International Olympic Committee increases Olympic Solidarity fund by 16 percent.

International Olympic Committee increases Olympic Solidarity fund by 16 percent. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has agreed to increase the budget of Olympic Solidarity for the period 2021 to 2024 by 16 per cent. The budget for 2021-2024 will now be a total of USD 5…

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Joe Biden has appointed Ron Klain as White House chief of staff.

Joe Biden has appointed Ron Klain as White House chief of staff. US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed veteran political operative Ron Klain to be White House chief of staff. Mr. Klain has served as a top aide to Mr. Biden since the 1980s in the Senate and later when he…

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Japan formally declares Prince Akishino heir to the throne.

Japan formally declares Prince Akishino heir to the throne. Japan formally declared Crown Prince Akishino heir to the throne on Sunday 08 November 2020, after his elder brother Emperor Naruhito became monarch last year following their father's abdication. The day-long cer…

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Ban on LTTE should continue, India tells UK – Report.

Ban on LTTE should continue, India tells UK. India has told the United Kingdom that the ban of LTTE or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam should continue. New Delhi has “shared information” as to why the ban should remain on the group that was responsible for the 30-year long i…

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World Kindness Day - 13 November.

World Kindness Day - 13 November. World Kindness Day is 13 November. This was the opening day of the first World Kindness Movement® conference held at Tokyo in 1998, and the 35th anniversary of the Small Kindness Movement of Japan, which brought the signatories of the ‘decla…

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Sri Lankan- born quadriplegic Doctor Dinesh Palipana named Queensland’s 2021 Australian of Year.

Sri Lankan- born quadriplegic Doctor Dinesh Palipana named Queensland’s 2021 Australian of Year. Sri Lankan- born Dr. Dinesh Palipana has been named as Queensland’s 2021 Australian of Year, the Brisbane Times reported. He is the first quadriplegic medical graduate and medical…

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Sri Lanka Army inaugurates new Drone Regiment.

Sri Lanka Army inaugurates new Drone Regiment. Being geared to preparing the Army for the fast changing technological advancements and new challenges, the Sri Lanka Army in another milestone turning point formally raised its newest wing, 15th Drone Regiment of the Sri Lanka …

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Appropriation Bill 2020 passed at parliament.

Appropriation Bill 2020 passed at parliament. The Appropriation Bill for the year 2020 was passed in Parliament today (November 12) without a vote. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the Finance Minister, presented the second reading of the Appropriation Bill 2020 to the pa…

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Lakhta Center, the world's northernmost supertall tower, wins Emporis Skyscraper Award.

Lakhta Center, the world's northernmost supertall tower, wins Emporis Skyscraper Award. The annual Emporis Skyscraper Awards unveiled ten winning tall projects with the new Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg, Russia taking the top spot 2020. Standing 1,515 feet (462 meters) …

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NASA finally certified SpaceX to fly astronauts on its Crew Dragon spaceship.

NASA finally certified SpaceX to fly astronauts on its Crew Dragon spaceship. NASA announced it had finally certified SpaceX's whole launch system for human spaceflight. That decision was the result of the agency's flight-readiness review, in which experts and officia…

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2nd World Health Expo opens in Wuhan.

2nd World Health Expo opens in Wuhan. The second World Health Expo was inaugurated on November 11, in Wuhan, capital city of Central China’s Hubei Province. It will last until November 14. This year's Expo will focus on displaying the most cutting-edge science and technol…

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China’s Chen Meng claims International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Women’s World Cup title.

China’s Chen Meng claims  International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)  Women’s World Cup title. The world number one Chen Meng, beat Chinese compatriot Sun Yingsha 11-13 11-6 11-9 11-6 11-8 to win her maiden International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Women’s World Cup table…

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Bahrain’s Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa passes away.

Bahrain’s Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa passes away. Bahrain’s Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa has passed away. He was at age 84. He was not only the longest-serving PM of Bahrain, but he was the world’s longest-serving prime minister. He had held…

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World Pneumonia Day - 12 November.

World Pneumonia Day - 12 November. Established in 2009, World Pneumonia Day is marked every year on November 12th. On this day raise awareness about pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of children under the age of five; promote interventions to protect against, prevent and …

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World Quality Day - 12 November.

World Quality Day - 12 November. Held every second Thursday in November, World Quality Day provides a chance to reflect on the role of quality management in our lives. It’s also a day to think about how individuals and team members can develop more efficient processes, syste…

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Mumbai Indians wins IPL 2020 trophy.

Mumbai Indians wins IPL 2020 trophy. Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals in the final of Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 to lift their fifth IPL trophy. Chasing 157 runs for victory, Mumbai were helped by their captain Rohit Sharma, who hit 68 runs off 51 balls. …

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06 year-old-boy enters Guinness World Record.

06 year-old-boy enters Guinness World Record. A six-year-old boy from Ahmedabad has entered Guinness World Record as the World's Youngest Computer Programmer by clearing the Python programming language. Arham Om Talsania, the Class 2 student has cleared the Microsoft cert…

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"Scooby-Doo" Co-creator Ken Spears passes away.

"Scooby-Doo" Co-creator Ken Spears passes away. American television editor, writer and producer Ken Spears, who co-created the beloved animated series “Scooby-Doo” passed away. He was also the co-founder of television animation production company, Ruby-Spears Produ…

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"Lockdown" declared as word of the year.

"Lockdown" declared as word of the year. "Lockdown" has been declared the word of the year for 2020 by Collins Dictionary, after a sharp rise in its usage during the pandemic. Lexicographers registered more than 250,000 usages of "lockdown" durin…

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China launches world’s first 6G satellite into orbit.

China launches world’s first 6G satellite into orbit. China has reportedly launched the world’s first 6G satellite from Taiyuan in the northwestern province of Shanxi. A Long March-6 rocket lifted off on November 6, 2020, with the satellite, which weighs about 70kg (150lbs).…

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Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal.

Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia have signed an agreement to end military conflict over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called the deal "incredibly painful bo…

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Remembrance Day - 11 November.

Remembrance Day - 11 November. Every year on November 11th, the UK, along with members of the British Commonwealth, observe Remembrance Day. On this day, member states honor and remember those in the armed forces who died in the line of duty. July 28, 1914, was the fateful da…

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State lands to be granted for landless war heroes.

State lands to be granted for landless war heroes. Cabinet of Ministers have granted approval for a proposal to introduce a new methodology to allocate lands to war heroes. The previous method of allocating lands to war heroes was revised at the Cabinet meeting held on 18.07.…

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Sri Lanka’s external sector recovers further in Sep 2020.

Sri Lanka’s external sector recovers further in Sep 2020. According to the latest external trade data released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, country's external sector recovered further in September 2020, supported by the continued improvement in the trade deficit, a …

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Sri Lanka to set up pharmaceutical manufacturing zone in Hambantota.

Sri Lanka to set up pharmaceutical manufacturing zone in Hambantota. Sri Lanka will set up a pharmaceutical manufacturing zone in Hambantota, the state information office stated. The Presidential Task Force for the economic revival and eradication of poverty has identified th…

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WHO agrees to provide vaccine for current pandemic to 20% of Sri Lankan population.

WHO agrees to provide vaccine for current pandemic to 20% of Sri Lankan population. The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed to provide the vaccine for current pandemic to 20% of the Sri Lanka population. Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi has appointed a committ…

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11-year-old wins Junior MasterChef Australia with her grandma’s Sri Lankan curries.

11-year-old wins Junior MasterChef Australia with her grandma’s Sri Lankan curries. The tiniest contestant has taken out the biggest prize! Georgia, an 11-year-old dynamo with a passion for her grandma’s Sri Lankan curries, has been crowned the winner of Junior MasterChef Au…

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Debt moratorium for pandemic affected businesses & individuals extended by six more months in Sri Lanka.

Debt moratorium for pandemic affected businesses & individuals extended by six more months in Sri Lanka. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has directed licensed commercial banks and licensed specialized banks, to extend the debt moratorium to current pandemic affected…

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Anura Priyadharshana Yapa appointed CoPF chairman.

Anura Priyadharshana Yapa appointed CoPF chairman MP Anura Priyadharshana Yapa has been appointed as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF). The CoPF convened this afternoon (November 09) in a Committee Room at the Parliament. At the meeting, Minister Bandula G…

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Investors respond positively as the stock market remained accessible amidst curfew.

Investors respond positively as the stock market remained accessible amidst curfew. Stock Market Operations continued seamlessly with no interruptions between 26th October and 6th November 2020 amidst an environment where some offices of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and …

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