Water discovered on moon?: “A lot of it actually” »
Divya Gandhi BANGALORE: Speculation is rife among space scientists that the quest for water on the moon may have reached a climactic end with the discovery of “a lot of water” by an instrument on board Chandrayaan-I. A report by the online space news portal, Space Ref, says this discovery, made by the Moon Mineralogy [...]
India launches seven satellites »
The Ocean Monitoring Satellite Oceansat-2 is seen 18 minutes after blast off on September 23, 2009 India’s space programme is more than 45 years old India has successfully launched seven satellites in a single mission, nearly a month after the country’s inaugural Moon mission was aborted. The rocket was carrying an Indian remote-sensing satellite and [...]
SRI LANKA:PTA detainees ‘not political prisoners’ »
Welikada prison Prisoners launched a hunger strike demanding release or sentencing Tamil detainees held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), say that they should be treated as political prisoners. 266 detainees, arrested under PTA, handed over a petition following a hunger strike at Welikada Magazine Prison. They said “government should take immediate legal action.” [...]
ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL? »
This article has been written in the backdrop of the ‘initial decision’ by the European Union (EU) that the Generalised System of Preference Plus (GSP+) (and its benefits) granted to Sri Lanka will be removed. The granting of GSP+ was a much lauded move on the part of the EU and brought substantial economic relief [...]
17th Amendment implementation will protect country from global flak: Karu »
UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya last week once again raised the issue of the non-implementation of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution saying much of the international flak the country now faces can be avoided by activating the Constitutional Council and appointing independent Police, Elections and Public Service Commissions. “What the democratic world is asking [...]
THE NATIONALIST PAPERS »
It is time to thrust sword into sheath by Malinda Seneviratne “In times of war it is foolish to leave the sword in its scabbard; in times of peace it is foolish to brandish it” –Anuruddha Pradeep In times of conflict, those who fight the righteous fight are naturally wary of detractors in whatever form [...]
Colombo ‘continuing detentions’ »
Pascoe, left, urged Colombo to resettle the displaced Tamil civilians as quickly as possible [AFP] Hundreds of Tamil civilians that Sri Lanka’s government said had been allowed to leave military-run camps in the north of the country, were actually moved to other detention centres, a Tamil politican says. Mavai Senathiraja, an opposition Tamil National Alliance [...]
Leaders must have vision: Chandrika »
Staff Reporter — Photo: H. Vibhu HONOURED GUEST: Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga being presented with a memento after she addressed a conference of Rotary Governors, in Kochi on Friday. KOCHI: A good leader should have conviction in his vision. He cannot compromise on that vision, said Chandrika Kumaratunga, former President of Sri Lanka. [...]
