International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition - 23 August.

# International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition - 23 August. The night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the tra…

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First rockets produced by private sector in India successfully test fired.

# First rockets produced by private sector in India successfully test fired. The first ever rockets fully manufactured by the private sector have been successfully test fired by the army. The Pinaka rockets were tested at a firing range in Pokharan and achieved the desired re…

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Turkey discovers large natural gas reserve off Black Sea.

# Turkey discovers large natural gas reserve off Black Sea. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to step up the search for energy in the Mediterranean. The discovery of 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas comes amid a dispute with Greece over prospecting. Turk…

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Equatorial Guinea reappoints Prime Minister Asue after government resignation.

# Equatorial Guinea reappoints Prime Minister Francisco Asue after government resignation. Francisco Asue was reappointed as prime minister of Equatorial Guinea, the government said, after he and the government resigned last week after criticism from long-standing President …

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Keith Rowley becomes PM of Trinidad and Tobago for 2nd consecutive term.

# Keith Rowley becomes PM of Trinidad and Tobago for 2nd consecutive term. Keith Rowley sworn in as Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for a 2nd consecutive 5-year term. He is from the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM). As per the preliminary result, …

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International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism - 21 August.

# International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism - 21 August. The third commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism took place on 21 August 2020 at 10 am.  The General Assembly, in its resolutio…

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Greenland ice sheet lost a record 01 million tonnes per minute in 2019.

# Greenland ice sheet lost a record 01 million tonnes per minute in 2019. The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute across the year, satellite data shows. The climate crisis is heating the Arctic at double the rate …

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Ronnie O’Sullivan wins World Snooker Championship 2020.

# Ronnie O’Sullivan wins World Snooker Championship 2020. Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated Kyren Wilson with a score of 18-8 to win the World Snooker Championship 2020. He has claimed his sixth World Championship title at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre. Witch his victory, Ronnie O’Su…

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Iran tests new surface-to-surface missile with a 900-mile range called Martyr Qassem Soleimani after the Quds Force leader killed in a US airstrike.

# Iran tests new surface-to-surface missile with a 900-mile range called Martyr Qassem Soleimani after the Quds Force leader killed in a US airstrike. Iran displayed a surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Thursday 20 August 2020 with a range of 870 miles and a new cruise …

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Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena appointed as new Speaker of the Parliament.

# Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena appointed as new Speaker of the Parliament. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has been unanimously appointed as the new Speaker of Parliament. He was nominated by the Leader of the House, Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at t…

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World Mosquito Day - 20 August.

# World Mosquito Day - 20 August. World mosquito day is celebrated annually on August 20. It is a commemoration of a British doctor, Sir Ronald Ross’s discovery in 1897 that ‘female mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans’. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medici…

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Dwarf planet Ceres is now an ‘ocean world’.

# Dwarf planet Ceres is now an ‘ocean world’. There are five dwarf planets in our Solar System. The most famous is Pluto. The other four, in order of size, are Eris, Makemake, Haumea and Ceres.  Researchers have shed new light on the dwarf planet Ceres, which lies in the aste…

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Digital Quality of Life Index 2020.

# Digital Quality of Life Index 2020. A global research on the quality of a digital wellbeing in 85 countries (81% of the global population). This study indexes the countries by looking at five fundamental pillars that define the digital quality of life as given below. Intern…

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Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.

# Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (5WCSP)was held virtually. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva, and the Parliament of Austria jointly organized the two day Conference with the support of the United Na…

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Luis Abinader becomes new President of Dominican Republic.

# Luis Abinader becomes new President of Dominican Republic. Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona has been sworn in as the 54th President of Dominican Republic. He succeeds Danilo Medina of Liberation Party. Abinader’s Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) won the elections with 53% vote…

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The World Senior Citizen's Day - 21 August.

# The World Senior Citizen's Day - 21 August. The World Senior Citizen's Day is celebrated on August 21 each year. The day is dedicated to increase awareness about the issues that affect older adults. From age deterioration to elder abuse, the day creates heightened …

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BRICS Experts Discuss Anti-Drug Cooperation.

# BRICS Experts Discuss Anti-Drug Cooperation. A Meeting of BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group took place via video conference under the Chairmanship of the Russian Federation. Heads of the relevant units of BRICS specialised agencies discussed the situation with drug trafficking …

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Apple Inc first US company to be valued at USD.2 trillion.

# Apple Inc first US company to be valued at USD.2 trillion. Tech giant Apple has become the first US company to be valued at USD.2 trillion  (Sterlin Pound1.5trillion) on the stock market. It reached the milestone just two years after becoming the world's first trillion-…

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New Cabinet Spokesman and Co-Cabinet Spokesmen appointed.

# New Cabinet Spokesman and Co-Cabinet Spokesmen appointed. Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella has been appointed as the new Spokesperson for the Cabinet of Ministers. Meanwhile, another two ministers have been appointed as Co-Cabinet Spokesmen. Ministers Ramesh Pathi…

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A Bills for cyber security and data protection drafted.

# A Bills for cyber security and data protection drafted. A Data Protection Bill has already been drafted and only the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers await for it to be turned into an act, says Ravindu Meegasmulla, an Information Security Officer at Sri Lanka Computer …

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50 percent of oceans could be hit by climate change.

# 50 percent of oceans could be hit by climate change. More than 50% of the world’s oceans could already be affected by climate change, with this figure rising as high as 80% over the coming decades, a new study has shown. Scientists used climate models and observations in d…

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Vetaran Tennis Player Angela Buxton dies aged 85.

# Vetaran Tennis Player Angela Buxton dies aged 85. Former British tennis player, two-time Grand Slam doubles champion and equal rights pioneer Angela Buxton has died at the age of 85, it was announced on Monday 17 August 2020. Buxton, who had Jewish heritage and was targeted…

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A Twin earthquakes strike southern Sumatra.

# A Twin earthquakes strike southern Sumatra. Two large and shallow earthquakes struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island early Wednesday (Aug 19), the US Geological Survey reported, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or major dam…

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Cabinet approval to abolish 19th amendment to the constitution.

# Cabinet approval to abolish 19th amendment the constitution of Sri Lanka. Cabinet approval has been granted to abolish the 19th amendment to the constitution and to draft the 20th amendment.  The Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella said this addressing the media fol…

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China's floods records wet feets of Leshan Giant Buddha.

# China's floods records wet feets of Leshan Giant Buddha. A giant statue of Buddha in China has had its toes dampened by floodwater for the first time since the 1940s. The 71m-tall statue, a Unesco heritage site, was carved out of a rockface near Chengdu in Sichuan provi…

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Donald Trump gives nod to "Oracle" to buyout of TikTok in US.

# Donald Trump gives nod to "Oracle" to buyout of TikTok in US. US President Donald Trump has said tech giant Oracle would be "a great company" to take over TikTok's US operations. It comes after Oracle was reported as a possible buyer of the Chinese s…

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Mali Coup - Military Soldiers promises to hold an elections after ousting president.

# Mali Coup - Military Soldiers promises to hold an elections after ousting president. The soldiers who ousted Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta say they plan to set up a civilian transitional government and hold new elections. The spokesman for the soldiers said th…

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Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigns after military mutiny.

# Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigns after military mutiny. Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has resigned and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint. Keita won a second term in elections in 2018, but there has been p…

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As an alternative to Colombo Port, India is planning to develop a port at Nicobar Island.

# As an alternative to Colombo Port, India is planning to develop a port at Nicobar Island. India is planning to build a new transshipment port in the Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal. Sri Lanka’s neighbouring nation ventured into this investment of INR 10,000 crore …

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