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E.Maryvanitha, Director of Anpumanai Anpumanai is a safe house for women and their children who need a temporary shelter from family violence and other misfortunes. At Anpumanai they are able to think calmly with expert advice to resolve the issues they face and seek a more permanent solution that is safe for themselves and their children. Many women gain confidence to deal with domestic violence just by knowing that such a safe house exists if they need it. At Anpumanai women receive counseling, help to approach the police and also legal advice to resolve the family issues. Women also receive some skill training that could assist them economically by wo…

Step up US involvement in Sri Lanka: Congressman A prominent US Democratic Congressman has urged President George W Bush to step up the United States' involvement in finding a solution in conflict-marred Sri Lanka. Frank Pallone asked the administration to appoint a special envoy to the island nation with a view to making recommendations for steps leading to peace. "The last round of talks in Geneva ended up in a failure and there are no signs of new negotiations. There is no peaceful solution in sight and it is the civilians who are desperately suffering," Pallone said in a statement in the House of Representatives. "Since 1983, the Libera…

ஆகஸ்ட் 26- 2020: அமெரிக்காவில் பெண்களுக்கான வாக்குரிமை கிடைத்து 100 வருடங்களாகிறது ஆனாலும் இற்றைவரை ஒரு பெண், ஜனாதிபதியாக அந்நாட்டை ஆளவில்லை என்பது அமெரிக்க அரசியலில் பெண்கள் முன்னேற இன்னமும் எத்தனை தடைகளை தாண்டவேண்டும்?? The 19th Amendment, a century later: 'I’m surprised we are not further along' August 21, 2020 Photograph by Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images By Rachel Hartigan On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendmentbecame law. Citizens of the United States could no longer be barred from voting based on their sex. The culmination of many decades of struggle involving generations of women, the amendment meant some 27 million…

CNN)A commercial plane went into the St. Johns River on Friday night, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said. "I've been briefed that all lives have been accounted for," the mayor tweeted. A spokesman from the Naval Air Station Jacksonville said a Boeing 737 slid off of a runway into the St. Johns River at 9:40 p.m. ET. The station told CNN affiliate WJXTthat the plane appears to have skidded off the airport runway while trying to land and ended up in the river. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said in a tweet the plane was in "shallow water," and was "not submerged." https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/03/us/jacksonville-commercial-plane-river/in…

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…

Corona Virus which started its spread in the city of Wuhan, China has killed more than 3000 people till now. In India, it has affected 30 people among them 3 from Kerala have recovered from the infection. Since China had its winters during the spread, will India's scorching summers control the spread of the virus outbreak? There is no confirmed evidence to suggest that warm climates will control the spread of the virus but the researches have their theories that climate also has some influence over the spread. To study this the researchers have considered the spread of MERS, SARS. SARS, which had its impact in Asia in 2002 has killed 8000 people worldwide a…

UK arrests in Tamil Tigers probe Three men have been arrested by counter-terrorism officers in the UK as part of an investigation into the Tamil Tigers, police say. The arrests are said to be part of a long-term investigation into the Sri-Lankan-based group. Two men, aged 39 and 46, were arrested in dawn raids at separate addresses in Newtown, Powys, and a third, aged 33, arrested in Mitcham, south-west London. A raid also took place in Surrey, Scotland Yard said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7372883.stm

By Kathleen Maclay, Media Relations | 22 July 2003 (revised 7/25/03) BERKELEY – Politically conservative agendas may range from supporting the Vietnam War to upholding traditional moral and religious values to opposing welfare. But are there consistent underlying motivations? Four researchers who culled through 50 years of research literature about the psychology of conservatism report that at the core of political conservatism is the resistance to change and a tolerance for inequality, and that some of the common psychological factors linked to political conservatism include: * Fear and aggression * Dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity * …

As a parent of a child who has just sat for their O/Levels, this is only the first of a series of key decisions that will determine their future. The question with everyone in your situation is thinking, of course, ‘what next? And it’s a decision that will affect the rest of your child’s life, so you want to get it right. In such circumstances with many options available, it’s tempting to pick the best choice, which will allow them to compete for jobs and prosperity in a rapidly changing and challenging world economy. As time and opportunity are crucial and important aspects in your child’s education, your delay as a parent is only an opportunity lost to your c…

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Tsunami 'widow' arrested after husband is seen alive By David Sapsted (Filed: 17/02/2006) A mother of three who was supposedly widowed in the 2004 tsunami has been arrested by police after reports that her husband is still alive. Yohini Shanthakumaran, 26, won the support of her MP and local press after publicising her claim last year that her two-year-old son had been stranded in Sri Lanka after her husband drowned in the Boxing Day disaster. Sources yesterday said that suspected discrepancies in her story were first detected by insurance investigators working with the Metropolitan Police's tsunami team. Now there are claims that her husband S…

Germany Resumes Petroleum Imports from Iran despite Sanctions: Eurostat TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Germany resumed its petroleum imports from Iran after five years earlier this year despite a continued American sanction that bans any trade of energy products with Iran. Data cited in a Monday report by ٍEurostat showed that Germany had taken delivery of a large petroleum shipment from Iran in March. The report cited data from the European Union’s statistics agency the Eurostat which showed the shipment imported by Germany had contained nearly 70,000 metric tons of Iranian crude oil or petroleum products, PressTV reported. Germany halted imports …

New South Wales Health says they have confirmed three case of the deadly coronavirus, bringing the national number to four. Key points: A Chinese man in his 50s is being isolated in a Melbourne hospital with a confirmed case of novel coronavirus Another three cases have been confirmed in NSW The virus has so far killed at least 41 people in China and sickened more than a thousand more All three NSW cases are being treated in hospitals across Sydney. They are men aged in their 30s, 40s and 50s and contracted the illness in China. One of the men arrived in Australia on January 6 and another arrived on January 19. The t…

Donald Trump to Visit Ethiopia to Commission Nile Dam Could Ethiopia become the first African country to host U.S. president, Donald Trump? The United States of America President, Donald Trump By Amenna Dayo. If news making the rounds is anything to go by, then President Donald Trump of the United States of America will step foot in the African continent for the first time soon. The U.S. president who is yet to visit an African country since his inauguration on November 9, 2016 has reportedly said he is interested in visiting Ethiopia to commission the Nile Dam projec…

Rajiv Ratna Gandhi – India’s Prime minister from 31st October 1984 to December 2nd 1989 – was assassinated at Sriperumbudur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu exactly twenty – five years ago on May 21st 1991. Rajiv Gandhi as he was generally known was in Sriperumbudur to address a propaganda meeting in support of Congress party candidate Ms. Maragatham Chandrasekhar. The 47 year old Indian ex – premier was then immersed in a hectic political campaign to win the Indian Parliamentary elections. Chandrasekharam pillai Packiachandran alias Sivarasan It was then that a Sri lankan Tamil girl known by the name of “Dhanu” got close to Rajiv Gandhi and gave him a …

Solheim to meet Balasingham Monday [TamilNet, February 05, 2006 16:36 GMT] Norway's Minister of International Development, peace envoy, Erik Solheim, is scheduled to meet LTTE's Chief Negotiator and Political Strategist Mr. Anton Balasingham at Balasingham's London residence Monday, sources in London said. Norwegian Minister is expected to announce the date of the talks in Geneva between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers after the meeting, diplomatic sources in Colombo said. The main focus of the London meeting is to finalize the dates. Mr Solheim is said to be carrying the GoSL's suggestions related to the Geneva dates. Meanwhi…

What Ukraine Needs to Learn from Afghanistan The greatest enemy of economic development is war. If the world slips further into global conflict, our economic hopes and our very survival could go up in flames. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock to a mere 90 seconds to midnight. The world’s biggest economic loser in 2022 was Ukraine, where the economy collapsed by 35% according to the International Monetary Fund. The war in Ukraine could end soon, and economic recovery could begin, but this depends on Ukraine understanding its predicament as victim of a US-Russia proxy war that broke out in 2014. The US has been hea…

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India's burgeoning blogging community is up in arms against a government directive that they say has led to the blocking of their web logs. The country's 153 internet service providers (ISP) have blocked 17 websites since last week on federal government orders. Some of these sites belong to Google's Blogspot, a leading international web log hosting service. Indian bloggers say that the decision is an attack on freedom of speech. source- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asi...sia/5194172.stm

Sri Lanka army 'kills 23 rebels' The Sri Lankan army says it captured four Tamil Tiger bases and killed 23 rebels in clashes in the east of the island overnight. The fighting took place in the district of Batticaloa, military spokesman Brig Prasad Samarasinghe said. There has been no comment from the Tamil Tigers. Some 4,000 people have been killed in escalating violence since late 2005, with tens of thousands of civilians being displaced. 'No confrontation' "There are 23 confirmed LTTE (Tamil Tigers) dead," military spokesman Brig Samarasinghe told journalists in the capital, Colombo. "We have captured four bases without c…

வெற்றியை இழக்கும் நிலையில் சிறிலங்கா - அமெரிக்கா காங்கிரஸ் உறுப்பினர் Grimm: Sri Lankan Government Risks Squandering Hard-Won Opportunity By By Rep. Michael Grimm The end of a three-decade long civil war in Sri Lanka has given the country an incredible opportunity to address the war's root cause — long-standing ethnic tension — and forge ahead with its plans for an open, democratic and prosperous future. The war between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam was devastating to all Sri Lankans: Countless lives were lost, individuals were stripped of their livelihoods and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. Unfortunately, I worr…

One Sunday morning last December, China’s defense ministry summoned military attachés from several embassies to its monolithic Beijing headquarters. To the foreigners’ surprise, the Chinese said that one of their nuclear-powered submarines would soon pass through the Strait of Malacca, a passage between Malaysia and Indonesia that carries much of world trade, say people briefed on the meeting. Two days later, a Chinese attack sub—a so-called hunter-killer, designed to seek out and destroy enemy vessels—slipped through the strait above water and disappeared. It resurfaced near Sri Lanka and then in the Persian Gulf, say people familiar with its movements, before return…

IMAGE SOURCE,ISRO Image caption, One of the latest images sent by the Vikram lander By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi India's space agency has released images of the far side of the Moon as its third lunar mission attempts to locate a safe landing spot near the little-explored south pole. The pictures have been taken by Vikram, Chandrayaan-3's lander, which began the last phase of its mission on Thursday. Vikram, which carries a rover in its belly, is due to land on 23 August. The photos come a day aft…

Balance of power: West v East Seda Punkt - 4/12/2008 World dominant is in question. West, namely, US, EU, and Canada are on one side, East-namely, Russia, and China, are on the other front, where India is increasingly aligning itself with Russia. The breakup of USSR was one of the US's major foreign policy achievements. Now, the lone Russia with Chechnya, is not much of a threat. Tibet, and Xinjiang can give long term headache to China, but breaking up Russia and China is very difficult. But India. Powerful India is a growing trouble for the West, and the solution is breaking up India. India is very similar to Yugoslavia; the 30% of the Hindi spea…