Do you know who is the hero of upcoming movie “Kal Kisne Dekha”? Yes, you are right. Jaccky Bhagnani, the son of Bollywood producer Vashu Bhagnani. Apart from being the son of a top film producer there is one quality of Jaccky which I am going to discuss in this article. Before becoming a fim actor, Jaccky was very fat, with weight around 130 kg. Now is only 68 Kgs. This means that he lost around 62 kgs to become a actor. He hit the gym and followed a very difficult diet schedule. After losing 62 kgs, he has become ideal for obese and over-weight persons.

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Last month, a Nielsen.com blog ranked Twitter as the fastest growing site on internet for February 2009. Twitter had a growth of 1382%, whereas Zimbio which is on second place had a growth of 240%, followed by Facebook with a growth of 228%. It is actually one of the first micro-blogging sites on internet. It enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user’s profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow anybody to access them.

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So RBI is ready to issue the much awaited bimetallic 10 Rupee coin for circulation.The coin looks cool and light-weight. The obverse side has the lion symbol with numeral 10 and year of manufacture. On reverse side, a double line cross with a dot in each pellet of cross and denomination written in Hindi and English around. This design has been prepared by design experts at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. The outer side metal is Nickel-Bronze and the inner side metal is Ferrous Steel. The weight of the coin would be 8 grams and the diameter would be 28 mm. A recent press release from Reserve Bank of India mentioned that there will be two themes of Rupees 10 coins, 1) Unity in Diversity and 2) Connectivity and Information technology

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Last week Veteran Indian film producer and director Shakti Samanta passed away in Mumbai on 9 April, 2009. He was 83 years old. His funeral took place at the Santacruz crematorium at 10.30 am on 10 April. He died of heart failure at his suburban Santacruz residence. He was suffering from a brief illness, and recovering from a stroke he had suffered two months ago. The industry will never forget his contribution to Indian Cinema. May God rest his soul. In all, Samanta directed 43 feature films, including 37 Hindi, and 6 Bengali films. His best known films include Howrah Bridge, Kati Patang, Amar Prem, Aradhana, Anurodh, Amanush, China Town, Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, Kashmir Ki Kali and An Evening in Paris. He also received Filmfare Awards for “Best Film” for Aradhana, Anuraag and Amanush. He was also the former president of Indian Motion Pictures Association of India.

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Do you remember the shoe attack on former US president George Bush? Actually months after an infuriated Iraqi reporter flung a shoe at US President George Bush, its now our home minister Chidambaram’s time to face the shoe. Last week, Chidambaram, who was speaking in a press conference about 1984 riots in which hundreds of Sikhs were killed, was surprised when suddenly Jarnail Singh, a sikh journalist from a famous Hindi daily, flung the shoe on him. However the shoe missed the target as the minister leaned back to avoid the hurled shoe which narrowly missed him.

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If you are a football lover, then you must be aware of Maradona’s hand of God Goal in 1986 World Cup Football. It was a quarter final match between Argentina v England, played on 22 June 1986, during the 1986 FIFA World Cup at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The match, between two of the biggest powers in world football, is remembered as one of the most epic in FIFA World Cup history due to the Hand of God controversy. For Argentina, Diego Maradona scored two of the most famous goals in football history. His first, after fifty one minutes, was the Hand of God goal in which Maradona scored via an illegal, but unpenalized, handball. His second, after fifty four minutes, saw him dribble past six England players and was voted in 2002 as the Goal of the Century. Finally, Argentina won the game 2-1 and went on to win the 1986 World Cup with a victory over West Germany in the final.

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Last night, Ekta Choudhury, a 22-year-old beautiful girl from New Delhi, was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2009. Now she will represent India at the Miss Universe Competition which will be held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009. Pooja Chopra was crowned Miss India World and Shriya Kishore became Miss India Earth 2009. In this ceremony there were dazzling performances by Bollywood stars Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Genelia D’souza, choreographed by Shiamak Davar. The Miss India contestants used the designer fabrics created by designers Ritu Kumar, Rocky S., Pantaloons and Prasad Bidappa. This show was choreographed by Marc Robinson and hosted by Bollywood beauty Malaika Arora Khan and star R. Madhavan.

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Now a days, almost every student uses the internet. It is not only the source of entertainment, social networking but also an effective learning tool. According to a latest survey by the marketing research company Greenfield Online, more than 50 % college students in the United States are surfing the Internet from their home and 84 % have access to the Internet from the college campus. No doubt, internet has become part and parcel of student’s life. Even for me also, the Internet is very convenient source of information. Whenever I have any questions or doubt I can quickly get online and find the answer without having to go to the library, any instructor or referring any book or journal. Internet can also be used to get proper guidance and support on college assignments and projects. You can avail this guidance and support while seating in any part of the world.

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India is one of the fastest developing countries of world. It is fourth largest economy of world. After the arrival of IT outsourcing businesses, India has emerged as the world leader in IT services. So, it has big pool of growing internet users. According to latest report of comScore, more than 28 million people in India age 15 and older accessed the Internet from home and work locations in May 2008. This represents a 27-percent increase versus year ago, making India one of the fastest-growing Internet populations among the 37 individually-reported countries in the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service. Moreover, the fact that Internet users in India represent approximately only 3 percent of the population indicates significant potential for continued strong growth of internet users in India.

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So the latest news is that Katrina Kaif is the new Barbie girl. Actually before Katrina, Aishwarya Roy got the offer to become Barbie girl but she rejected the offer. This year Barbie is celebrating its 50th birthday. So it is a great achievement for Katrina to become face of Barbie. Katrina Kaif is one of the top bollywood actresses in terms of beauty and style. However, she is very happy to get into the image of Barbie. At the on-going Lakme Fashion week, Katrina flaunted the Barbie outfits designed by top designers of India and believe me she was looking stunning in almost all attire.

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