India set to win as non-permanent member of UN Security Council.

# India set to win as non-permanent member of UN Security Council. India is set to get elected unopposed as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, touted as the global high table, on Wednesday 17 June 2020 for a two-year term starting in January 2021. According to…

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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - 17 June.

# World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - 17 June. June 17 marks the World Day to Combat Desertification And Drought around the globe. In December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly acknowledged this day to bring attention to the association between consumpt…

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Fédération Internationale de Football Association - FIFA Rankings.

# Fédération Internationale de Football Association - FIFA Rankings. MEN'S RANKING 1. Belgium 2. France  3. Brazil WOMEN'S RANKING 1. USA 2. Germany 3. France Read Full News

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African countries call for racism debate at UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

# African countries call for racism debate at UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). African countries called Friday 12 June 2020 on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to urgently debate racism and police brutality amid the unrest in the US and beyond over George Floyd’s death. In…

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25-foot-tall Lord Hanuman statue Installed In US' Delaware.

# 25-foot-tall Lord Hanuman statue Installed In US' Delaware. The United States has got its largest Hanuman statue, at 25 feet high, built in Delaware. It is the tallest statue of a Hindu God in the country, and has been carved from a solid block of black granite. The Ha…

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Hotlines for complaints on buses.

# Hotlines for complaints on buses. The National Transport Commission (NTC) has set up hotline, 1955, for the public to lodge complaints about buses that transport passengers more than the available number of seats. # බස් රථ පිළිබඳ පැමිණිලි සඳහා හොට්ලයින් අංකයක් ස්ථාපිත කෙරේ. …

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Former New Zealand cricketer Matt Poore passes away aged 90.

# Former New Zealand cricketer Matt Poore passes away aged 90. Former New Zealand Test cricketer Matt Poore, who is remembered for catching a stray dog during a match in Bangalore in 1955 and subsequently taking 12 anti-rabies injection, has died at the age of 90. An all-roun…

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Attorney General’s Department concludes 19,000 cases in 17 months.

# Attorney General’s Department concludes 19,000 cases in 17 months. Statistics released by the Attorney General’s Department indicate that the Department has concluded a total number of 19,091 cases from January 2019 to May 2020. Coordinating officer to Attorney General Sta…

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Most Reverend Father Ernest Porutota goes for His Eternal Reward on 16 June 2020.

# Most Reverend Father Ernest Porutota goes for His Eternal Reward on 16 June 2020. The Most Reverend Father Ernest Porutota was called to Eternal Rest last night 16.06.2020, said the Archdiocesan Director for Social Communications. He was 88-years-old at the time of his dem…

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Solar eclipse on June 21.

# Solar eclipse on June 21. People in all areas of the country will have the rare opportunity of witnessing a partial solar eclipse for a duration of about two hours and fifty minutes on June 21 from about 10.30 am to 1.30 pm, Colombo University Astronomy and Space Science U…

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Import of Hand loom and Batik halted.

# Import of Hand loom and Batik halted. Sri Lanka has taken a decision to halt the import of handloom and Batik textiles into the country, stated President’s Media Division. The decision has been taken under the directives of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. This decision has bee…

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International Day of Family Remittances - 16 June.

# International Day of Family Remittances - 16 June. International Day of Family Remittances 2020 aka IDFR is celebrated each year on June 16 across the world. The day is organised by the United Nations and is universally accepted. This day is celebrated to recognise the eff…

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Alibaba Cloud to invest $283 million to accelerate global partnership.

# Alibaba Cloud to invest $283 million to accelerate global partnership. Alibaba Cloud on Tuesday 09 June 2020 said it will invest RMB 2 billion (US$283 million) this fiscal to empower global partners and accelerate joint innovations in the post pandemic era. With the investm…

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Saturn's Moon Titan Drifting Away Faster Than Previously Thought

# Saturn's Moon Titan Drifting Away Faster Than Previously Thought. Just as our own Moon floats away from Earth a tiny bit more each year, other moons are doing the same with their host planets. As a moon orbits, its gravity pulls on the planet, causing a temporary bulge…

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Donald Trump targets ICC with sanctions over Afghanistan war crimes case.

# Donald Trump targets International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions over Afghanistan war crimes case. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday 11 June 2020 issued an executive order authorising sanctions against individuals involved in an International Criminal Court (IC…

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Retired Senior DIG SM Wickramasinghe appointed Ombudsman at Presidential Secretariat.

# Retired Senior DIG SM Wickramasinghe appointed as Ombudsman at Presidential Secretariat. An Ombudsman office has been created at the Presidential Secretariat to look into complaints and grievances of the public and provide speedy solutions, the President’s Media Division a…

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Global Peace Index 2020.

# Global Peace Index 2020. This is the 14th edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness. Produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), the GPI is the world’s leading measure o…

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China's unmanned submersible Haidou-1 takes 10,907-meter dive at world's deepest point in new world record.

# China's unmanned submersible Haidou-1 takes 10,907-meter dive at world's deepest point in new world record. China's unmanned submersible has dived to a depth of 10,907 metres at the world's deepest ocean point, setting a new record for the country during wh…

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International Day of the African Child - 16 June.

# International Day of the African Child - 16 June. The Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organisation of African Unity (the forerunner of the African Union). It honors those who participated in …

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30th anniversary Remembering the brutal killing of over 700 police officers in Sri Lanka on 11 June 1990.

# 30th Anniversary Remembering the brutal killing of over 700 police officers in Sri Lanka on 11 June 1990. In 1990, a mass murder of Sri Lankan police officers took place on June 11. Terrorists of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the world’s most ruthless terror…

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Scientists Create Prototype Device That Generates Electricity From Shadows.

#  Scientists Create Prototype Device That Generates Electricity From Shadows. A new device called a shadow-effect energy generator harnesses shadows to generate electricity, researchers report. This concept opens up new approaches in generating green energy under indoor light…

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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - 15 June.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - 15 June. It was officially recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2011, following a request by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA), who first established the commemoration in June 2006. …

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Global Wind Day - 15 June.

# Global Wind Day - 15 June. Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually on 15 June. It is a day for discovering wind, its power and the possibilities it holds to change our world. In more than 75 countries around the world, wind farms are in operation, generati…

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World Blood Donor Day - 14 June.

# World Blood Donor Day - 14 June. On 14 June 2020 WHO and all countries will celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The need for safe blood is universal. Safe blood is critical both for treatments and urgent interventions. It can help patients suffering from life-threatening condi…

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MIT engineers develop “brain-on-a-chip”.

# MIT engineers develop “brain-on-a-chip”. MIT engineers have designed a "brain-on-a-chip," smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors—silicon-based components that mimic the information-tr…

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