The Indian Government recently banned a total of 118 applications maximum of which ware directly or indirectly connected to China. In the list, there was both the PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite, the most famous battle royale in the mobile gaming segment.
As India was the biggest market of that game, the main developer company of it, PUBG Corporation is trying its best to reverse the process. Only for the Indian market, PUBG Corporation already broke its ties with the Chinese firm Tencent and now looking for an Indian partner.
A person aware of this all these said to Mint that the company is already in the process of a new licensing agreement with an Indian gaming company so that it can pass the rights to run PUBG Mobile again in our country.
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As per the industry executives, there are very few firms in India that can manage and operate a huge game like PUBG Mobile. The Paytm First Game already has a partnership with the Free Fire. Some rumors also saying Reliance Jio can take over the PUBG Mobile India, but there is no confirmation in support.
A government official told to Mint, “Ownership is only one of the concerns. But there are several other issues, based on which the ban has been ordered. The concerns are related to data privacy security, activity inside the phone, etc.,” Besides, after the ban, the Indian Government sends more than 70 questions to PUBG and the provided time limit is of three weeks.
Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho has been a long term target for Premier League giants Manchester United.
The England international is one of the brightest young talents in world football. He scored 17 goals and provided 17 assists in 32 Bundesliga matches last season. It speaks volumes of his world-class ability.
Borussia Dortmund value Jadon Sancho at €120m and are not ready to compromise on that. The only thing they would consider is accepting a less amount as an initial fee and then receiving the remaining amount later.
The transfer saga took a sudden turn when Borussia Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc told the press that Sancho will be staying at Dortmund in the upcoming seasons after signing a contract extension.
Michael Zorc told reporters: “Jadon Sancho will play for us in the upcoming season. The decision is final. I think that answers all your questions.”
“Last summer we already raised Jadon’s wage to fit his development. In connection with that, we extended his contract to 2023.”
Jadon Sancho has an agreement on personal terms with Man United by months. Never had problems, he’d love to join #MUFC. It’s up to the club – €120m to BVB or nothing.
But, once again the Jadon Sancho-Manchester United transfer saga has surfaced. According to transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano, Jadon Sancho has agreed on personal terms with Manchester United months ago. But United didn’t agree to pay €120m for him, though Sancho is ‘buzzing’ to come to Old Trafford.
A few months ago Realme announced a new series in India dubbed Narzo which was meant for a young audience who prefers style and performance over other factors while also can’t pay a hefty amount for a smartphone. The first two phones under the Narzo series were Narzo 10 and Narzo 10A and now the company is looking to launch the successor to the Narzo 10 duo, the Narzo 20 lineup which includes Narzo 20, Narzo 20A, and Narzo 20 Pro. The Narzo 20 trio was announced last week during IFA in Berlin and is expected to launch in India within the next few weeks and since its nearing the launch we have started getting a bunch of leaks revealing key information about these smartphones.
A tipster who goes by the name of Himanshu has shared some key details about the Narzo 20, Narzo 20A, and Narzo 20 Pro on the microblogging platform Twitter. He claims that the Narzo 20A which is expected to be the cheapest of the trio will be available two colors namely Victory Blue & Glory Silver in two storage variants of 3+32GB & 4+64GB. While Narzo 20A will also come in the same colors as Narzo 20A, the Victory Blue & Glory Silver but it will be having higher RAM and storage than the cheaper Narzo 20A and is likely to have 4+64GB & 4+128GB storage variants.
Realme is also allegedly working on a Pro variant which was not there earlier and the Pro variant of Narzo 20 is expected to come in Black Ninja & White Knight which is different than the cheaper two of the lot and it is expected to have two storage variants of 6+64GB & 8+128GB that means 2GB extra RAM over the vanilla Narzo 20.
According to the tipster, these details are only valid for the Indian market but since we have seen that Realme launches the same models worldwide we expect that these details may even stand correct for the global variants.
Himanshu also claims that he doesn’t expect AMOLED display in any of these models but we can’t verify any of his claims so we might have to wait till the official launch or maybe for few other weeks till some more information pops out about the Narzo 20 series.
The talk of the town at this time of the season, are most certainly Chelsea Football Club. The team led by Frank Lampard have been making serious moves in the transfer market and having gotten the players they wanted, they now look like a formidable side ahead of the upcoming season.
Chelsea showed glimpses of what they were capable of doing to some teams coached by managers of serious degree. With the future looking bright and the urge and desire to touch new heights, could this be a season worth remembering for the Stamford Bridge outfit?
Transfer activity
The Blues have so far signed a total of SIX players for a combined amount in excess of 200 million pounds. It includes defenders Ben Chilwell, Malang Sarr and Thiago Silva along with an attacking trio of Hakim Ziyech, Kai Havertz and Timo Werner. But if latest news reports are to be believed, then they are also close to signing Edouard Mendy from Rennes and are going to target Declan Rice of West Ham. It is safe to say that regardless of what happens on the pitch, it is definitely an exciting time to be a Chelsea fan.
Undoubtedly, the biggest potency lies in the team’s attack to fashion a load of chances and score goals. Lampard’s men scored a total of 69 goals in 38 games last season, and that only seeks to be boosted further this time around. Another strength is that of the spirit instilled by Lampard in bringing up youth players and honing their ability with the likes of Mason Mount, Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori all making fairly regular appearances.
Weakness
The issue lies in the defence leaking goals at regular intervals, with Chelsea having just 9 clean sheets – the 12th best team in the league in that regard. Much criticism has been laid on goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga who has been termed ‘simply not good enough’ by many supporters. A slight worry would also come in the form of these new signings fitting together and playing as a functional unit without paying too much heed to the price tag they came along with, particularly Kai Havertz.
Key players
New signing Timo Werner will certainly be key to Chelsea’s chances of competing for the title. The German had a stellar season for Leipzig in the Bundesliga notching 28 goals in 34 appearances. Another important player would be Christian Pulisic who did a fine job last season with 9 goals and 4 assists in 25 matches, despite missing out on numerous games with injuries. The sheer burst of pace and wily trickery makes the American a potential threat.
Predicted table finish
3rd Place: The Blues will want to build upon last season and challenge for domestic cup competitions but at the same time, remain a serious contender for the league title. However, the chemistry under Lampard would need to come good and quick if they are to win games consistently.
Even though Microsoft revealed the pricing of its upcoming budget gaming console earlier and the image of it, today, it announced the details of the new Xbox Series S that is touted to be much faster than its predecessor. Obviously, a lot of us where concerned with that strange design approach by Microsoft, however, they have officially replied:
You’ve meme'd the design. Now find out how we fit all the next-gen load times, high framerates and dynamic worlds in our smallest Xbox ever!
It’s almost like the Xbox Series X’s internal design but the entire thing is flattened and there’s a large vent that outflows the air to keep things cool. It comes with a compact new design in Robot White color and is the smallest Xbox ever created, according to the company. The Xbox Series S includes a new Xbox Wireless Controller, also in Robot White and it was also leaked previously.
This controller too includes all of the same features of the Xbox Series X controller such as improved ergonomics, the hybrid D-pad, textured grip on the triggers, bumpers and back, as well as the new dedicated Share button.
Performance
Much like its brother, this next-gen budget gaming console also promises a lot of hardware improvement over last-gen, thanks to AMD the Xbox Series S delivers 4x the processing power of an Xbox One console. It is similar in terms of CPU (with Zen 2 architecture) and has the identical I/O performance as Xbox Series X that helps to deliver the same great performance at a lower resolution.
The Xbox Series S supports gaming experiences up to 120fps, at 1440p and promising 60 frames per second. While playing games you still get support for hardware-accelerated DirectX Raytracing and Variable Rate Shading. In addition to this, the Xbox Series S comes with 512GB of custom SSD storage and is powered by the Xbox Velocity Architecture, delivering more than 40x the I/O bandwidth of an Xbox One, for faster loading times and Quick Resume for multiple titles.
The Xbox Series S delivers approximately 3x the GPU performance of Xbox One and was designed to play games at 1440p at 60 frames per second, with support for up to 120fps. It is also features the next generation AMD RDNA 2 graphics architecture and this budget gaming console will be focused to give higher frame rates for both 1080p and 1440p gaming, which is great for a lot of gamers at sweet price of $299.
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Also, there’s support for Dolby Atmos, support for Dolby Vision via streaming media apps like Disney+, Vudu, and Netflix. The Dolby Vision support for gaming will come first to our next-gen Xbox consoles in 2021. The Xbox Series S will cost a modest $299 and will be available from November 10 onwards, however, pre-orders of both the consoles begin from September 22.
According to multiple reports in Europe, Luis Suarez is set to join Italian champions Juventus. He has already agreed on personal terms with Juventus.
Suarez was struggling at FC Barcelona in the last few seasons. Last season he scored 21 goals in 36 appearances for FC Barcelona but much more is expected at Camp Nou from a player of Suarez’s calibre.
Barcelona has already found Suarez’s replacement. They have agreed on terms with Olympique Lyonnais’s striker Memphis Depay.
Luis Suarez joined FC Barcelona in 2014. He has won 13 trophies including 4 La Liga titles and 1 UEFA Champions League trophy in his time in Spain. He is a part of the Treble winning team of FC Barcelona in 2015. The legendary trio of MSN [Messi-Suarez-Neymar] is still a beautiful memory for the football fans.
FC Barcelona’s new manager Ronald Koeman wants to rebuild the team in his new way. He has already announced Luis Suarez is not in his plans for the upcoming season.
Juventus is now considering to sign him to replace Gonzalo Higuain. It has already been reported that Higuain is leaving the club. Luis Suarez can be a perfect replacement for him.
Former Barcelona director Ariedo Braida says that Luis Suarez has Juventus “DNA”. “I’m not surprised about his Barcelona exit because football is about cycles.”
“Even Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid because he felt his time there was over” he said.
“Suarez is a fighter and his battling spirit infects the rest of his teams. He has character and the DNA to play for Juventus and other big clubs. If he is motivated, he’ll be a strong signing even at 33 years of age.”, Braida added.
Braida was asked if the partnership between the Uruguayan striker and Cristiano Ronaldo can thrive in Turin. He answered, “He won’t have problems playing with Ronaldo.”
If Luis Suarez joins Juventus he will be the 14th player to play alongside both Messi and Ronaldo in their career.
After the 8-2 humiliating defeat against Bayern Munich, Barcelona has gone through a lot of changes. Quique Setien has been removed and replaced by former Barcelona player Ronald Koeman. Koeman was the manager of the Netherlands team before joining the Barcelona camp.
The Netherlands failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup but within 1 year Koeman had built a group of quality players who went all the way to the final of the 2019 UEFA Nations League. He knows the current group of Netherlands player very well and is planning to bring some of them to Camp Nou.
Olympique Lyonnais striker Memphis Depay is one of the favourites of Koeman. He wants to sign the Netherlands international.
Memphis Depay have agreed personal terms with Barcelona after contacts started days ago. But final agreement is still to be reached between Barça and OL – talks ongoing. Barça are negotiating also with Wijnaldum agents – no opening bid to Liverpool yet. 🔵🔴 #FCB#LFC#transfers
According to sports journalist, Fabrizio Romano Memphis Depay has agreed on personal terms with Barcelona. The only thing left is that Barcelona need to negotiate a transfer fee with Lyon.
Barcelona veteran Luis Suarez is on his way out this summer. Inter’s Lautaro Martinez was also targeted by Barcelona but they failed to sign him. So they are now set to sign Memphis Depay.
Another Netherlands’ player is also set to join Camp Nou. Barcelona are interested in Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum. Koeman is hoping to bring his national team’s talents to Barcelona to recreate the same success at Camp Nou next season.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is just 10 days away! One of the teams which are considered to be the front runner to take the trophy home is Kolkata Knight Riders.
Today we take a closer look at one of the most balanced sides of the tournament. We will analyze each aspect of their team going into IPL 2020.
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History
Unlike most of the teams, the Knight Riders had a shaky start to their 12-year tenure. The franchise finished at the bottom tier of the table in the first three seasons. However, things radically changed after appointing Gautam Gambhir as the captain. Gambhir led the franchise to win the tournament twice in seven years. He also made them qualify thrice into playoffs and made a solid foundation for the future. KKR then also qualified for the playoffs under the leadership of Dinesh Karthik.
2008: 6th place
2009: 8th place
2010: 6th place
2011: 4th place
2012: Champions
2013: 7th place
2014: Champions
2015: 5th place
2016: 4th place
2017: 3rd place
2018: 3rd place
2019: 5th place
Squad for IPL 2020
Dinesh Karthik (captain), Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Siddhesh Lad, Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tripathi, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Chris Green, Tom Bantom, Nikhil Naik, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Manimaran Siddharth, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Sandeep Warrier, and Pat Cummins.
This year, the Knight Riders have only one chant and one salute, and it's all about you.
BATTING – The team has a perfect combination of extremely attacking options and players who can play the anchor role as well. KKR is famously known for using spinner Sunil Narine as a pinch hitter at the opening spot. He will be accompanied by young and explosive batsman Shubman Gill.
According to newly appointed mentor David Hussey, Knight Riders are looking forward to promoting hard-hitting Andre Russell at number 3. The middle-order will be under the safe hands of captain Dinesh Karthik and English captain Eoin Morgan. IPL tested Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, and Rinku Singh will add the finishing touches.
They will also have the services of highly-rated English batsman Tom Banton.
BOWLING – KKR has invested in many young pace bowling options like Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, and Kamlesh Nagarkoti. They have to select either Pat Cummins or Lockie Ferguson to lead the attack. The other bowlers, however, will have to facilitate accordingly.
Spin bowling has never been an issue for KKR. Sunil Narine will lead the attack and with changed bowling action, he is expected to be even more dangerous. He will be assisted by the experienced Kuldeep Yadav. Yadav has been slightly expensive at times, so they can also use newcomers Varun Chakraborty and Manimaran Siddharth for the same.
Overall if KKR can allocate their resources properly and keep their pace bowling tight, they can make the playoffs this year as well and even win the title for the third time.
Google’s Phone app is making its way to non-Pixel devices with new features that will detect spam and fraud calls. If there is one that we all agree to hate is getting spam or fraud calls. And that is something that happens all the time.
Most often, we end up picking up the calls and then start the process of long annoying conversations. However, Google is introducing a new feature to the Google Phone app that will help the users by giving them more information on who’s calling.
What does it do?
This feature is called Verified Calls by Google. It will show the caller’s name, as well as the logo along with the reason for calling. It will even display the business logo which would suggest that the business has been verified by google.
This feature will not only protect users from frauds and spams but will also be helpful to businesses. This feature will allow the business to convey their reason for calling the customers. It will also make clear when it be might be necessary to drop everything to pick up their calls.
This feature helps the users identify whether the businesses are what they claim to be and also to identify the reason for their call. This is a huge development over the traditional existing Caller ID feature.
Although, the google phone app will be available on non-pixel devices, Google has stated that not all features of the phone app will be released for non-pixel devices. Visual voicemail, call recording, and call screen will still be pixel exclusive features.
Google has stated that the verified calls feature will be rolling out in US, Mexico, Brazil, Spain and India.
Google’s “verified calls” feature has rolled out in the US, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, and India starting yesterday for pixel devices. However, google phones app for non-pixel devices will be available to download starting this week.
Today, Microsoft has officially announced the pricing of its very much anticipated two gaming consoles – the Microsoft Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S. Almost everything was confirmed about the upcoming next-gen gaming consoles, and today Microsoft also detailed the structure of the Xbox Series S along with pricing as well.
Much like the leaks and rumors, the pricing of these next-gen consoles matches as the Xbox Series X will cost $499 while its brother Xbox Series S will cost a modest $299. These two gaming consoles will be available from November 10 onwards, however, pre-orders of both the consoles begin from September 22.
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Xbox Series X: $499 (ERP) Xbox Series S: $299 (ERP)
Like its predecessors, Xbox One X, the Series X will be the most powerful gaming console featuring 8 AMD Zen 2 cores running up to 3.8 GHz and AMD RDNA 2 graphics with 52 CUs and 1.825 GHz GPU clock speed. With 16 GB GDDR6 RAM, 1 TB custom NVMe SSD along with 1 TB expansion card, you can store a heck lot of games and use the expansion slot to game anytime.
The Xbox Series X and its promise to deliver 4K games at 60 fps, as well as support for up to 120 fps for “the most demanding and competitive games.” Also, there’s support for hardware-accelerated DirectX Raytracing giving you framerates up to 120 frames per second. The new Xbox Series X promises faster loading times, and Quick Resume for multiple games, playing will look and feel better.
The Xbox Series S delivers approximately 3x the GPU performance of Xbox One and was designed to play games at 1440p at 60 frames per second, with support for up to 120fps. It is also features the next generation AMD RDNA 2 graphics architecture and this budget gaming console will be focused to give higher frame rates for both 1080p and 1440p gaming, which is great for a lot of gamers at sweet price of $299.
Both these consoles will use the Xbox Velocity Architecture to provide faster loading times and support for Dolby Atmos, support for Dolby Vision via streaming media apps like Disney+, Vudu, and Netflix. The Dolby Vision support for gaming will come first to our next-gen Xbox consoles in 2021. Overall, Microsoft has done a great job with the pricing and if it delivers up to its promise then a new generation of gaming awaits for a lot of gamers out there. Know more from here: https://xbx.lv/3lYA474
