Legendary American pop musician Burt Bacharach passes away.

Burt Bacharach, the singularly gifted and popular composer who delighted millions with the quirky arrangements and unforgettable melodies of “Walk on By,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and dozens of other hits, has died at 94. The Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning Bacharach…

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World Radio Day - 13 February

World Radio Day is celebrated every year on February 13 to mark the important role that radio plays in our lives and in society. The objective of World Radio Day is to raise public awareness of the importance of radio and to encourage decision makers to use it to provide ac…

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World Government Summit 2023

The World Government Summit 2023 will be held in Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 13 - 15 February 2023, under the theme of “Shaping Future Governments”. The Summit will bring thought leaders, global experts and decision makers from around the globe to share …

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NASA Spots Surprise Evidence of Ancient Water Ripples on Mars.

NASA's Curiosity rover has logged over a decade in Mars' Gale Crater. It may be a veteran of the red planet, but Mars still has some surprises in store, like an ancient lake bed in an unexpected place.  The rover documented a landscape of stunning rocks that show dis…

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World Unani Day - 11 February.

World Unani Day is observed on February 11 every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of social reformer and renowned Unani scholar Hakim Ajmal Khan, widely regarded as the pioneer of Unani medicine in India. The day commemorates Hakim Ajmal Khan’s contribution to the …

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Minor tremor felt in Monaragala district in Sri Lanka.

Minor tremors with a magnitude of 3.0 were reported in several areas in the Moneragala district today. (10 Feb.). Accordingly, tremors were felt in the Buttala, Wellawaya and Handapanagala areas, the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) reported. The NBRO assures, h…

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Jupiter beats Saturn to become the Planet with most Moons.

The battle for the most known moons in the Solar System is raging on. After losing its lead to Saturn in 2019, Jupiter has once again surged ahead. Astronomers have counted 12 previously unknown moons in orbit around our Solar System’s biggest planet, bringing the known tot…

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South Africa invokes disaster law to tackle energy crisis.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of disaster with immediate effect to deal with the country’s severe electricity crisis including prolonged daily power blackouts. The declaration of a state of disaster comes as rolling power cuts of up to eight ho…

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Italy’s Olympic skier Elena Fanchini dies.

Italian Skier Elena Fanchini passed at the age of 37 after a toiling battle with cancer on 9th February 2023. Elena Fanchini competed at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships for Italy, and she won a silver medal in the download at the 2005 World Championships. …

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Blue Origin wins first NASA business for New Glenn.

Blue Origin has won its first NASA award for its New Glenn rocket, with the agency selecting the large rocket to launch a pair of Martian smallsats. NASA announced Feb. 9 it selected New Glenn for the launch of the two Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (E…

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World Pulses Day - 10 February.

Every year on February 10th, World Pulses Day celebrates the dry edible seeds of plants called pulses. The day also seeks to promote the many health benefits of pulses. What are pulses? Pulses, also known as legumes, are the edible seeds of leguminous plants cultivated for fo…

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SpaceX tests the most powerful ever rocket system.

Elon Musk's SpaceX company has performed a key test on its huge new rocket system, Starship. Engineers conducted what's called a "static fire", simultaneously igniting 31 out of 33 of the engines at the base of the vehicle's lower-segment. The firing las…

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Raphael Varane announced his retirement from international football.

France defender Raphael Varane is retiring from international football, ending a 10-year career with Les Bleus in which he won the World Cup in 2018 and was a runner-up four years later. The 29-year-old, who has 93 caps after making his debut in 2013, also helped Didier Des…

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The transgender couple whose pregnancy photos went viral.

A pregnancy photoshoot by an Indian transgender couple - who paused their hormone therapy to have a baby - is being widely shared on social media. Ziya Paval, 21, and her partner Zahad, 23, who live in the southern state of Kerala, were in the process of gender transition wh…

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ICC T-20 Women’s World Cup Begins in South Africa.

The ICC T-20 Women’s World Cup is to begin in South Africa on 10th February 2023, with the opening match between the host team, South Africa and Sri Lanka. This is the first time that the ICC T-20 Women’s World Cup tournament is taking place in an African nation. The Indian…

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Archaeologists discover dinosaur tail in Mexico's desert

Archaeologists in Mexico have unearthed the fossilized remains of a 72 million-year-old dinosaur tail, the country's National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) said. The five-metre tail was the first ever found in Mexico and was unusually well-preserved, said…

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List of world’s deadliest earthquakes since 2000.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Turkey and Syria on Monday  (06), killing more than 5,000 people in the two countries. The death toll is expected to rise as rescuers working in frigid weather search for people trapped in the rubble of toppled buildings. Here are some of the…

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NASA and IBM Partners to build AI foundation models to advance climate science.

IBM has partnered with NASA to gain new findings on Earth’s climate through the power of AI technology. The two organizations will use AI tech developed by IBM together with the large amounts of Earth observation and geospatial data that NASA has available to share. Earth o…

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Australia’s, Aaron Finch retires from international cricket.

Australia’s longest-serving captain in the shortest format of the game, veteran batter Aaron Finch called time on his international career. Finch, who retired as the One Day International (ODI) captain of the Australian team last year, has confirmed his retirement from T20I…

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Grace period declared to hand over unlicensed firearms.

The Defence Ministry of Sri Lanka has declared a grace period from February 06 to March 15 to hand over unlicensed firearms to the government authorities. This was announced in a special gazette notification issued by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the De…

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NASA’s X-57 Maxwell plane is set to take off.

NASA’s “all-electric” plane X-57 is soon set to take off, the US space agency. The plane has 14 propellers along its wings and is powered entirely by electricity. Recently, NASA’s X-57 Maxwell performed successful thermal testing of its cruise motor controllers. Thermal tes…

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Major earthquakes kill thousands of people in Turkey and Syria.

Powerful earthquakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and injured thousands more in Turkey and Syria, triggering frantic searches for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings. An initial magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit near the southeastern Turkish city of Gazia…

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Pervez Musharraf, former Pakistani General & President dies.

Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf passed away in Dubai at the age of 79 due to a prolonged illness. Musharraf, who was admitted to a hospital in Dubai, was shifted to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) in Rawalpindi earlier. Pervez Musharraf, who was …

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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation - 06 February.

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female is observed on 6th February globally. This day is sponsored by the United Nations for their efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation. It was first introduced in 2003.  This year, the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Eli…

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Dates confirmed for ICC World Test Championship 2023 final.

The official dates for the final of the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 cycle to be played at The Oval later this year have been announced. The final of the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship will be played at The Oval, London from 7 to 11 June with a rese…

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World Interfaith Harmony Week 2023.

World Interfaith Harmony Week is an annual event observed during the first week of February(1-7), after General Assembly designation in 2010. These celebrations focus on creating mutual understanding and interreligious dialogue to promote harmony between people regardless o…

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Sri Lanka have named their squad for the forthcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa.

Sri Lanka have named their 15-member squad for the forthcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa. The squad will be led by their regular skipper and star batter Chamari Athapaththu. They will kickstart their campaign with the tournament opener against hosts South…

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World Cancer Day - 04 February.

World Cancer Day is observed every year globally on 4th February by the Union for International Cancer Control. By raising worldwide awareness, improving education and catalysing personal, collective and government action, we are all working together to reimagine a world wh…

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International Day of Human Fraternity - 04 February.

The International Day of Human Fraternity was established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 21, 2020. The International Day of Human Fraternity has been observed every year on February 4. This day, which falls in the middle of the International Interfaith H…

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Over 500 prisoners to be released for 75th Independence Anniversary.

Accordingly, a total of 588 prisoners will be released tomorrow, Prisons Commissioner and Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake stated. Those who were jailed for drug-related offences will be granted the said presidential pardon, while the release of 31 inmates who were deemed to hav…

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