ICC Player of the Month awards for March.

The ICC has revealed the winners of the ICC Player of the Month awards for March 2023, with Shakib Al Hasan from Bangladesh being named as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month, while Henriette Ishimwe from Rwanda was selected as the ICC Women’s Player of the Month. This is Sha…

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Ghana becomes first country in world to approve Oxford University's new R21 malaria vaccine.

Ghana has made history by becoming the first country to approve a highly effective malaria vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford in the UK. The vaccine, called R21/Matrix-M, has exceeded the World Health Organization’s target of 75% efficacy, making it…

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Europe successfully launches JUICE mission to study Jupiter's icy moons.

Europe's first-ever Jupiter mission is officially underway. The European Space Agency's (ESA) JUICE spacecraft launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Friday (April 14) at 8:14 a.m. EDT (1214 GMT), after a one-day dela…

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World Chagas Disease Day - 14 April.

Every year on April 14th, World Chagas Disease Day raises awareness for Chagas disease. It’s also a day that stresses the importance of prevention and finding ways to eliminate the disease. Chagas disease is also known as American trypanosomiasis and is named after Carlos Ju…

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52 million-year-old bat skeleton is the oldest ever found and belongs to a never-before-seen species.

Two stunningly preserved, 52 million-year-old bat skeletons unearthed in Wyoming are the oldest ever found and belong to a never-before-seen species, researchers have revealed. The rare fossils were discovered in the Green River Formation in the southwest of the state.  The n…

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New members of the Sri Lankan Audit Service Commission take oath.

The newly appointed members of the Audit Service Commission were sworn in on the 9 th of April before the Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, Speaker of the Parliament. The Auditor General is appointed as the ex-officio Chairman to the Commission and accordingly, Mr. W.P.C. Wickr…

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New chapter of the bible found hidden inside 1,750-year-old text.

The hidden text was found as part of the Sinai Palimpsests Project, where researchers aim to recover texts that were erased and written over by scribes in the 4th-12th centuries CE. Palimpsest manuscripts – where earlier text has been washed or scraped off, then reused – we…

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Philippines, US Launch Largest-ever Joint Military Drills.

The Philippines and the United States hold an opening ceremony in Manila for their largest-ever joint military exercises, as the longstanding allies seek to counter growing Chinese assertiveness in the region.  Nearly 18,000 troops are taking part in the annual exercises dub…

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The First US President charged with crime.

Former US President Donald Tump has become the first former president in history to be arrested and charged for breaking the law. He appeared in court in New York on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to 34 charges of business fraud. Mr Trump is accused of making false records to…

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World economy faces weakest growth since 1990.

The global economy is set to grow at roughly 3% over the next five years - the slowest pace since 1990, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said. Kristalina Georgieva said the path ahead was "rough and foggy" - and warned that cooperation to address the…

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SpaceX eyeing 3rd week of April for Starship orbital launch.

SpaceX's huge Starship vehicle could launch on its first-ever orbital test flight by the end of next week, if all goes according to plan. SpaceX has been gearing up for the pioneering flight for months, and the prep work has accelerated recently. Last week, for example, …

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Webb Reveals Never-Before-Seen Details In Cassiopeia A.

The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains the star leaves behind can be even more dramatic. A new mid-infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provides one stunning example. It shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), created by a st…

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Tesla to build new battery factory in Shanghai.

Elon Musk's electric car company Tesla says it is expanding in China as it builds a new factory to make its large-scale batteries. The plant in Shanghai will be able to produce 10,000 of its "Megapack" energy storage units a year, the firm says. A Megapack is a …

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Dalai Lama regrets asking boy to 'suck my tongue'.

The Dalai Lama has apologised after footage showed him telling a boy to suck the Tibetan spiritual leader's tongue. His office said he wanted to apologise to the child and his family "for the hurt his words may have caused". The video also shows the Dalai Lama k…

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NASA’s High-Resolution Air Quality Control Instrument Launches.

NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument has successfully launched, marking a significant step forward in the monitoring of major air pollutants. The instrument will provide unprecedented resolution, allowing scientists to observe air qualit…

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World Homeopathy Day - 10 April.

Every year on April 10th, World Homeopathy Day honors the memory of Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy. The day also challenges understanding and strategies that will further develop homeopathy. Homeopathy comes from the Greek words homeo, wh…

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Gazette banning importation of several plastic items to be published.

The Extraordinary Gazette notification related to banning the importation of several plastic items is scheduled to be published today (April 10). The Central Environmental Authority stated that the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policy has already s…

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Pakistan's finance minister opposes snap polls mandated by top court.

Provincial snap elections are not in the national interest of Pakistan given its economic turmoil and security situation, the country’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Monday. His comments defy an order from Pakistan’s Supreme Court last week that mandated the elections a…

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Global ocean surface temperature highest since records began.

The temperature of the ocean's surface is currently at a record high. New data taken by the US government has found that since the start of April, the average ocean temperature is at around 21.1C. The highest the average temperature has been before is 21C, in 2016. This ri…

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World Bank issues negative forecast for Egypt’s economy.

The World Bank lowered its forecast for Egypt’s gross domestic product growth during the current fiscal year to four percent from 4.8 percent which it had previously predicted in its October report. According to a report on the latest economic developments on Thursday, the W…

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest black hole in the universe.

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest known black hole in the universe, and astronomers think even earlier ones could have swarmed the young cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), whose powerful cameras allow it to peer back in time to the earliest …

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Perseverance Mars rover collects 1st sample of new science campaign.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has drilled its 16th sample from an intriguing rock, inaugurating its latest assignment that has it exploring the top of an ancient river delta.  The newly collected sample, the size of a piece of classroom chalk, is safely tucked in Persev…

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China's Space Pioneer reaches orbit with Tianlong-2 Rocket.

The Chinese company Space Pioneer successfully launched its Tianlong-2 rocket into orbit early Sunday (April 2), making space exploration history in the process.  The 4:48 a.m. Beijing Time launch from China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in the Gobi Desert, I…

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SpaceX's Next-Gen Starlink Satellites have started falling from space.

It’s been a little over a month since SpaceX launched 21 mini versions of its next-generation Starlink satellites, but it appears that one of those little guys just couldn’t cling to orbit any longer. The Starlink satellite designated as 30062 reentered Earth’s atmosphere on…

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SpaceX Starship will launch this new private moon rover in 2026.

A new lunar rover has been unveiled for an upcoming mission to the moon aboard a SpaceX Starship. Hawthorne, California-based Astrolab has reached an agreement with SpaceX to launch its Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover on an upcoming Starship mission to the mo…

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Why will NASA's Artemis 2 only fly around the moon, not orbit or land ?

Artemis 2 will be the first time NASA has sent humans to the moon in over 50 years, and a lot has changed since then. Artemis 2, which NASA aims to launch in November 2024, will send a crew of four on a test flight that will take them once around the moon and back. But the a…

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Mercury, Venus and the Pleiades put on a sky show this month.

From now through mid-April, in the western evening twilight sky, the "Queen of the Night," better known as the brilliant planet Venus, will help you to identify the normally hard-to-find planet Mercury.  And along the way, Venus will have a striking interaction wit…

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World Health Day - 07 April.

Every year on April 7th, the World Health Day is celebrated to bring global attention to a specific health issue that impacts people worldwide. This day is also significant as it coincides with the founding day of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1948. This year marks…

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Cabinet Approves Indian Space Policy 2023: Agrees to include private sector to boost development.

The Union Cabinet on Thursday (07) approved the Indian Space Policy, 2023 under which roles and responsibilities of organisations such as ISRO, NewSpace India Limited and private sector entities have been laid down. The Indian Space Policy was approved by the Cabinet Committ…

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China’s Yuan replaces dollar as most traded currency in Russia.

China’s yuan has replaced the US dollar as the most traded currency in Russia, a year after the invasion of Ukraine led to a slew of Western sanctions against Moscow. The yuan surpassed the dollar in monthly trading volume in February for the first time, and the difference b…

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