CIA director said: North Korea is ready to produce nuclear weapons

 CIA Director Mike Pompeo  has said North Korea  is months away from perfecting its nuclear weapons capabilities. 

 They are close enough now in their capabilities that from a US policy perspective we ought to behave as if we are on the cusp of them achieving” their objective of being able to strike the  United States ,  Pompeo told a national security forum in Washington. 

But he said there's a difference between having the ability to fire a single nuclear missile and the capability of producing large amounts of fissile material and developing an arsenal of such weapons.

Apple, Inc. (AAPL) Reportedly Cutting iPhone 8 Orders

Investors are trying to piece together the complicated iPhone puzzle

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock traded lower on Thursday after reports out of Taiwan claim the company has reduced its November and December iPhone 8 orders from suppliers by roughly 50 percent.

A report in Taiwan's Economic Times newspaper cites an unnamed supplier source claiming that Apple has cut its iPhone 8 demand in half.

While the report may seem alarming, a handful of Wall Street analysts have said the news, if true, may not be a crushing blow for Apple investors. The current iPhone cycle is far from the typical cycle. In addition to the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, Apple will be launching the 10-year anniversary iPhone X model on Nov. 3.

Apple does not officially update iPhone sales, but Rosenblatt Securities analyst Jun Zhang says iPhone 8 production cuts may be a sign Apple is anticipating robust iPhone Xdemand, which could be good news for average sales price and margins.

Modi says in Kedarnath temple: Pledge to devote myself for a ‘developed India’ by 2022

After spending Diwali with Army and BSF personnel in North Kashmir’s Gurez sector on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath temple Friday morning before it closes ahead of the winter. The Himalayan shrine, dedicated to Shiva, closes Saturday for as long as six months.  Modi had paid a visit to the temple on May 3 as well .

After offering prayers at the temple, Modi addressed a public gathering where he said the central government is taking steps to ensure that resources of the mountains are pooled in for development of only the mountains. “Reconstruction of Kedarpuri, with improved facilities for devotees, will be expensive but there will be no dearth of funds.”

The Secrets to You in Your Mind

People who have to live because of their birth, the attempt to live are diverse.

In each attempt, the person acting will be the same to himself.

It's never been in the world. Two people are not equal.

Although the two Humans  born together at the same time, there is no single thought.Every person acts with the internal psychological world of his own.

Even  Children

There are hidden secrets in people living in such pockmarked minds.

Central Bank Governor of the Year, South Asia

                   Indrajit  coomaraswamy, Sri Lanka 

Cool calm and collected approach to central banking 

South Asia is awash with highly capable central bank chiefs, yet indrajit

“We are… creating the robust macroeconomic fundamentals necessary for accelerating growth and employment generation”

Coomaraswamy fully deserves this award for his unstinting professionalism and for ushering his country through some choppy waters over the past year.

Sri Lanka is in a strange position. On the one hand foreign investment is flooding in as are tourists, with inward arrival numbers at a record high in 2016. Yet on the other hand, this is a highly friable economy struggling to deal with rising national liabilities (its public debt-to-GDP ratio is the highest in the region) a fragile currency and a narrow tax base - though a recently passed bill aimed at simplifying the tax structure and widening the tax base should help to tackle the last of those issues. 

In light of all of such challenges, the central Bank’s ability   to keep calm and carry on has been admirable. In an interview with Global Markets, coomaraswamy  says establishing  a flexible inflation targeting regime has successfully kept a lid on prices over the past year with consumer inflation up 6% year – on- year in  August but tipped by the central bank to settle at around 5% by the end of the year.

Meteor explosion cause in Sri Lanka

It was reported yesterday (18) night that lightning has spread in the southern province of Sri Lanka with a loud noise and a meteor collapses.

Astronomer Professor Chandana Jayaratne has expressed these views.

confirmed that the bright light and sound which was heard from the Southern Province (SP) this evening was because of an explosion caused by a meteor.

The explosion was known as a 'fireball explosion' and occurs after an asteroid enters the earth’s atmosphere.

“The asteroid could be a size of 50 centimeters. Every asteroid enters the earth’s photosphere at a speed of 65 kilometers per second. With that speed one side of the asteroid gets heated up due to friction and the other side does not, therefore causing an explosion,” Prof Jayaratne said.

Malta blogger and journalist, killed in car bomb attract.

Caruana Galizia, an investigative journalist who linked Maltese Prime Minister Muscat to the Panama Papers scandal, has died after a bomb destroyed her car. The PM has pledged to find those behind the killing.

One of Malta's most renowned investigative journalists was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her car just after she had left her home. Daphne Caruana Galizia ran a popular blog that exposed high-level corruption, including those at the very top.

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Monday that he would "leave no stone unturned" in the search for the person or people behind the attack that killed one of his most outspoken critics.

Local television reported that Caruana Galizia, who had exposed links between Malta and information contained in the so-called Panama Papers, had filed a complaint to police earlier this month about threats she had received.

Do not disturb the final outcome of the bond issue.

Acting Attorney General Dappula De Livera at the conclusion of PCoI proceedings said yesterday he would also have some other questions to ask from the Prime Minister apart from the questions put forward by the Commission.

Responding to the statement made by the PCoI, AAG Dappula De Livera also expressed his observations.

AAG De Livera was of the view that his team of Counsel of the Attorney General’s Department assisted the Commission under Section 23 of the Commission of Inquiry Act and spearheaded the investigation pertaining to the bond inquiry with the concurrence of the Commission, as they always kept the Commission informed about the investigation.

Moving the fact that the Attorney General’s Department had to investigate the matter with limited manpower as there were only three regular CID officers supporting the  investigation, AAG De Livera said that the lack of manpower was a significant matter as they had to face numerous difficulties in the investigation process. “I must place this on record that I have had the fullest cooperation of the entire team of the Attorney General’s Department and this effort would not have been possible if not for the team.

How you should treat women better.

Hey men, what are you planning to do better? Because you need to do better. Here are ideas on how you should treat women better.

Talk to your friend who is “kind of a creep” at work.

Don’t talk over women

If you are asked to be on a panel/team and see that it’s all men, say something. Maybe even refuse the spot!

When you see another guy talk over a woman, say: “Hey, she was saying something.”

Learn to read a fucking room.
Don’t call women “crazy” in a professional setting.
Don’t use your “feminism” as a way to get women to trust you. Show us in your day-to-day life, not in your self-congratulatory social media.
Don’t touch women you don’t know, and honestly, ask yourself why you feel the need to touch women in general.

Fairway 2018: Arts festival with a big focus on literature.

The Fairway Galle Literary Festival (FGLF) returns for its ninth year at the Galle Fort from the 24th – 28th of January 2018. Highlights for 2018 include Pankaj Mishra of ‘Age of Anger’, Shrabani Basu whose novel ‘Victoria and Abdul’ is now a major motion picture, Bachi Karkaria author of the nonfiction ‘In Hot Blood’, Alexander McCall Smith of the famous ‘No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency’ novels as well as Oscar award winning film producer Lord David Puttnam to name a few. 

As Sri Lanka’s only dedicated literary festival, FGLF has made a name for itself both locally and internationally.  Described as a ‘unique’ festival with ‘fascinating writers, helpful volunteers, eager, responsive audiences with wonderful warm hospitality’ by past participant, Sir Mark Tully, the Festival is an iconic event in Sri Lanka’s calendar. 

At a Press Conference held on the 11th of October 2018 at Jetwing Colombo 7; their hospitality partner, the FGLF team revealed their plans for the 2018 Festival.  

 

The newly appointed Festival Director, Janitha Dias Bandaranayake, introduced the latest events and ideas for the 2018 Festival and spoke about how far FGLF has come.

Here are 10 places you need to visit in Austria in winter.

Austria is undeniably beautiful in the summer months but it’s in the winter that its varied landscapes and historic towns and cities can be really spectacular. Here are our top winter destinations - from skiing in the Alps, to hiking in a winter wonderland, or enjoying some of Austria’s famed Gemütlichkeit (coziness).

Hallstatt is a tiny lakeside village and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Upper Austria (in the Salzkammergut region). It looks all the more glorious when the nearby Salzburg mountain is blanketed in snow. It is often voted as one of the prettiest villages in the world. Home to less than 1,000 people, Hallstatt has been inhabited for thousands of years because of its deposits of natural salt that were mined.

Innsbruck in Tyrol really comes alive in winter, with Christmas markets, magical lights, and traditional food and drink in historic surroundings. Make sure you take the cable car and funicular via Nordkette to the Seegrube ski station at 2200 meters above sea level, where you can enjoy a wonderful panoramic view of the city. The futuristic Nordkettebahnen stations were designed by Zaha Hadid, who also designed the Bergisel ski jump.

Bad Gastein - this spa and ski town is a destination for all winter sports fans - families with children, hikers out on a leisurely winter stroll, and athletic ice climbers. Located in the Hohe Tauern mountains south of Salzburg, it’s known for the belle epoque hotels and villas built on its steep, forested slopes. There are four ski areas around Gastein which are popular with skiers and boarders, and there’s plenty of beautiful tranquil areas for cross-country skiing and snowshoers to enjoy as well. Afterwards, relax in one of the town’s thermal baths or spas.

Mrs. Aban pestonjee awarded entrepreneur of the year 2017

On a night that saw the gathering of the most esteemed figures in Sri Lankan society  under one roof, Mrs. Aban Pestonjee, the chairperson and founder of the Abans Group of companies  was named Sri Lanka's Entrepreneur of the year 2017 at the Derana Sri Lankan of the year Awards hosted  on the 27 th  of September at the Colombo Hilton.

Working out of her home garage, pestonjee start-ed her humble beginnings in 1968,where the managed to sell and restore used electronic  appliances that she carefully sourced from auctions.Her motivation stemmed from her own experiences as a mother and homemaker where she wanted to provide appliances to housewives that added an ease of convenience to their day -to -day chores.In 1978, when Sri Lanka emerged into an open economy