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Lightning is near-instantaneous discharge of 200 million to a billion volts that accompanies thunderstorm activity. You can't outmaneuver a storm, so be alert and act early to seek shelter. Different forms of lightning. Direct hit – most often occurs in the open. Splash – occurs when lightning hits another object (tree, building). The current seeks the path of least resistance, and may "jump" …

  JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Monday 4 June 2012 Last Update 5 June 2012 4:57 pm Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques, yesterday inspected the progress of work on the largest expansion of the Grand Mosque in Makkah and said the new facility would accommodate 1.5 million worshippers. He commended Custodian of the …

  I hope I live to see the day where a humanitarian hero is referred to as the Christian Edna Adan. Who's Edna Adan? The short answer: she's a nurse-midwife, founder of a hospital bearing her name, who's saving and changing the lives of tens of thousands of people in Somaliland — a place not even recognized as a country. She's …

National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka has awarded Zam Gems the gold award for the Precious Stones and Jewellery Large Category. Dominant and a robust performance have placed Zam Gems at the pinnacle of Foreign Exchange earners to the country. Delivering outstanding sales value with a keen eye on Services and Quality coupled with sheer hard work, has brought …

ඉස්‌ලාම් සමය නිග්‍රහයට ලක්‌ කරමින් ඇමරිකාවේදී සාදන ලද චිත්‍රපටය නිසා ලොව පුරා සිටින මුස්‌ලිම් සහෝදරවරුන්ගේ සිත ඉතා දරුණු ලෙස පෑරී තිබේ. මේ මොහොතේදී ලොව හැම රටකම ඉස්‌ලාම් භක්‌තිකයෝ පෙර කී චිත්‍රපටයට එරෙහිව විරෝධතා ව්‍යාපාරවල නියෑළෙමින් සිටිති. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ තත්ත්වය ද මෙයමය. මෙහිදී කුඩා මතක්‌ කිරීමක්‌ කළ යුතුය. එනම් මෙය ඇමරිකාව විසින් සාදන ලද චිත්‍රපටයක්‌ නොව ඇමරිකානුවකු විසින් සාදන ලද චිත්‍රපටයක්‌ බවය. මේ චිත්‍රපට අදටත් අන්තර් ජාලයේ යූ …

All Ceylon Jammiathul Ulama (The Apex Body of Theologians in Sri Lanka) sends a letter to The Ministry of Mass Media in Sri lanka condemning a local TV channel named Swarnavahini for telecasting the trailers of the controversial American film on Prophet Muhammed (PBUH)