Improve README formatting and add badges

Updated the README to enhance formatting and add badges.

Author: mantrapatil03

simple-contact-book/README.md

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-## 📒 Contact Book (Python)
+<h1 align="center"> Contact Book (Python)</h1>
 
-A simple **Contact Book** application built with Python classes.  
-It lets you store contact information (name & phone number) and display saved contacts.  
+<p align="center">
+A simple, class-based <b>Contact Book</b> application built with Python.  
+Store and manage contact information (name & phone number) directly from the terminal. 
+</p>
 
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+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://www.python.org/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.x-blue?style=for-the-badge&logo=python"></a>
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+</p>
 
-## 🚀 Features
+##  Features
 - Add new contacts
 - Store multiple contacts
 - Display all saved contacts in a clean format
 
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-## 🛠️ How It Works
+##  How It Works
 1. Each contact is represented by the `Contact` class.
 2. All contacts are stored inside the `ContactBook` class.
 3. You can add new contacts using `add_contact()` and display them with `show_contacts()`.
 
 
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-## 💻 Example Usage
+##  Example Usage
 ```python
 from contact_book import Contact, ContactBook
 
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 contact_book.show_contacts()
 ```
 
-## 🖥️ Output:
+##  Output:
 ```python
 Name: Shree, Phone: 123-456-7890
 Name: Ram, Phone: 987-654-3210
 ```
 
-## 📌 Future Improvements
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-Save contacts permanently (using JSON/CSV/Database)
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-Search & delete contacts
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-Update existing contacts
 
-Simple command-line or GUI interface
+##  Author
 
-## 🏷️ Author
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-Made with ❤️ by Mantra Patil 
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-🌐 GitHub: https://github.com/mantrapatil03
+Made with ❤️ by **Mantra Patil**
 
 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/mantrapatil25
 
 ✉ techmantrapatil@gmail.com
 
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+<h3 align="center">⭐ If you found this project useful, give it a star on GitHub! ⭐</h3> <p align="center"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Keep%20Organizing%20%26%20Coding-Python-blue?style=for-the-badge&logo=python"> </p>