मिस इंडिया के फाइनल में पहुंची जौनपुर की बेटी

जौनपुर की दीक्षा सिंह फेमिना मिस इंडिया-2015 के फाइनल राउंड में अपनी जगह बना चुकी हैं। 28 मार्च को इसका फाइनल होगा। दीक्षा आज जिस मुकाम पर हैं उसके पीछे कहीं न कहीं उनके पिता जितेंद्र सिंह का संघर्ष है। जितेंद्र ने बताया कि साल 1985 में उनकी आर्थिक स्थिति बहुत खराब थी। 500 रुपए की नौकरी के लिए वह जौनपुर से मुंबई चले गए। इस दौरान गांव में पैसे भेजने के लिए उन्हें भूखे ही सोना पड़ता था। काफी मेहनत के बाद उन्हें सफलता मिली और गोवा में अपना बिजनेस शुरू किया।

दीक्षा सिंह ने जौनपुर के बक्शा छितौनी गांव से क्लास तीन तक की पढ़ाई पूरी की। इसके बाद वह अपने पिता के साथ मुंबई और फिर गोवा शिफ्ट हो गईं। इस समय वह बीए सेकेंड ईयर की पढ़ाई कर रही हैं। वहीं, उनके पिता जितेंद्र सिंह का गोवा में अपना बिजनेस है। वहां उनकी 20 से ऊपर गाड़ियां चलती हैं। राजस्थान के कोटा शहर में भी उनका अपना बिजनेस है।

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गरीबी में बीता बचपन
जितेंद्र ने बताया कि उनका बचपन काफी गरीबी में बीता है। उनके पिता चंद्रभान सिंह साधारण किसान हैं। ग्रेजुएशन करने के बाद घर की आर्थिक तंगी को देखते हुए वह नौकरी करने मुंबई चले गए। इस दौरान उन्हें 500 रुपए की नौकरी मिली। साल 1996 में वह गोवा आ गए और बिड़ला ग्रुप के लिए काम करने लगे। इसके बाद साल 2004 में उन्होंने अपना बिजनेस शुरू कर लिया।

शाहरुख की फैन है दीक्षा
जितेंद्र सिंह ने बताया कि शाहरूख खान की फैन दीक्षा को चिकन और वेजिटेरियन कबाब बहुत पसंद है। इसके साथ ही उसे पेंटिंग बनाने का भी बहुत शौक है। उन्होंने बताया कि मिस इंडिया प्रतियोगिता के लिए उसे एक लाख 40 हजार का कॉस्ट्यूम खरीद कर दिया। उसकी सफलता में मां अंजलि सिंह का भी काफी योगदान है। उनका मानना है कि सपनों को पूरा करने के लिए संघर्ष की जरूरत होती है।

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AB de Villiers breaks record of fastest ODI 100; reaches landmark in 31 balls

South Africa skipper AB de Villiers brought up the fastest One-Day International (ODI) century as he reached the three-figure mark in 31 balls against West Indies at the New Wanderers in the second ODI match on Sunday. He went past New Zealander Corey Anderson’s record of a century in 36 balls which was set on January 1 last year. In doing so, South Africa also went past their previous record total of 438 runs against Australia at the same venue, nine years back as they posted 439 runs in the opening innings.

Considered to be one of the best batsmen in modern-day cricket, AB de Villiers smashed eight boundaries and 11 sixes to reach the landmark. Earlier in the day, he also broke the ODI record for the fastest 50 as he brought up the landmark in 16 balls, overhauling Sanath Jayasuriya’s effort of 17-ball half-century. There are chants of ‘AB AB’ all over the stadium. Hashim Amla also brought up his 150.

The series is set to be the last competitive cricket the two sides will be playing ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 to be hosted in Australia and New Zealand. While the form of key players will bring good news for south Africa, West Indies will continue to get demoralised by the kind of hammering they have been dished out at the hands of the South Africans. Bizarre selection has already resulted in a lot of animosity for the west Indies ever since the Clive Lloyd-led panel decided to drop key senior players Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo from the world Cup squad. The AB De Villiers treatment on Sunday is only going to further deteriorate their morale.

Source: http://www.india.com/sports/ab-de-villiers-breaks-record-of-fastest-odi-100-reaches-landmark-in-31-balls-251536/

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Sunny Leone Defeats Modi to Top the Google's Most Searched Celebrity in India

Despite the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and the aggressive digital campaigns by Bhartiya Janata Party, Sunny Leone, the Hindi film actor of Indo-Canadian and American origins, pipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi to become the most searched personality in the country during the year.

Modi was the second most searched celebrity, accoridng to Google's 'Year in Search' list for 2014. The Prime Minister is followed by Bollywood actors Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan and Poonam Pandey.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi was one of the top most searched personalities this year, coming ahead of Bollywood biggies - the first time a politician has gained more search popularity than entertainment celebrities," intnernet major Google said in a statement. "The historic 2014 Lok Sabha elections emerged as India's first digital election and revealed that an online presence mattered considerably for all political parties."

The term 'Elections 2014' topped Google India's trending lists in 2014, followed by FIFA 2014, iPhone 6, GATE 2015 and IPL 2014.

Searches for Football World Cup and Indian Premium League "broke records", Google said, with top searches being around teams, players, scores, and match results.

Besides elections, the death of Sunanda Pushkar and the unsolved mystery of Malaysia Airlines 370 also generated search curiosity. Cricketer Virat Kohli stood tenth in this list of 'personalities across categories', ahead of Sachin Tendulkar, who remained among the top searched for sports personalities despite his retirement.

Read More: http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/in-2014-sunny-leone-pips-modi-to-become-most-searched-celebrity-in-india-114121600564_1.html

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After 20 Years, Yahoo Directory is Shutting Down at the End of This Year

Yahoo ends an era by officially announcing that Yahoo directory is shutting by the end of this year. With this Yahoo actually announce the closure of its three products: Yahoo Directory, Qwiki and Education.

Yahoo SVP, Cloud Platform Group, Jay Rositer said in a blog post, “At Yahoo, focus is an important part of accomplishing our mission: to make the world’s daily habits more entertaining and inspiring. To achieve this focus, we have sunset more than 60 products and services over the past two years, and redirected those resources toward products that our users care most about and are aligned with our vision. With even more smart, innovative Yahoos focused on our core products – search, communications, digital magazines, and video – we can deliver the best for our users.”

Here’s what he said about Yahoo Directory specifically: “Yahoo was started nearly 20 years ago as a directory of websites that helped users explore the Internet. While we are still committed to connecting users with the information they’re passionate about, our business has evolved and at the end of 2014 (December 31), we will retire the Yahoo Directory. Advertisers will be upgraded to a new service; more details to be communicated directly.”

While it’s supposed to be retired at the end of the year, a lot of people (myself included) are having trouble accessing it as of the time of this writing.

Source: http://bit.ly/1wT0R4Q

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