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Samsung said it took up about 54% of global market share for 5G phones as of November 2019. The firm also said it’s bringing 5G to its Galaxy Tab S6 tablet in South Korea in the first quarter. Samsung sold 6.7 million 5G smartphones worldwide in 2019, the company announced Friday. The South Korean consumer electronics giant said it took up about 54% of global market share for 5G phones as of November 2019, citing data from industry research firm Counterpoint. It’s already the world’s top smartphone maker, accounting for about a fifth of the global market, but has been up against some stiff competition in the form of China’s Huawei. Other Chinese manufa…

Iqbal Athas – Journalist Who Exposed MiG Deal Turns Gota Propagandist Inexplicably the journalist that first exposed the 2006 MiG-27 deal, Iqbal Athas has turned propagandist for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa even after he recalled the horrific threats to his life and being forced to flee Sri Lanka as a result of exposing the shady aircraft purchase as recently as January this year. Iqbal Athas In 2006 Iqbal Athas exposed the irregular procurement in the Sunday Times causing ripples in the defence establishment then headed by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. By his own admission i…

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This nondescript village near Tiruppur has a remarkably strategic location, which explains why it was such an important centre of commerce in ancient times Feeling slightly lost, I get off the train at Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu’s heartland. Pankaj Mishra, the only other travel writer to set foot here (as far as I know), dismissed the town as being “to underwear what Sivakasi was to firecrackers” in a couple of hours and as few pages in his 1990 travelogue Butter Chicken in Ludhiana, before scuttling on to a bus bound for Kerala. It’s one of those places where no tourists go, there’s virtually no information online, no guidebook recommends it, my trusty TTK roa…

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Ivory Coast on Saturday, where he joined eight West African countries in announcing major changes to the regional common currency, including severing its links with France. In Abidjan, Ivory Coast's largest city, Macron said that colonialism in Africa had been "a grave mistake and a fault of the republic." He called for "turning the page" on the past. "The African continent is a young continent," Macron said. "Three-quarters of your country never knew colonialism," he added, calling on young people to "build a new partnership of friendship with France." It was not the first time that Macron expressed remorse on behal…

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இந்த விவரணப்படத்தில் 97 வயதான Charlie Richardson, 1939 கறுப்பு வெள்ளி காட்டுதீ, 2009 கறுப்பு சனிக்கிழமை காட்டுத்தீ இரண்டிலும் தப்பியவர், அவர் கூறுகிறார் “ On a day like that, the nature will take over”.. உண்மைதானே..

நியூ சவுத் வேல்ஸ் மாநிலத்தில் Blue Mountain காடுகளில் வேகமாக பரவி வரும் காட்டுத்தீ.. இரு வாரங்களிற்கு முன்பு இந்த Bells Lines of Road ஊடாக சென்றது நினைவில் வந்து போகிறது.. சென்ற வருடங்களை விட மிகவும் மோசமாக இந்த காட்டுத்தீ தாக்கங்களை ஏற்படுத்துகிறது.. Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp VIDEO 1:14 Emergency warning issued for Gospers Mountain bushfire near Bilpin ABC NEWS A fire-generated thunderstorm has formed over two fires burning at emergency level on the South Coast as a southerly change exacerbates bushfires on a scorching day in New South Wales. The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) warned residents the thunderstorm "is a very dange…

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It was India that first sent its External Affairs Minister to Sri Lanka within 24 hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s President on November 18. It was also India that became the first diplomatic destination for President Rajapaksa. Indian External Affairs Minister Dr Subramaniam Jaishanker arrived in Sri Lanka with a personal message from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 19 and held talks with the new Sri Lankan President and extended an invitation to the President to visit New Delhi. Accordingly, President Rajapaksa left for Indian Capital for a two-day official visit on November 29 with a small delegation and held talk…

The Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson MP 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Dear Prime Minister, Please accept our hearty congratulations on your overwhelming victory in the 2019 general election. The British Tamils Forum (BTF) notes with gratitude, that it was the Conservative Party that took the initiative for setting up an international investigation on the atrocity crimes committed in Sri Lanka during the conflict in 2009, when Rt. Hon. David Cameron was the Prime Minister. We humbly request that under your premiership you will continue to gather momentum and put genuine, maximum effort to find a lasting peaceful solution for the…

The graduates are two men Santhirarasa Viikneswaran and Sipathasundaram Piratheepan, and three women Ethirmanansingi Kilaiman Kiristilda, Vikiramarasa Vijeyalatchumi and Sayanthan Mathini. The whole world admires their achievement overcoming untold hardships By N. Lohathayalan Five students graduated with Bachelor’s Degrees in University of Jaffna’s just concluded the 34th convocation on 4-6 December. While many earn degrees, what is noteworthy is that all five lost both eyes and a hand or a part in the civil war. During the evil events of the Vanni war, three of the five lost their eyes and hand. Santhirarasa Vikneswaran around October 2008 in the Suthanthirapu…

Forbes magazine recently released their annual list of the Richest People In the World, which includes two Tamil billionaires. Here are the two richest Tamil people in the world, according to Forbes magazine's 2019 list. #82 Shiv Nadar (India) $14.6 B USD #261 Ananda Krishnan (Malaysia) $6.2 B USD https://tamilculture.com/tamil-billionaires-forbes-richest-people-of-2019

கடந்த வாரம் மேற்கு அவுஸ்ரேலிய மாநிலம் “ கருணைக்கொலை” மசோதாவை நிறைவேற்றியிருந்தது. விக்டோரியா மாநிலத்தை தொடர்ந்து மேற்கு அவுஸ்ரேலியா மாநிலம் இதை நிறைவேற்றி உள்ளது. கருணைக்கொலை பற்றி பல எதிர்ப்புகள் எழுந்தாலும் இந்த 90 வயது வயோதிக மாது கூறுவதை உங்களுடன் பகிர்ந்து கொள்கிறேன். With voluntary assisted dying not an option, Laura Henkel is heading to Switzerland to 'die with dignity' ABC NORTH COAST UPDATED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp PHOTO Laura Henkel said old age could not be mended like a broken bone. SUPPLIED: SAM LARA Laura Henkel is about to embark on the last journey of her life. While pain and …

Image copyright PA Media Image caption SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon was in buoyant mood as she arrived at the Glasgow count The SNP has made big gains across Scotland, with Nicola Sturgeon saying the country had sent a "clear message" on a second independence referendum. The party won 48 seats after securing 45% of the vote - 8.1% more than in the last general election in 2017, when it won 35 seats. The SNP also defeated Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson in East Dunbartonshire. Ms Sturgeon said the result had exceeded her expectations. The Conservatives have won six seats, the Liberal Democrats four and Labour one. Neale Hanvey's victory in …

On Wednesday, on the Today show, TIME magazine editor Edward Felsenthal unveiled the TIME Person of the Year. And it is none other than sixteen-year-old Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg. Greta, who suffers from Asperger's, has risen as an important person in international climate crisis activism after she took time off school in 2018 to protest outside the Swedish Parliament, inspiring others to join her cause. Each year, TIME magazine does a feature on some of the most influential people, groups, movements or even ideas that have made an impact in that year. Last year's cover had 'The Guardians', journalists who had been targeted for their work. In 201…

We live in an age of strongman leaders whether it is in India, China or the US. And Sri Lanka has also elected such a leader as President. The emergence of strongman politics is a reflection of the contemporary global order, which is constituted by the geopolitics of tensions and negotiations, rather than an order determined by global rules and norms. However, it is not that the global order was ever committed to equality; historically, global rules and norms were always lopsided towards the powerful. The big powers chose the time and chance for exceptions as they impinged on their interests, and that is also why we have seen the many confli…

Open letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa S. V. Kirubaharan, France “Don’t trust too much. Don’t love too much. Don’t hope too much. Because that too much can hurt you so much” – Gautama Buddha Dear Mr President Gotabaya Rajapaksa - GR I doubt whether I need any introduction! In brief, I am still here to write this letter to you! Regarding your recent victory in becoming the Executive President of Sri Lanka, my conscience does not allow me to congratulate you - it is the same with many of my fellow Tamils. I am sure you must be aware that in July 2019, I predicted your victory. If you have not gone through my article, “Sa…

உருவத்தால் மனிதர்களாகவும்... உணர்வுகளால் மனித தன்மையற்றவர்களாகவும் இருப்போர் செய்யும் காரியங்களில் இதுவும் ஒன்றாகும். Disability royal commission: Six key takeaways from the public hearing this week By Nas Campanella and Zalika Rizmal Posted 18 hours ago, updated10 hours ago The inquiry heard people with disabilities living in group homes were segregated in harsh conditions.(ABC News: Elizabeth Pickering) The disability royal commission turned its attention to group homes in Victoria this week. It chose to look into the topic because the home should be a place where people feel safe and free t…

The November 2019 employment report showed U.S. companies added way more jobs than expected during the month as mammoth gains in health care and social services — as well as a bounce in manufacturing hiring — ushered labor statistics higher. The government reported Friday that payrolls increased by 266,000, easily besting the 187,000 estimate economists polled by Dow Jones had forecast. The unemployment rate ticked back down to 3.5%, matching an earlier 2019 level that at the time was the lowest since 1969. CNBC studied the net changes by industry for November jobs based on data from the Labor Department contained in the employment report. The education…

Killings of a six-year-old girl and a vet are just two examples of a problem that appears to be getting worse Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Rajasthan Her family called her Twinkle. In the dry desert brush of Rajasthan where her body was found, blood spattering her tiny legs and brown school uniform and a belt fastened around her neck, she lay among scattered toffee wrappers. Her family could barely utter the words to describe what happened to the six-year-old. “If you saw her body, you will never sleep again,” said her grandfather Mahvir Meena. Over the past week, a wave of anger and repulsion has enveloped India in resp…

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I am usually very frank, so I hope to tell India honestly if I can’t do something; and if I can, I will do it soon, the Sri Lankan President says. Promising to be “frank” and “upfront” to avoid the misunderstandings of the past between New Delhi and Colombo, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says India and other countries in the region must invest more in Sri Lanka if they want to provide an alternative to Chinese investment. He also suggested closer coordination between the two countries and assured India that on the “main issues” of Sri Lankan ties with China and Pakistan, there would be no problem “that creates suspicions amongst Indian authorities”. …