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Why do we head for the shops with such determination as soon as we have money in our wallets? With every new purchase we feel a little happier, but a few days later that satisfaction is often gone without a trace. We at Bright Side decided it was time to get to grips with this problem once and for all, and to make sense of how we can all find true happiness. It turns out that the main impediment to happiness is adaptation. As soon as something we’ve bought becomes ordinary and unexciting, the level of life satisfaction we feel falls, and we’re forced to search around for the next purchase. This process is repeated again and again. However, research carried out at Corn…

Two women accuse Patrick Brown of sexual misconduct Two women reported to CTV that Brown engaged in sexual misconduct during his time as a politician, which Brown denied. At the time of the alleged incidents, both women say they were drunk and Brown was sober. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is saluting the courage of the women who speak out about sexual assault, after the resignation of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative leader. Patrick Brown has denied allegations of sexual misconduct. B…

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…

With the brutal terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday, many faces of our society have been changed. Those changes were not only demonstrated in the ‘talks’ of the leaders of political or religious circles, but also in the ground level, specially with country’s economy been badly effected. It is not an exaggeration to say that country’s tourism sector is almost dying! Large scale businesses which were dealing with international supply chains such as the apparel sector are alienated from their respective buyers since the country’s security situation became vulnerable hindering prospective future activities. Some of these big factory chains were asked to search for ‘alternati…

More than 250 Tamil Organizations based in the UK have come together in a bid to push the British Government to sponsor a Resolution in relation to Sri Lanka at the 46th UN Human Rights Council session in March 2021. Boris Johnson PM Following a series of discussions with senior diplomats, intellectuals, prominent human rights experts, and international lawyers, it was unanimously agreed and decided by all major diaspora organizations in the UK to make a request to the UK Government to sponsor a Resolution to create an International Independent Investigative Mechanism (IIIM) to investigate and prosecute the War crimes, Crimes against Humanity an…

Police have charged a New Zealand man with five counts of murder following the mysterious “witchcraft” deaths of a Fijian family last month. Husband and wife Nirmal Kumar, 63, and Usha Devi, 54, their daughter Nileshni Kajal, 34, and Kajal’s daughters Sana, 11, and Samara, eight, were all found dead in the Nausori Highlands in August. According to reports and police testimony, a one-year-old baby was found alive among the bodies. The case has shocked Fijians. With no visible injuries present on the bodies of the five family members, police suspected poisoning as their cause of death. The father of the two dead children told the Fiji Sun that his father…

China has called on Sri Lanka to “make efforts to protect and promote human rights”, amid continuing debate over the island nation’s hosting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). While calling on other countries to “provide constructive assistance”, the Chinese government, which has in the past been among Sri Lanka’s strongest supporters against the international community’s criticism following the end of the war, said it was important for Sri Lanka to protect human rights. “This is an issue within the Commonwealth, but at the same time I believe that on the human rights issue, dialogue and communication should be enhanced among countries,” Fore…

விக்டோரியா மாநிலமும் நியு சவுத்வேலஸ் மாநிலமும் காட்டு தீயால் பாதிக்கபட குயின்ஸ்லாந்து மாநிலம் வெள்ளத்தில் .... PHOTO Torrential rain left the Movie World car park at Oxenford underwater early on Saturday morning. INSTAGRAM: MICKEYLOU15 Dangerous storms described as a one-in-100-year event have swept through South-East Queensland overnight and into the morning, dumping heavy rain and causing flash flooding in parts of Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Key points: Flash flooding closed the Pacific Motorway on the Gold Coast for several hours There were about 160 calls to the SES across the state's south-east …

Cuba’s Contribution to Combatting COVID-19 by HELEN YAFFE Photograph Source: NatalieMaynor – CC BY 2.0 COVID-19 surged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December 2019 and by January 2020 it had hit Hubei province like a tidal wave, swirling over China and rippling out overseas. The Chinese state rolled into action to combat the spread and care for those infected. Among the 30 medicines the Chinese National Health Commission selected to fight the virus was a Cuban anti-viral drug Interferon Alpha 2b. This drug has been produced in China since 2003, by the enterprise ChangHeber, a Cuban-Chinese joint venture.…

If getting up close and personal to scavenging birds of prey is the type of thing that makes you uneasy, then be glad you weren't on this Middle Eastern flight. Reddit user "lensoo" posted this photo yesterday of an airplane cabin brimming with a ridiculous amount of birds, and it's since gone crazy viral. The Reddit post was titled "My captain friend sent me this photo. Saudi prince bought ticket for his 80 hawks," though Business Insider notes that the birds are likely falcons, not hawks. The falcon is the national bird of the United Arab Emirates, and falconry is a popular pursuit of the wealthy. Falconry in the desert of Dubai. Pho…

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Dr. Rajan Hoole Border Aggression and Civilian Massacres – Part 5 As for the Israeli engagement and what it entailed, much valuable information is ob- tainable from By Way of Deception by Viktor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy, which was published in 1990, and the proceedings and report of the Mossad Commission in this country the following year, provoked by the same book. The book was written by the Canadian journalist Claire Hoy on the basis of information Ostrovsky had gathered while serving in the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad from 1983 to 1986, before quitting and flying off to Canada. It caused a sensation in Sri Lanka because of its references to purpo…

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I was born in Tamil Nadu and moved to America after my 1st birthday. Needless to say, I was your average American Tamil girl caught between two cultures. My parents, on one side, pressuring me into marriage. On the other side, I was trying to find myself, let alone somebody that I actually wanted to spend the rest of my life with). The older I got, the more I realized that marriage was not for me. “What?! A Tamil girl not getting married – what a ludicrous idea!” I could already hear my parents, uncles, and aunties losing their minds. My entire life goal was to make my parents proud, but I just couldn’t be tied down by marriage. I started living alone at the age of…

January 9, 2014 Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the government would in the coming days reveal its strategy to tackle “big ticket corruption” in light of questions raised by the Bharatiya Janata Party that the AAP government has gone slow in taking action in cases related to the previous Sheila Dikshit-led government. “Many people including Dr. Harsh Vardhan have been asking me repeatedly about big corruption cases. We will soon start action against big ticket corruption. We are preparing backend for it.” Earlier this week, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Harsh Vardhan questioned the Aam Aadmi Party government if it intends to “send corrupt M…

I only watched ‘No Fire Zone’ by chance. But its revelations about Sri Lanka are surely unmissable How can it be that the message of this documentary hasn't got through? By Memphis Barker Monday 4 November 2013 About two minutes in to No Fire Zone and holding the remote control I asked my mum if she wanted to change the channel back to Was It Something I Said, the comedy quiz show the family sometimes takes in after Homeland on Sunday nights. The answer was no. As a result, we watched this report on how in 2009 Sri Lanka’s government ushered Tamil civilians into “safe zones” – before subjecting them to sustained fire from heavy weaponry. Neither of us had heard …

NYC woman reveals the TRUTH of what it's like to get COVID-19 in America when you're NOT rich and famous

பல வருடங்கள் பதவிக்கு காத்திருந்த நரி, பதவிக்கு வந்த பின் பேசாமல் இருக்குமா? இனிதான் Aragala போராட்டக்காரர்கள், தமிழர்கள் பொதுவாக கூறுவது என்றால் இலங்கை மக்கள் அவதானமாகவும் புத்திசாலித்தனமாகவும் செயற்படவேண்டும். From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! By Vishwamithra – “To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing” ~Raymond Williams Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s exit from the country may have rendered a sense of temporary relief to the general populace. It may have quieted the cantankerous minds of the Aragala Karuwo. But that too might well be short-lived. A very few in the current political arena …

David Cameron has defended his decision to attend the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka, saying his duty was to "deal with, not ignore" controversial issues. In a statement to Parliament, the prime minister said a process of "justice, closure and healing" was needed in the country after decades of civil war. Sri Lanka must begin an inquiry into alleged war crimes by March or face international intervention, he said. But Ed Miliband said the UK government "could not let the matter rest". The Labour leader questioned whether Mr Cameron had been right to attend after a boycott by the Canadian and Indian leaders. He suggested the final communique of the sum…

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Macron: Russian resentment could be a reason Putin chose to invade Ukraine During an exclusive one-on-one, French President Emmanuel Macron opens up to CNN’s Jake Tapper about his theory on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mindset. Macron explains why he believes Russian resentment and isolation due to Covid-19 possibly played a role in Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine.

Peruvian mum awarded 'Green Nobel' for work to create new national park in Amazon rainforest Posted 2ddays ago, updated 2ddays ago Liz Chicaje Churay was awarded a Goldman Environmental Award for spearheading the creation of a national park in the Peruvian Amazon. (Supplied: Goldman Environmental Prize) As a teenage mother and activist, Liz Chicaje would travel by boat and foot across Peru's Amazon rainforest with her young daughter campaigning to protect the ancestral lands of the Bora indigenous people from illegal logging and mining. Key points: Six grassroots activists received Goldman prizes this year T…

Russian banks are planning a switch to China's card payment system after Mastercard and Visa halted operations, reports say A credit card with UnionPay and VISA logos. Martin Chan/South China Morning Post via Getty Images Russian banks are making the switch as Mastercard and Visa suspended operations. China's card system, UnionPay, provides access to making payments in over 180 countries. Some banks could issue cards with UnionPay alongside the …

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Catalonia held provincial elections on Sunday (November 25) at which the main issue was whether a referendum should be held within a few years to test if it should be independent from Spain and aspire for EU status as a separate nation. There are few parallels with a hypothetical Eelam scenario but secession issues anywhere in the world put everyone, on all sides, on the alert. Hence I will present here an analysis of the outcome and draw, but not overdraw parallels and anti-parallels with the Eelam hypothesis; more in respect of processes than outcomes. The number one difference of course is that there has been no civil war and no recitation of mutual hatred between Ca…