South Korea's LG Display said on Tuesday it has developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) television panel that is thinner than a pencil, describing it as the world's slimmest.
The panel, which can be 42 or 47 inches wide, uses an edge-lit light emitting diode (LED) backlight system that allows it to achieve a thickness of just 5.9mm, LG Display said in a statement. The world's second biggest LCD maker said the product weighs 6.1 kg and 7.3 kg, about half as much as a conventional panel.
"The displays can reproduce a rich range of natural-looking colours with a colour saturation level of 80 percent," it said, adding the televisions can eliminate motion blur and boast full high-definition resolution.
Executive vice president Chung In-Jae said the new products demonstrate "our leading edge-lit LED backlight technology that enables thinner designs".
LG Display and local rival Samsung Electronics have led the global flat panel screen market and are now competing to produce thinner panels for high-definition televisions.
(Source: AFP)
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Crisis in Nepal: PM wants House to debate Prez move
conLawmakers of the Unified CPN-Maoist on Monday continued disrupting the regular business of the parliament, raising voices against the President’s move to revoke the government decision to sack the army chief.
Constituent Assembly chairman Subas Nembang today called a meeting of chief whips of the six major political parties in a bid to find a way out to the House impasse. But the meeting could not make any breakthrough, as the Maoist leaders insisted that the House discuss the President’s move.
Earlier, caretaker Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, after concluding the parliamentary party meeting of the UCPN-M, told mediapersons that they were doing groundwork to resume the House proceedings at the earliest. “But other parties should be ready for discussion, debate and voting against the President’s decision on the army chief issue,” he added. Dahal said the House business might resume if the parties agreed on a procedure on debating and voting on the President’s move.
Following the disruption of the House proceedings, Nepali Congress vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel said the parliament had the right to discuss any issue that is sub-judice.
A UML CA member quoted Nembang as advising the Maoist leaders to raise the issue of President’s decision even after the House business became regular.
Meanwhile, the Maoists didn’t move sankalpa prastab (parliamentary stricture) against the President’s decision, despite discussing it. (Source : The Himalayan times )
Our Perspective:
It would be a good thing to see the parties discussing the presidents actions in The House. This would remind the president he is not above the constitution. But as for the maoists disrupting the parliamentary process, they should stop doing so and pave the way for new government to be formed. But one has to keep in mind that CPN-Maoists are new to the parliamentary process and may require a steep learning curve to settle down in terms of House-Politics. After all in the past few months we have seen those self-proclaimed "saviours of democracy" disturbing the parliament as a symbol of protest.
One thing for sure is that maoists are going to learn the same way of staging protests as conducted by the other mainstream political parties. Now we have seen the road blockades in various parts of the countries by minorities groups as a symbol of protest. Maoists initiated the ethinicity based protest, and now it has been a headache for them anyone else concerned about the social harmony.
The moot point here is for the political parties to realize the verdict they have been given by the people and work according to it.
Constituent Assembly chairman Subas Nembang today called a meeting of chief whips of the six major political parties in a bid to find a way out to the House impasse. But the meeting could not make any breakthrough, as the Maoist leaders insisted that the House discuss the President’s move.
Earlier, caretaker Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, after concluding the parliamentary party meeting of the UCPN-M, told mediapersons that they were doing groundwork to resume the House proceedings at the earliest. “But other parties should be ready for discussion, debate and voting against the President’s decision on the army chief issue,” he added. Dahal said the House business might resume if the parties agreed on a procedure on debating and voting on the President’s move.
Following the disruption of the House proceedings, Nepali Congress vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel said the parliament had the right to discuss any issue that is sub-judice.
A UML CA member quoted Nembang as advising the Maoist leaders to raise the issue of President’s decision even after the House business became regular.
Meanwhile, the Maoists didn’t move sankalpa prastab (parliamentary stricture) against the President’s decision, despite discussing it. (Source : The Himalayan times )
Our Perspective:
It would be a good thing to see the parties discussing the presidents actions in The House. This would remind the president he is not above the constitution. But as for the maoists disrupting the parliamentary process, they should stop doing so and pave the way for new government to be formed. But one has to keep in mind that CPN-Maoists are new to the parliamentary process and may require a steep learning curve to settle down in terms of House-Politics. After all in the past few months we have seen those self-proclaimed "saviours of democracy" disturbing the parliament as a symbol of protest.
One thing for sure is that maoists are going to learn the same way of staging protests as conducted by the other mainstream political parties. Now we have seen the road blockades in various parts of the countries by minorities groups as a symbol of protest. Maoists initiated the ethinicity based protest, and now it has been a headache for them anyone else concerned about the social harmony.
The moot point here is for the political parties to realize the verdict they have been given by the people and work according to it.
Crisis in Nepal: Vice-President blames Prez, PM for crisis
Vice President Paramandand Jha has accused the president and prime minister for the current on-going crisis in the country. VP Jha accused prime minister of ignoring the cabinet, in sacking CoAS, who was later reinstated by the president. He said both the president and prime minister committed the mistakes in the Katwal issue. Jha also accused the political parties of being involved in power games rather than concentrating on the constitution drafting process. He stressed on the need for parties to move ahead with consensus for the long-lasting peace rather than conflict. (Source: THT)
Our Perspective:
President should always be a ceremonial, when there is an elected prime minister ruling the country. He should not have interfered with the decision making process. But this will finally sort out the difference of power between the president and the governent. As always we would reiterate there should not be multiple power stations in a country.
But the actual problem lied somewhere else. Inability of defence minister Ram Bahadur Thapa to get full support of army chiefs, led to current problem. It was never going to be easy, but as a minister, it was his first task to get full support of the army chief, which he failed to do.
Our Perspective:
President should always be a ceremonial, when there is an elected prime minister ruling the country. He should not have interfered with the decision making process. But this will finally sort out the difference of power between the president and the governent. As always we would reiterate there should not be multiple power stations in a country.
But the actual problem lied somewhere else. Inability of defence minister Ram Bahadur Thapa to get full support of army chiefs, led to current problem. It was never going to be easy, but as a minister, it was his first task to get full support of the army chief, which he failed to do.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
LTTE Leader Prabhakaran Could Be Dead : Reports
Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE) chief V Prabhakaran could be dead, with the Srilankan forces telling the CNN-IBN that his body has been recovered and being taken to an army camp in Colombo. The report comes as the Srilankan government announced it had captured the final stronghold of LTTE, and that top LTTE leaders could have committed mass suicide. The Srilankan army claims to have intercepted LTTE messages of mass suicide of rebel leaders.
(AFP)
Our Perspective:
Anyone who knows the history of Srilanka also knows about the government created rifts between the majority Sinhalese and the minor Tamils. Unless the Lankan government changes its attitude and treats both of the factions equally, it is difficult not to predict revolutions of some kind in the near future. You can kill people, but you can't supress their voices.
It is good to learn from past experiences, but the most important thing is not to repeat those mistakes again. Hopefully, peace will prevail in the Lankan Island for the good this beautiful country.
(AFP)
Our Perspective:
Anyone who knows the history of Srilanka also knows about the government created rifts between the majority Sinhalese and the minor Tamils. Unless the Lankan government changes its attitude and treats both of the factions equally, it is difficult not to predict revolutions of some kind in the near future. You can kill people, but you can't supress their voices.
It is good to learn from past experiences, but the most important thing is not to repeat those mistakes again. Hopefully, peace will prevail in the Lankan Island for the good this beautiful country.
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