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Latest News   : Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli may tie up with sportswear brand Puma following the end of his three-year endorsement deal with rival Adidas. Kohli and Adidas parted ways amicably in November 2016 and highly placed sources say the cricketer has been on the lookout for a sportswear sponsorship since then. As things stand,   Virat Kohli   has 16 brands in his endorsement portfolio, including bat sponsor MRF. A potential sportswear deal then with Kohli will include one which involves other parts of his kit, namely his shoes, pads and gloves. Even then, Kohli is unlikely to go below the Rs 10 crore a year that Adidas paid him for three years. A mail sent to Puma India elicited no response till the time of going to press. Kohli’s manager Bunty Sajdeh, who is chief executive officer of Cornerstone Sports and Entertainment, said the news was speculative and there was no truth in it. While Puma has had a brand endorser in cricketer Yuvraj Singh sinc...

India’s Test captain Virat Kohli has been named as the brand ambassador of luxury real estate brand Nitesh Estates.  On his association with the Bengaluru-based company, Kohli said: “The company in many aspects reflects the values I hold in high esteem. I respect the fact that as a first generation company it has made extraordinary progress in a very short span.  "I am very impressed with their quality of developments across homes, hotels, office buildings and shopping malls.”  Read Articles  

Actor Aamir Khan damaged the “brand India” while being the brand ambassador of the celebrated ‘Incredible India’ campaign, a senior official has said. Defending the exit of Khan from the campaign, Secretary, department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP),Amitabh Kant said the actor, by terming India an 'intolerant country’, worked against his role as that of a brand ambassador. “A brand ambassador promotes a brand. People will come to India and tourist flow will increase only if the brand ambassador of 'Incredible India’ promotes the country as 'incredible’,” Kant told reporters on the sidelines of a convocation here on Monday. “But if the brand ambassador says India is intolerant, he surely is not working as brand ambassador,” Kant said. ALSO READ:  Would Love To Be Incredible India Ambassador: Akshay Ram Madhav Takes Dig At Aamir, Says He Should Preach To Wife Leave Me Out Of Incredible India Ambassador Debate: SRK Lots Of Suggestions On New Face...

The Tourism Ministry has removed actor Aamir Khan as brand ambassador of Incredible India, news reports said. In November last year, Aamir had courted controversy by saying that his wife, Kiran Rao, was considering whether to move out of the country with their child due to the prevalence of an atmosphere of “intolerance”. Latest News Consider limiting odd-even formula for a week: HC tells Delhi govt N Korea says it has conducted first ‘successful’ hydrogen bomb test Pathankot attack: Surgical operations helped contain terrorists   However, the actor had clarified that neither he nor his wife Kiran have any intention of leaving the country as he is proud to be an Indian.  Read More