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Flipkart Mobiles Bonanza 2020: Five Days Of Discounts And Exchange Offers On Latest Samsung And Apple Phones

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Flipkart Mobiles Bonanza 2020 sale is showing discounts and bundled offers on visitors. This five-day sale offers much more than regular discounts. There are exchange offers and no-cost EMI options on Smartphones. Axis Bank customers have a 10% additional discount on credit/debit card transaction.

The sale will remain live until February 21 and if you are looking for a new phone or you want to upgrade your phone, you can take advantage of this sale. Here we’ve handpicked some of the best deals for you.

Flipkart Mobiles Bonanza 2020 best deals

Samsung Galaxy A50

The Galaxy A50 (4GB 64GB) is available at Rs. 12,999 against the MRP Rs. 21,000. It features a Super AMOLED display and sports a triple rear camera. And it can be bought at Rs. 12,950 with an additional discount.

Apple iPhone XS

It is again available at an inviting cost of Rs. 54,999 (MRP Rs. 89,000). iPhone XS was also available at an earlier sale on Flipkart at the same price. This time, Flipkart is also offering exchange offer of Rs. 14,050 as an additional discount for this phone. Powered by Apple’s A12 Bionic chip, the phone packs a dual rear camera consisting of 12 MP and 7 MP cameras.

Oppo Reno 10XZoom

This phone has got an attractive price on Flipkart Bonanza sale. It is available at Rs. 26,990 (MRP Rs. 41,990). Also, there is an additional Rs. 10,000 discount if you pay online. You can even choose an exchange offer of up to Rs. 14,050 or buy it with a no-cost EMI option.

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News & Politics Today's Special

Arvind Kejriwal 3.0: Important Points Of Oath-Taking Ceremony

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Arvind Kejriwal is taking oath as Chief Minister of Delhi at Ramlila Maidan and it is the third time that he’s becoming Delhi’s CM. A large gathering including the “Baby Mufflerman” would gather at the Ramlila Maidan before the iconic Red Fort.

Invitees to the ceremony

The one-year old Baby Mufflerman will grace the ceremony in spectacles and signature muffler of Kejriwal. His picture went viral during Delhi elections. Also, the AamAa dmi Party has invited 50 school teachers, doctors, exam toppers, auto drivers, caretakers and sanitation workers dubbed as “Delhi keNirmata” by AAP.

Big points of the oath taking ceremony

  1. Arvind Kejriwal is likely to retain his old team. But there were rumors of new faces like Atishi and Raghav Chadha to be added in the new team.
  2. Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Gautamwere appointed ministers in Delhi government.
  3. Mr. Kejriwal discussed the roadmap for the next five years on a dinner meeting with his minsters-designate.
  4. AAP has billed the oath-taking-ceremony as a “Delhi Specific affair” with no invitation to CMs of other states and opposition leaders.
  5. Ramlila Maidan is dressed with messages like “DhanyawadDilli”and images of AAP chief.
  6. The sprawling ground can accommodate about 1.25 lack people and AAP expects a strong gathering of 1 lakh for swearing-in.
  7. Around 3,000 security personnel would be deployed for the event. Also, CCTVs and drones would be used to boost security.

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Today's Special

St Valentine’s Day: Story Of Love From Platonic To Modern

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Valentine’s Day is back and as usual, it is celebrated as festival of love, romance, friendship, fascination, admiration and passion. Today, it has become the trendiest youth event in the modern world but its origin and traditions date back to time immemorial.

India connection of Valentine’s Day

In India, the system of Ghotul is still been practiced in some parts of southern states. Also, Lord Krishna’s playful romance with Radhika and gopikas stands tells more about romantic life. It tells that romantic life was fairly welcome in the ancient time.

Critical significance

Human being needs nutrition and procreation for survival. Nutrition is needed for self-existence and procreation for continuity of species. And human being crossed physical boundaries in search of nutrition and procreation.

An anonymous scribble reads “A woman in love asked her boyfriend who do you love most and he replied you”. She again asked “Who am I to you and he replied you are my other half”.

Missing half

In the Puranas, Lord Shiva is presented as ‘Arthanareeswara’ that is a fusion of male and female. This figure represents power of creation, maintenance and destruction and the power is vested in female half of Shiva. It is called Shakti. Since then everyone looks for his better half to get the power of creation and maintenance.

Romance and Love

Plato defines love as one with desire of sex and another as device devoid of sex. It is for this reason that divine love is described as platonic love. On the other hand, romance is more a technical term used to define actions like holding hands, whispering in ears and jocular behavior.

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Happy Kiss Day 2020: Express Your Love By Kissing And Messaging

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February 13 is the seventh day of the Valentine’s Week but it is more popular as Kiss Day. And this day brings an opportunity for people that are unable to express their love in words. They can share their feelings by kissing each-other.

Celebrate Kiss Day

It is a day when you can express your love by kissing your partner. It is how couples celebrate this day. If you are in a relationship and looking for ways to express your love then you should take advantage of Kiss Day. Also, you can make this day very special by spending some time with your loved one. Also, you can surprise her with a gift like movie or dinner.

It is believed that kissing deepens love and Kiss Day is the day for kissing. It is a physical process that develops respect for each-other. Also, the Kiss Day provides people an opportunity to find time from their busy work schedule to kiss their partners.

Also, you can send love messages and quotes to your love interest. It is also a way of expressing your feelings and love towards your partner. You can tell him/her how much you love and care about him/her.

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Happy Hug Day 2020: All You Need To Know About Hug Day And Hugging

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Hug Day comes on February 12. It is the day on which couples give hug to each other. Hug is a physical action that includes wrapping the person who want to hug with your arms. This action removes all physical and psychological differences between the two persons.

It sounds romantic and romance is necessary for a long-lasting relationship. Hugging has many advantages like it promotes mental well-being and develops understanding.

Hug Day fun facts

  1. Hugging is good for well-being – eight hugs a day provide mental stability and twelve hugs boost psychological development of the person hugged.
  2. With a hugging session lasting at least 10 seconds, a couple spends one hour every month in hugging.
  3. A proper hug iron outs differences and breaking the wall created due to personal enmity and fighting. The movie Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. is a good example of power of a hug. In film, it was called Jadoo Ki Jhappi.
  4. Hug is reciprocal in nature. It is beneficial for both – one who is hugging and other who is hugged. Also, hugging reduces the feeling of insecurity between the persons involved.
  5. Hug releases a kind of pleasure hormone called dopamine. And this hormone further releases endorphin that is called feel-good hormone.

Also, hugging boosts production of oxytocin hormone that decreases the feeling of loneliness and anger.

Now you know advantages of hug. You should give your girlfriend or wife, if you are married a warm hug that makes her smile and makes her feel secure.

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International Today's Special

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

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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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Teddy Bear Day: The Story Behind Making Of Teddy Bear

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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.

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Happy Chocolate Day 2020: The third day Of Valentine week

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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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Happy Rose Day 2020: Understand the significance of Rose Day

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7th February is the first day of Valentine’s week but it is more popular as Rose Day. It is the day when you can gift a rose or a bouquet of rose flowers to your love interest. This day is celebrated with enthusiasm and excitement across the globe.

Rose Day celebrations

Rose is more than a flower. It is a messenger of love, affection, care and friendship. People across the globe wait for this day all the year and gift roses to their love interests, friends and all nears and dears. To make things more acceptable, you can buy greeting cards with roses.

There was a time when the Rose Day was limited to couples only but today friends also celebrate this day with much zeal and fervour. They plan shopping, dining, moving and outing. Today, you can do many things like sharing WhatsApp messages, Facebook posts, tweets and Instagram pictures with social media.

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Bollywood Celebrities Sharing Their Experience With Winning The Battle Against Cancer On World Cancer Day

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Every year, 4th February is celebrated as World Cancer Day to spread awareness about cancer around the world. Also, this day is given a theme and this year’s theme is “I am and I will”.

World Cancer Day celebrations

On this day, programs to spread awareness about this deadly disease are organized across the globe. Also, there are many Bollywood celebrities that defeated cancer after fighting a brave battle with the disease. Among them, SonaliBendre, Manisha Koirala and Lisa Ray are more popular. People want to know more about these celebrities.

Sonali Bendre

Sonali Bendre was suffering from metastatic cancer when she was at the peak of her acting career. She made her debut in 1994 with “Aag” and got recognition from movies like “Sarfarosh”, “Hum SaathSaath Hain” and “Kal Ho Na Ho”. She also hosted “India’s Got Talent” and appeared as a judge in “India Idol 4”. She went to New York for cancer treatment.

Manisha Koirala

Manishah Koirala started her Bollywood career with “Saudagar” and soon came to known as the “EeluEloo” because song in the movie. He also acted with Salman Khan in “Khamoshi”. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when she was 42. She went to New York for treatment and was declared cancer-free in 2015.

Lisa Ray

The Indian-origin actress got popularity from the song “Afreen Afreen” of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan of Pakistan. She was diagnosed with a type of blood cancer but she became cancer-free in 2010 after fighting a brave battle with the disease. She also wrote a book “In Close to the Bone” in which she her memoirs. It is her story of defeating cancer.

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