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Narratives from Jaffna
As yet another year begins, the sole wish of the people of Jaffna is to be allowed to build their district as per their culture and live in unity with the rest of the people of Sri Lanka.
Chinese company turns out “paper thin” steel for use in computers and aircraft
The steel is only 0.02 mm thick, or a quarter of an A4 paper's thickness. The company, Taiyuan Iron and Steel, claims that it is the only one in the world able to produce stainless steel 0.02 mm thick and 600 mm wide
Upper caste reservation and immigration bills likely to boomerang on Modi
The bills are meant to re-activate flagging Hindutva consciousness. But Modi’s strategy is based on incorrect premises and is therefore likely to boomerang on him and the BJP in the coming elections.
The attitudinal gap between Colombo and Jaffna is worrying, says Pakistani writer
The danger is that if, somehow, the Tamils are not incorporated into the mainstream, the next generation might take to militancy again, warns Irfan Husain, in his column in the Pakistani daily Dawn..
AFC Asian Cup – UAE 2019
Colombo, January 3: The AFC Asian Cup is back! 24 nations from across the Asian continent will fight it out in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) between January 5 and February 1 to decide who takes the prestigious trophy home. Australia is the defending champions going into the tournament. The winner of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup will earn the...
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