World Coconut Day - 02 September.

World Coconut Day on September 2nd recognizes the flavorful and aromatic nutrition the coconut brings to many products. Biologically, the coconut is a seed, nut, and fruit all in one package. However, the term for a one-seeded fruit (nut) is “drupe.” Every part of the coconu…

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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 3 years in prison.

Myanmar’s deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of electoral fraud on Friday and sentenced by a judge to three years in jail with hard labour, according to a source familiar with the proceedings. The Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar’s opposition to …

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NASA's James Webb telescope snaps its first picture of an exoplane.

For the first time, astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The exoplanet is a gas giant, meaning it has no rocky surface and could not be habitable The planet, called HIP 65426 b and its likely to …

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Ecuador fears Galapagos tortoises were hunted and eaten.

Ecuador has launched an investigation into the killing of four Galapagos giant tortoises, which prosecutors fear were hunted and eaten. Remains of the reptiles were found in a national park on Isabela, the largest island of the Galapagos archipelago. Killing the endangered an…

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Viktor Axelsen wins second BWF World Championships title

Denmark's Viktor Axelsen won his second badminton world title, beating Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-5, 21-16 in the final in Tokyo. World number one Axelsen has lost only one singles match this season and was too much for 21-year-old rising star Vitidsarn, who wa…

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James Anderson became the most successful pace bowler in the history.

James Anderson became the most successful pace bowler in the history of international cricket. The 40-year-old ageless pace legend accomplished this feat in the second Test against South Africa in Manchester’s Old Trafford. Anderson dismissed Simon Harmer for 16 off 48 balls…

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World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm is finally operational.

Hornsea 2, a wind farm off the coast of the UK, is now fully operational and ready to help power around 1.3 million U.K. homes. With 165 turbines covering an area of 462 square kilometers (roughly 178 square miles), it is officially the biggest offshore wind farm on the pla…

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67th Filmfare Awards 2022.

The 67th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honoured the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2021. Held at Jio World Centre, the 67th Filmfare Awards honour the films released in 2021. At a press conference helmed by the editor of Filmfare magazine, Jit…

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Professor Malik Ranasinghe Assumes Duties as Chairman of ICTA.

The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA), announces that Professor Malik Ranasinghe has assumed duties as Chairman, ICTA. Professor Malik Ranasinghe is a Senior Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Moratuwa (UoM) He is a Chartered Engineer, I…

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Max Verstappen won Belgian F1 Grand Prix 2022.

Red Bull’s driver Max Verstappen has won the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix 2022 as Hamilton crashes out. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez & Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz finished at second and third positions respectively. Verstappen has now won 9 of this season’s 14 races. It was his 7…

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Rohit Sharma Overtakes Martin Guptill.

Rohit Sharma overtakes Martin Guptill to become leading run scorer in T20 Internationals. Indian captain Rohit Sharma, during his half-century knock against the West Indies in the first T20I at Tarouba in Trinidad, went past New Zealand’s Martin Guptill and became the leadin…

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Virat Kohli to join list of cricketers who have played 100 matches in all 3 formats.

Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli will become the first cricketer from the country to play in 100 matches in all three formats of the game on Sunday (August 28). Virat, who will take part in his 100th T20I against Pakistan, has featured in 102 Tests and 262 ODIs till date.  …

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Angela Merkel awarded the 2022 Unesco Peace Prize.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday 30 August received the 2022 Unesco Peace Prize for “her efforts to welcome refugees.” The distinction, officially called the Félix-Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, is named after the late former president of Côte d’Ivoire. It ha…

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The Liberty Medal 2022 to be awarded to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.

The Liberty Medal 2022 will be awarded this fall to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The National Constitution Center has announced that Zelenskyy will be honoured in a ceremony in October for what it called “his heroic defence of liberty in the face of Russian tyra…

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Bangladesh-born Fahmida Azim wins Pulitzer Prize.

Bangladesh born illustrator and author Fahmida Azim who works in the USA has been selected for the 2022 Pulitzer prize under the category of “Illustrated Reporting and Commentary.”  She is one among the four journalists who have been selected for the prestigious award. The o…

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Pole-dancing axe thrower wins world title.

An Irish woman has been crowned the world axe-throwing champion after winning a competition in Canada. Ceola McGowan, from County Sligo, saw off competitors from across the world to win the World Double Bit Axe Throwing Championships on Sunday. She said she hoped her win woul…

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Dr. Anthony Fauci to step down from government.

Anthony Fauci will step down as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden. Dr Fauci, who served as director of the NIAID for 38 years, said he would leave both positions in December to "pur…

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Sri Lanka to establish National Debt Management Agency.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his interim budget speech, said an independent National Debt Management Agency (NDMA) would be established in the country. Speaking further, he said the government debt management-related activities are carried out by the Central Bank of Sr…

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Special unit to be set up for restructuring state-owned enterprises.

The government has decided to establish a “State-Owned Enterprise Restructuring Unit” with the aim of facilitating the restructuring of government-owned business entities. Presenting the Interim Budget 2022 in the parliament, President Ranil Wickremesinghe further proposed t…

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Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies.

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said. Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States a…

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