IPL 2020: Mukesh Ambani Owned Mumbai Indians Team Bags INR 100 Crore Sponsorship For The Upcoming Tournament

Mumbai Indians (MI)bagged sponsorship contract worth INR 100 crore in two deals with Marriot Bonvoy and Astral Pipes. Owned by leading businessman Mukesh Ambani, Mumbai Indians is the four-time champions of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

MI confirms INR 100 crore dea

Spokesperson of Mumbai Indians confirmed that the team has managed to get the deal. With this deal, MI has become the first Indian sports franchise to clinch one billion deal. While not much info is revealed about the deal, the spokesperson only said that the deal with Marriot Bonvoy is worth INR 30 crore. The company would have its logo on the right side of the jersey. Astral Pipes would have their logo on the non-leading arm of the jersey.

Marriot Bonvoy has earlier bean associated with Manchester United, Formula One, Bayern Munich, NFL and the NBA but it is for the first time that the brand is investing on an Indian sports franchise.

It is the consistence performance of MI that keeps the team on top of the chart for the fourth consecutive season, according to the findings of Duff & Phelps.

Last year, MI got three-year sponsorship worth INR 75 crore from Samsung. Other sponsors of the team were Colors (back of jersey), Reliance Jio (lead arm), Sharp (back of helmet), Usha International (front of the helmet), Burger King and William Lawson (trouser).

Factors helping Mumbai Indians in their cause

• Four-time IPL champions
• Mukesh Ambani owned high-profile team
• Being in the financial capital keeps them in limelight

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A Kerala Groom Comes On A Camel Holding Anti-CAA Placards And Gifts Constitution In Meher

In Kerala, a bridegroom led his marriage party holding a placard with anti-CAA slogan. The incident was reported from Thiruvananthapuram. The groom was Haja Hussain and he was a riding a camel with anti-CAA placard in his hands.

A bridegroom protested against CAA

Haja Hussain, the bridegroom, arrived at the wedding venue in Vazhimukku about 20 km from Thiruvananthapuram with anti-CAA placards in his hands. He was riding on a camel and accompanied by his friends and relatives in large numbers. The placard in his hands read “Reject CAA, Boycott NRC and NPR”.

Protesting CAA

Haja Hussain said that he opposed CAA and chose to highlight his protest in a unique way. Finally, he decided to go to the groom’s house protesting against CAA. But it wasn’t all. He had more plans to show his protest. He would give his wife a copy of the Constitution of India in addition to the Meher. In Muslim wedding, bridegrooms give gold of money to bride. It is a tradition called Meher in Islam.

Haja Hussain is a local businessman and like many other people, he is also opposed to the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act and thinks that CAA should rejected by all.

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Xi Jinping Visits Hospitals After Coronavirus Killed Over 1,000 And Infected Over 40,000 Across China

With 103 new deaths reported from the hard-hit Hubei province, the total number of fatalities due the coronavirus in China crosses the one thousand mark. According to the latest figures it is 1,011. Also, Hubei health commission confirmed 2,097 new cases in its latest update.

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits hospitals

The president called for “more decisive measures” to contain the outbreak. He made this statement after meeting the medical workers and patients admitted in hospitals.

WHO sent team to China

World Health Organization sent an international expert mission under the leadership of Bruce Aylward to check China’s response to the coronavirus. Bruce had supervised the organization’s 2014-2016 response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

Meanwhile WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that there had been some “concerning instances” of coronavirus infection with no travel history to China. Britain said that the coronavirus in UK had been doubled from 4 to 8. It also said that the outbreak of novel coronavirus was a “serious and imminent threat”.

The US President Donald Trump expressed his belief that the novel coronavirus would disappear with onset of summer in April. But the top health officials in the US don’t agree with this prognosis.

Novel coronavirus

The virus is considered to have come out from the market that sells wild animals. Hubei in Wuhan province is the epicentre of the virus outbreak. The first cases of viral infection started coming in December last year and today there are more than 42,200 confirmed cases across China.

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U-19 World Cup Final: Bangladesh Beat India In A Dramatic Rain-Washed Victory

Bangladesh cricket team beat India in the U-19 World Cup final in a dramatic rain-washed match in Potchefstroom. It was the maiden Under-19 title for Bangladesh. Akbar Ali, captain of Bangladesh cricket team, led his team to victory.

Bangladesh won U-19 World Cup final

The Bangladesh team needed 178 to win but it lost its wickets in quick succession. There was a time when the match tilted towards India when Bangladesh was 102 for 6 wickets. But the captain took a stand and made 43 not out to led his team to the maiden victory.

Rain helped Bangladesh

A brief flurry of rain came as a big respite for Bangladesh team that was limping to target at 163 for 7 wickets. When the rain stopped, the score was adjusted to 172 from 46 overs under DLS. Bangladesh needed only 7 runs in 30 balls and it was an easy target for Bangladesh.

Indian players shined

Opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal made highest 88 runs in 121 balls. The 18-year old left-handed batsman from Uttar Pradesh was stand-out batsman for the defending champion. He made three 50s and one century in the competition. His total score of 400 runs and average of 133.33 runs made him Player of the Tournament. Avishek Das the most successful bowler. He took 3 wickets for 40 runs.

Bangladesh was trembling from beginning

Despite getting a good start by Parvez Hossain Emon and Tanzid Hasan, Bangladesh can’t collect runs and keep losing wickets in search of runs. But their captain and the rain made it favourable for Bangladesh.

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South Korean Movie Parasite Did A Great Job In Oscar 2020

The 92nd Academy Awards saw the South Korean black comedy ‘Parasite’ winning four honours including the first non-English film to win the best picture award. It also won best international film, best original screenplay and best director, for Bong Joon-ho.

Oscars 2020

The best actor: Joaquin Phoenix for “Joker,” a psychological thriller and origin story based on the Batman supervillain

The best actress: Renee Zellweger for the Judy Garland biopic “Judy”

The best supporting actress: Laura Dern for Netflix’s divorce saga “Marriage Story”

The best supporting actor: Brad Pitt for “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Bombshell won the Oscar for the best makeup and hairstyling

The best cinematography: Roger Deakins received the second Oscar for “1917”. He also won the 2018 Oscar for “Blade Runner 2049”

Ford Ferrari was chosen for Oscar for sound editing

Who said what

Parasite executive producer Miky Lee said to Bong Joon-ho “Thank you for being you”. Bong Joon-ho wrote and directed the movie that was about a poor South Korean family.

Renee Zellweger paid tribute to the past heroes. And for her, the real hero was Garland.

Joker star Joaquin Phoenix delivered a long and impassioned acceptance speech while receiving his first Oscar for the best actor.

Grammy winner Billie Eilish amused the audiences by dedicating her songs to Kobe Bryant and Kirk Douglas that died this week.

After receiving the best director award for Parasite, Bong Joon-ho said that he thought he was done and was ready to relax.

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Teddy Bear Day: The Story Behind Making Of Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear Day is a very special day of Valentine’s Week. It is the fourth day of Valentine’s Week and it is special because on this day people express their love with teddies. While you are free to buy any gift, teddy has a special place in Valentine’s Week.

Story of Teddy Bear day

Once upon a time, the 26th President of US Theodore Roosevelt was in Mississippi to mediate between Louisiana and Mississippi. In free time, Roosevelt used to go on hunting in Mississippi. One day he found a brutally injured bear tied to a tree. His assistants asked him to shoot the bear but he said that huntinginjured animals was against the rules. But he later order killing the animal to rid him of the pain and suffering.

This incident made Roosevelt popular in the local media. Washington Post published a cartoon where the president was shown with a bear. The cartoon was made by Clifford Berryman. People liked the bear cartoon so much that it became a topic of discussion.

Bear cartoon to teddy bear

Inspired by the bear cartoon, a candy and toy store owner, Morris, got a bear toy made by his wife. The both husband and wife then approached Roosevelt with the bear toy and asked the president to name it “Teddy Bear”. Teddy was nickname of Roosevelt. The president happily gave his permission and since then the bear toy came to be known as “Teddy Bear”.

Teddy Bear in US President election

Roosevelt was so impressed with the attractive design of the Teddy Bear that he made it his mascot in presidential elections.

Teddy Bear festival

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Happy Chocolate Day 2020: The third day Of Valentine week

The sweetest day of the Valentine week is a chocolate day celebrated on the third day of this loveable week. 9 February is celebrated as chocolate day. On this day all the love ones give their favorite chocolates to each other with some beautiful flowers and this enlarges the more sweetness in their relationship. To express your love for someone special this day is the best.

This is the day coming after a propose day and before promise day to indulge in the sweet taste of personalized chocolates with your sweetheart and on this forget all the problems and tensions in the world.

How to Celebrate this Day:

This day doesn’t mean that you only give the chocolates to your love, you can also give this special treatment to your close friends, colleagues, siblings or another close person in your life to make them happy and bring a smile on their cute faces.

The main purpose of the chocolate day is to express your love one’s how sweet they are for you. Here, some quotes and message you can share it with your chocolate which impress more your Partner or friend:

• The lovely chocolate like the lovely you and sweet the things you do but the most lovely is the relationship of two i.e one is me and the other is you. Happy Chocolate Day!

• Happy Chocolate Day to the sweetest person of my life. Love you!

• Love is like bubble gum only taste in the starting but friendship is like chocolate taste till it ends. Happy Chocolate Day!

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PM Calls Delhi Residents To Vote In Delhi Assembly Election

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to exercise their right to in the Delhi assembly election in a tweet. He urged people especially young voters to come out and vote.

Delhi Assembly Election 2020

Voting for 70 assembly seats started today morning. Over 1.47 crore voters will exercise their vote today and decide whether to re-elect the AAP or give BJP a chance to govern Delhi. High security arrangements have been made for smooth functioning of the election machinery. Special arrangements are made for Shaheen Bagh where a protest against CAA is going on.

AAP

The AamAadmi Party unseated Congress by decimating it in 2015 assembly elections. Congress had ruled Delhi for 15 years but today it is nowhere to be seen in the elections. Right from the beginning of elections, the party showed a lackluster attitude towards Delhi. For example, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi had had hardly campaigned for their candidates in Delhi.

BJP

Riding high over Modi’s popularity, policies and achievements, the party wants to return to power with a huge mandate. And it used all its machinery that it can to highlight Modi’s policies and seek votes in the name of Modi government. Sometimes the party crossed the line while attacking AAP candidates.

Result of Delhi assembly election 2015

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Anil Ambani Says His Net Worth Is Zero

Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani was asked to pay USD 100 million by a UK court. He was given six-week time to make the payment. The order was passed for three Chinese banks that lent USD 680 million to Anil Ambani in loan.

UK court order for Ambani

Judge Waksman read out the order for Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd Mumbai Branch, China Development Bank and Exim Bank of China. The banks welcomed the order saying that it was a straightforward debt claim to recover outstand loans to RCom in good faith. They said that Anil Ambani had given a personal guarantee but he refused to honor that guarantee.

Anil Ambani denied guarantee

Ambani, 60, denied giving any such guarantee to Chinese banks that were forced to take the legal action. Also, he argued that his net worth was nearly zero and that his family won’t help in repaying the debt. But the court refused to accept his claim.

The judge said that Ambani failed to satisfy him with his excuses. But the Reliance Group indicated that the company would appeal against the ruling. It said that Ambani was reviewing the court order and would seek legal remedies according to the order.

The court dismissed Ambani’s request

The court asked whether Anil Ambani had filed bankruptcy in India. In response, his counsels said no. But they made a reference to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) that had just came into play. The court also made numerous references to instances when Ambani family stepped out to bail Anil Ambani and his family out.

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India VS New Zealand Live Score Of 2nd ODI At Eden Park

India gets a target of 274 runs in the second ODI of a series of 3-ODIs with Kiwis. The match is being played at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Kiwis won the toss and choose to bat first. Martin Guptill (79) and Ross Taylor (73) added 152 runs in the score. For India, Chahal took three wickets and Shardul and Jadeja took one wicket each.

New Zealand batting

Kiwis made 273 runs at 8 wickets in 50 overs. The opening batsmen did a great job by adding 93 runs to the score. They played well till 10 overs in which the maximum runs were scored.But after 15 overs, Indian bowlers started putting pressure on the Kiwis. New Zealand team lost quick wickets while trying to make runs.

India batting

Prithvi Shaw and Manik Aggarwal. From Kiwi side, Bennett started to bowl but gave 12 runs in the first over. Shaw hit the ball to boundary thrice for 4-runs. It could be a good start to win the match but the Kiwis developed pressure on India. At the time of writing the story, Virat Kohli was playing with Shaw to control the weak start of Indian team.

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