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Mukesh Ambani Announces Jio GigaFiber With LED TVs

Reliance Jio is all set to rollout its home broadband service GigaFiber that has become the latest trending news. The commercial launch of much awaited fiber-to-home broadband service of the year would be held with the celebration of third anniversary of Jioon September 5.

Freebies with GigaFiber

Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Jio group would shower freebies on the customers. The company has decided to award 4K LED TV; 4K set-top box and much more, free to the customers.

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US Calls North Korea To Resume Nuclear Talks

Today’s latest trending news is coming from South Korea where the US recently concluded its military exercise with Seoul. The US and South Korea ended their regular military exercise on Tuesday and revealed that it was ready to resume nuclear talks with North Korea.

The US-North Korea stalemate

The top US envoy Stephen Biegun expressed the interest of his country to bring North Korea back to the negotiation table. He told to reporter that they were prepared to engage as soon as they hear from their counterparts in North Korea.

US President Donald Trump met his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un, in Vietnam in February but the meeting yielded no results. It was the second summit between the Washington and Pyongyang. In June, both the leaders met again at the Korean border and decided to resume dialogue at a suitable time. But North Korea has yet to respond to the call.

The US-South Korea military exercise

It was a regular military exercise but North Korea took a very serious note of it and declared the exercise a show of strength and an invasion rehearsal. … Read the rest

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Draw For Wolves And Man United Despite Two Goals And A Penalty Shootout

Wolves drew 1-1 with Manchester United in an end-to-end Premier League match at Molineux on Monday. Ruben Neves of Wolves saved his team with his stunning strike from outside the penalty area.

Manchester United

Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was confident while sending Andreas Pereira to bench to launch summer arrival Daniel James in the team but he has to satisfy with a draw. Manchester United was leading in the beginning with a goal shot by Anthony Martial. It was Martial’s 50th goal for Man United after joining the team in 2015.

With this goal, Martial became the only player to make maximum goals for Man United since 2015. He buried the shot into the roof of the net to give his team lead over Wolves. The score was 1-0.

Wolves

Refreshed and determined, Wolves emerged from the dressing room first to score an equalizer and then take a lead. The first goal came handy within 10-minutes to the game when Neves dodged David De Gea into the corner and gave a straight hit into the goal. Wolves equal the game to get ready to take … Read the rest

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PCB Receives Threat Mail For Indian Cricket Team In West Indies

Pakistan Cricket Control Board (PCB) received a threat mail for Indian cricket team from an anonymous account on Friday, August 16. The mail read that the Indian cricket team was in imminent danger of a threat attack in West Indies where it was playing a series of matches.

Threat mail

The PCB said that the threat mail has no mention of any terror group or any other hint of the terror attack on Indian cricket team. But PCB took a serious note of it and alerted the International Cricket Council (ICC) about the mail. The Indian cricket board BCCI also received a copy of the mail within 24 hours.

India’s response to the mail

BCCI apprised the Union Home Ministry about the threat to Indian cricket team in Antigua, West Indies. The Indian embassy in Antigua is sent an alert message and the Mumbai police was asked to take stock of the situation. The Director General of Police (DGP) of Maharashtra was updated about the mail and security of Indian cricket team boosted on the foreign soil.

On contacting PCB, it said that it didn’t … Read the rest

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What Is The Result Of UNSC Closed Consultation On Kashmir?

United Nations Security Council held a “closed consultation” meeting for an informal discussion on the Kashmir situation after India abrogated Article 370 and 35A that awarded special status to Kashmir.

UNSC discussion on Kashmir

The UNSC is yet to make a press note on the discussion and decision taken on Kashmir situation. But the Indian Ambassador to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin made it clear that Pakistan and China were unnecessarily giving undue significance to a matter that belongs to India.

UNSC’s first discussion on J&K

It isn’t the first time that UNSC met to discuss J&K. On January 1, 1948, India approached UNSC to discuss the conflicting situation in Kashmir due to attack by tribal people and camouflaged soldiers of Pakistan. The UN created a commission that asked for a plebiscite in J&K.

Plebiscite in J&K

It never materialized because Pakistan didn’t fulfill the conditions. It had to vacate the area it had captured to hold a plebiscite. India was also asked to withdrew the non-residents from J&K before plebiscite. But Pakistan didn’t fulfill the condition.

Shimla Agreement

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