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A selfie taken by Milind with Ankita has Ankita wearing what could be the engagement ring. Milind and Ankita took a trip across Norway in November and that could be when they both decided to put a ring on it according to the Quint.

India’s former supermodel Milind Soman, 52, has been making headlines for his alleged affair with a woman who is far younger than him. The lady, identified as Ankita Konwar, is reportedly an air-hostess. Some reports have stated Ankita to be an 18-year-old while some others reported her age to be 23.

News18 reports that the two were even spotted together at the Spring/Summer 2018 edition of Amazon India Fashion Week in Delhi as a couple and even at the marathon drives organised by Soman.

The couple made recently made a trip to Ankita’s hometown Guwahati where Milind met her parents and also attended her nephew’s birthday according to SpotboyE. According to a source, “Milind timed his visit to coincide with Ankita’s nephew’s birthday, so he could meet her friends, family and relatives, who were in attendance. Ankita is almost half of Milind’s age, the massive age-gap was an issue for Ankita’s family but now after having met Milind, they are ready to ignore the age factor.

Though Soman has an engineering diploma, he did not see himself making money out of it. Hence, he turned to modelling in 1988. Soman featured in Alisha Chinai’s music video, Made in India (1995).

Milind Soman has earlier attracted controversy with his then-girlfriend, Madhu Sapre, an ex-Miss India and model, when the pair posed nude in a print ad for Tuffs Shoes.

Milind Soman had been in a relationship with Madhu Sapre with whom he later broke up.

In July 2006, Milind Soman married Mylene Jampanoi, his French co-star in the film Valley of Flowers at a tourist resort in Goa. Mylene and Milind met on the set of the film. They later divorced in 2009.

This will be Milind Soman’s second marriage.

• The name Ockhi, suggested by Bangladesh, refers to the eye.
• Cyclonic Ockhi was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea since Cyclone Megh in 2015.
• The third and the strongest storm of the 2017 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, cyclone Ockhi originated as a low pressure area in the Gulf of Thailand on November 21.
• While near Kanyakumari in mainland India, Cyclone Ockhi changed its path and headed towards Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea, while intensifying.

Cyclone Ockhi crossed the sea near Kanyakumari, the southern tip of mainland India, on November 30.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18th Dec, 2017 chaired a high-level meeting at Kavaratti in Lakshadweep to review the situation arising due to Cyclone Ockhi which left a trail of destruction in the Union Territory.

Though it changed direction near Kanyakumari and headed towards the Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea, it caused havoc and destruction in the southernmost districts of Tamilnadu and Kerala, particularly Kanyakumari District of Tamilnadu and Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala.

Damage due to Cyclone Ockhi – Facts and Figures

• Damage throughout Kerala was initially estimated at Rs 1843 crore.
• In Tamil Nadu damage was initially estimated at greater than Rs 1 lakh crores.
• As a Deep Depression, the system lashed the coast of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, damaging infrastructure and taking the lives of 34 more people.
• An estimated 52 in Kerala and 11 in Tamil Nadu people died in the cyclone ockhi with many others missing. On December 2, the cyclone ockhi hit the Lakshadweep islands.
• In Gujarat, parts of southern region received significant rains with the highest rainfall in Umargam of 90 mm, causing damages to vegetables and banana crops. Strong winds of 25 km/h were also recorded.
• Lakshadweep islands met devastation with massive coastal erosion, power disruption, and extensive damage to property with life has been gouged out of the islands because of drinking water shortage
• According to government officials, about 33,000 people from Kerala
• 2,800 from Tamil Nadu were affected by the cyclone ockhi

Rescue efforts for Cyclone Ockhi – Facts and Figures

• Rescue teams from Kerala and Tamil Nadu stepped up efforts on December 2 to trace fishermen reported missing after Cyclone Ockhi
• Hailing the efforts of the Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 400 fishermen stranded at sea had been rescued.
• As many as 12 boats with 138 fishermen had reached Kalpeni in Lakshadweep while four more boats had berthed at Androth, Kithan and Chatlet in Lakshadweep.
• The Indian Navy provided humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to people affected by cyclone Ockhi in Lakshadweep.
• Navy ships carried the relief material to the island of Minicoy on Sunday and the Kavaratti and Kalpeni islands
• A total of four tonnes of disaster relief material, including dry provisions like rice, dal, salt and potatoes, water, blankets, raincoats, disposable clothes, mosquito nets and dhurries, had been handed over to the local administration.
• Dry provisions and ready to eat meals are also being dispatched to Bitra Island by chopper from the Dweeprakshak (base) at Kavaratti. The relief material would last seven days for about 2,000 people, according to the government.
• Tamil Nadu government December 6 told as many as 4,501 houses in cyclone Ockhi-hit Kanyakumari have suffered partial and full damage and relief to the tune of ₹41 lakh had been provided. A government release quoted 1,687 houses had been damaged completely while 2,814 houses had suffered partial damage
• The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, declared a compensation of ₹20 lakh to the families of those who died and ₹5 lakh to those who were permanently disabled due to the cyclone ockhi.
• He also announced that fishermen and their children will be paid ₹60 and ₹ 45 as an allowance for a week along with free food and rations for the residents of the coastal villages for a period of a month.

Key points of the Vodafone itel offer

There will be a Rs. 2,100 Cashback On Itel A20 Smartphone in the Vodafone itel offer.

• Itel A20 will come with a cashback offer worth Rs. 2,100
• Customers need to stick to the handset for 36 months
• The cashback will be available through M-Pesa
• Offer valid till March 31st.

Vodafone India on Tuesday announced its partnership with China’s Transsion Group-owned Itel Mobile to launch the Itel A20 in India with an effective offer price of as low as Rs. 1,590 – actually priced at Rs. 3,690.

Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers and itel Mobile, a leading mobile brand of India, on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership to provide an exciting cashback offer on the purchase of feature intensive itel A20 Smartphone.

In the Vodafone itel offer the subscriber opting the new launch will need to adhere to Vodafone network and the same handset for a period of three years.

Previously, Vodafone India tied up with Micromax to offer a cashback worth Rs. 2,200 on its select Bharat and Canvas series 4G smartphones.

The Vodafone itel offer will ensure a cashback will be credited to user’s M-Pesa wallets. It can be used to recharge, pay bills, transfer money or withdraw cash. The offer can be availed till March 31.

“Millions of consumers in India are upgrading to smartphones to enjoy the benefits of mobile internet. We are delighted to partner with Itel to hand hold customers as they transition from feature phone to smartphone and provide a rich experience with Vodafone SuperNetTM 4G. We firmly believe, that affordable handsets along with pocket friendly data prices, will accelerate data adoption. The exciting cashback offers will make this digital journey a more affordable and enriching one for our customers,” Avneesh Khosla, Associate Director – Consumer Business, Vodafone India said.

According to a Vodafone press release, the Vodafone itel offer provides a cashback of Rs 2,100 to a customer buying itel A20 bringing its effective price down from Rs 3,690 to just Rs 1,590.

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Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who is the 14th and current Prime Minister of India, in office since May 2014.

• Born on: 17 September 1950
• Place of Birth:  Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Bombay State (present-day Gujarat).
• Mother: Hiraben

Education

• 1978: Bachelor of Arts degree in political science – School of Open Learning at University of Delhi
• 1982: Master of Arts degree in political science – Gujarat University

Narendra Modi completed his higher secondary education in Vadnagar in 1967, where a teacher described him as an average student and a keen debater, with an interest in theatre. Mr. Narendra Modi had an early gift for rhetoric in debates, and this was noted by his teachers and students

In 1978 Mr. Modi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from School of Open Learning at University of Delhi. Five years later, in 1982, he received a Master of Arts degree in political science from Gujarat University, as an external distance learning student.

Occupation

As a child, Mr. Narendra Modi helped his father sell tea at the Vadnagar railway station, and later ran a tea stall with his brother near a bus terminus. When eight years old, Modi discovered the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and began attending its local shakhas (training sessions). There, Modi met Lakshmanrao Inamdar, popularly known as Vakil Saheb, who inducted him as a balswayamsevak (junior cadet) for RSS and became his political mentor.

While Mr. Modi was training with the RSS, he also met Vasant Gajendragadkar and Nathalal Jaghda, Bharatiya Jana Sangh leaders who were founding members of the BJP’s Gujarat unit in 1980.

Mr. Narendra Modi became an RSS sambhag pracharak (regional organiser) in 1978, overseeing RSS activities in the areas of Surat and Vadodara, and in 1979 he went to work for the RSS in Delhi, where he was put to work researching and writing the RSS’s version of the history of the Emergency.[64] He returned to Gujarat a short while later, and was assigned by the RSS to the BJP in 1985.[30] In 1987 Modi helped organise the BJP’s campaign in the Ahmedabad municipal election, which the BJP won comfortably; Modi’s planning has been described as the reason for that result by biographers.[65] After L. K. Advani became president of the BJP in 1986, the RSS decided to place its members in important positions within the BJP; Modi’s work during the Ahmedabad election led to his selection for this role, and Modi was elected organising secretary of the BJP’s Gujarat unit later in 1987.

Mr. Modi rose within the party and was named a member of the BJP’s National Election Committee in 1990, helping organise L. K. Advani’s 1990 Ram Rath Yatra in 1990 and Murli Manohar Joshi’s 1991–92 Ekta Yatra (Journey for Unity).

On 3 October 2001 he replaced Patel as Chief Minister of Gujarat, with the responsibility of preparing the BJP for the December 2002 elections.[76] On 7 October 2001, Modi was administered the oath of office. On 24th February 2002 he entered the Gujarat state legislature by winning a by-election to the Rajkot – II constituency, defeating Ashwin Mehta of the INC by 14,728 votes, which enabled him to take office

Positions

• 2001 – 2014: Chief Minister of Gujarat
• 2014 – Present: Prime Minister of India

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ViralPatrika is one of the best websites to learn Digital Marketing in Hindi for free. Learning Digital Marketing is very important today. In India alone there is a very high demand for skilled Digital Marketing professionals. However the number of good Digital Marketing executives are limited. It makes for a very good and lucrative career option. In case you are thinking about how to start your career in the Digital Marketing domain, here is a list of handy tips that can get you going. While digital marketing looks promising, businesses can get overwhelmed with responsibilities like SEO, content ideation, social media strategy, email marketing, website design, and more. Digital Marketing is a very vast domain and where to start can be quite confusing.

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Learn Digital Marketing in Hindi through the series on Viral Patrika. It is one of the easiest and the best ways to learn Digital Marketing for free.Low cost of mobile phones is making it easy for people to go online. In fact, India has one of the largest population of internet users. By 2020 there will be more than 500 million Internet users across the country. 3G penetration has revolutionized the market scenario and created ample business opportunities for companies to reach out to customers online. India has pipped the United States to become the world’s second-largest smartphone market, after China, with over 40 million units shipped with 23% yearly growth in the third quarter of 2017. More than 70% of marketers believe that traditional marketing models will not be sufficient to grow their business. They are developing marketing strategies by considering the digital media users in mind. As of the year 2016, 35% of companies already have a digital marketing strategy in place. They believe that this move will help them increase their revenues by 30%. It can be difficult for most Hindi language users to understand a lot of Digital marketing topics as most of the content is in English.

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Gujarat Elections 2017 – We have 10 facts you may not have known about the election and its result.

1. BJP has been in power in Gujarat for 22 years
2. BJP fought off a resurgent Congress to hold on to Gujarat with a record sixth straight win in Assembly polls (6th consecutive term)
3. VVPAT-fitted EVMs were used in entire Gujarat state at 50,128 polling stations in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that the entire state saw the implementation of VVPAT.
4. BJP lost in PM Narendra Modi’s Hometown – Vadanagar
5. Congress’ Asha Patel defeated sitting BJP lawmaker Narayanbhai Lalludas Patel by a wide margin from the Unjha constituency which has Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home town, Vadnagar.
6. No problem with EVMs – The Gujarat Congress chief, however, expressed full faith in the Election Commission for “just and fair” polls, but urged it to take steps to remove the doubts raised over the functioning of the EVMs.
7. Patidar leader Hardik Patel accused the BJP of tampering with EVMs
8. In Gujarat, almost 2 per cent of the voters chose the “none of the above” (NOTA) option, effectively rejecting candidates across the political spectrum. That’s higher than the shares of all other parties apart from the BJP or Congress.
9. The Congress has drawn eight per cent more Patel votes than last time, also gaining 17 seats in rural Gujarat.
10. With this, the Congress slide continues and it is now in power in only Punjab and Karnataka.

The 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 9 December 2017 and 14 December 2017. The counting of votes took place on 18 December. All 182 members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly were elected with the leader of the largest party or coalition expected to become the next Chief Minister. The election was won by the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party with a reduced majority, following losses to the opposition Indian National Congress.

There were 43.3 million registered voters in Gujarat as on September 25, 2017

Other Backward Castes, excluding Muslim OBCs, comprised 40% of the total population of Gujarat. 147 communities were considered to be OBCs at the time of the election. Scheduled tribes (primarily Adivasis) comprised 15.5% of the population, whilst scheduled castes (Dalits) totalled 7%. Muslims of various castes constituted 9.7% of the population. Forward castes and others made up the remainder.

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Some important Digital Marketing Stats you should know

• 61% of global Internet users research products online. 44% of online shoppers begin by using a search engine.
• Over one-third of CMOs believe that digital will account for 75% of marketing spend in the next five years.
• The Internet will become the largest medium for advertising in 2016 (ahead of TV).
  71% of internet users are more likely to purchase from a brand that they are following on a social networking site.
• On average, 60% of a marketers’ time is devoted to digital marketing activities, fuelling demand for digital marketing skills.

Sachin Tendulkar(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Has a seat of Rajya Sabha member been wasted because of its allocation to Sachin Tendulkar? If the nation would hear when Sachin will talk, does he really need the platform of Rajya Sabha to talk? And, if Sachin Tendulkar will be actively pursuing cricket, wouldn’t it be great injustice to the Rajya Sabha seat that has been given to him?

A major train collision near Chennai that has taken lives of 9 people (the expected figure to go up) and injuring 9 people. The accident took place when a passenger train was hit from behind by an Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) train. This is a third major train accident in a span of 2 months. It seems to me that the politics of West Bengal and Prime Ministerial ambitions of our Rail Minister (Mamata Banerjee) has resulted in a neglected Rail ministry. The sorry state of affairs of Rail safety shown in abysmal rail safety record this year is a reflection of “how cheap” is the life of an ordinary man in India.

The other two major disaster’s have been as follows

July 10, 2011 – Kalka Mail derails near Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh killing 70 people and injuring more than 300.

July 07, 2011 – A Mathura Chhapra Express train rams into a bus carrying wedding guests around 2 a.m. at an unmanned railway crossing in Thanagaon, Kanshiram Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, killing 38 and injuring 30

I just hope this lust for power does not take precedence over safety of passengers.