
LSBF Singapore Clinches Double Victory at the Employee Experience Awards 2025
Recognised for Best Organisational Change Leadership and Remote Work Strategy SINGAPORE, May 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) Singapore Campus has emerged as a double winner at the highly acclaimed Employee Experience Awards 2025 held in Singapore. LSBF Singapore was honoured in two key categories: Best Organisational Change Leadership and Best Remote Work Strategy, a testament in fostering a supportive, adaptable, and high-performing work environment. This remarkable dual win is a powerful endorsement of LSBF's bold and people-first approach to navigating change and cultivating a thriving workforce. Amid a dynamic work landscape, LSBF has distinguished itself by reimagining organisational culture with clarity, compassion, and strategic foresight. Securing the Best Organisational Change Leadership award, LSBF distinguished itself with a people-first approach to transformation—anchored in transparency, trust, and empowerment. Emerging as the winner among seven strong finalists, this recognition celebrates LSBF's ability to navigate complex transitions with clarity and compassion, uniting its people around a shared purpose and resilient spirit. Equally commendable is LSBF's triumph in the Best Remote Work Strategy category, outshining global heavyweights such as Hewlett-Packard. Demonstrating bold leadership, LSBF has pioneered a vibrant, tech-driven, and inclusive remote work culture. Through digital collaboration tools and employee well-being initiatives, LSBF has redefined how teams stay engaged and inspired—regardless of geography. 'We are incredibly proud of this dual honour, which reflects our unwavering belief that our people are the heartbeat of LSBF,' said Rathakrishnan Govind, Global CEO, LSBF. 'These awards affirm the culture of trust and inclusion, we've built together. We're not just responding to change—we're leading it.' With this outstanding recognition, the education institution redefines what it means to be a great place to work, it remains committed to nurturing talent, driving purposeful growth, and shaping a workplace where everyone can shine. About London School of Business & Finance (LSBF) The London School of Business & Finance (LSBF), founded in 2003 and a member of the Global University System (GUS), serves over 25,000 students across more than 40 countries. With campuses in key cities including the UK, Singapore, and Malaysia, LSBF has expanded its international footprint, particularly in Asia. LSBF Singapore campus offers over 100 programmes in business, finance, law, hospitality, and technology, and collaborate with reputable universities to provide internationally recognised qualifications. LSBF holds EduTrust certification, partners with organizations like Grab, Deloitte and ISCA, and is an ACCA Approved Learning Partner. In recognition of its future-focused approach to education, LSBF was honoured with the Singapore Business Review's International Business Award in Education for two consecutive years – 2024 and 2025. These accolades reaffirm LSBF's commitment to delivering quality, industry-aligned education that empowers aspiring professionals globally.
