James Anderson becomes first fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets.

# James Anderson becomes first fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets. Anderson joins spinners Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble in 600-wicket club after dismissing Pakistan's Azhar Ali. England's James Anderson has made history by becoming the first fas…

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INGINE South Korea invests USD 8 mn to generate Green Energy in Sri Lanka.

# INGINE South Korea invests USD 8 mn to generate Green Energy in Sri Lanka. For the first time in South Asia, INGINE Lanka Private Limited and INGINE Inc. in South Korea will introduce breakthrough INWaveTM technology to generate Green energy to Sri Lanka.The total investme…

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Ex-Congo president Pascal Lissouba dies at age 88.

# Ex-Congo president Pascal Lissouba dies at age 88. Pascal Lissouba, former President of the Republic of Congo from 1992 to 1997, died Monday 24 August 2020 morning in France at the age of 88. President Lissouba passed away after a short illness, said MP Honore Sayi, a spoke…

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Kellyanne Conway, senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, has announced that she is resigning from her post.

# Kellyanne Conway, senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, has announced that she is resigning from her post. She says she will step down from her role to focus on her children. Kellyanne Conway is the first woman in American history to lead a successful US presidential…

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Joe Biden officially nominated as Democratic presidential candidate of USA.

# Joe Biden officially nominated as Democratic presidential candidate of USA. Joe Biden was officially nominated on Tuesday 25 August 2020 night as the Democratic nominee for president. The former vice president tweeted his acceptance, which he will codify in a Thursday 27 Au…

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Women's Equality Day - 26 August.

# Women's Equality Day - 26 August. Women's Equality Day is a day proclaimed each year by the United States President to commemorate the granting of the vote to women throughout the country on an equal basis with men. Women in the United States were granted the right…

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Australian all-rounder Cameron White announces retirement from all professional cricket.

# Australian all-rounder Cameron White announces retirement from all professional cricket. Australian all-rounder Cameron White has announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket. The 37 year-old Australian player will however, continue to play at the Premier…

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Beach Cleaning Programme ‘Life Worth, Save a Life’.

# Beach Cleaning Programme ‘Life Worth, Save a Life’. A beach cleaning programme organised by three organisations namely, "My Friend", "Rainbow Swimming" and the "Life Saving Society", under the theme of ' Life Worth Save a Life' was hel…

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First session of 9th Parliament inaugurated.

# First session of 9th Parliament inaugurated. The ceremonial sittings of the first session of the 9th Parliament declared open in a very simple manner at 3 pm on 20 August 2020 presided by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The Government's Policy Statement was presented by t…

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Colombo air quality at 'Good levels'.

# Colombo air quality at 'Good levels'. In terms of air quality, As at 2pm today 25 August 2020, Colombo’s air pollution status stood at Good level of 34, as measured by PM 2.5 (fine particulate matter). The ‘good' level, which ranges from 0-50, means the air qual…

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India's Chandrayaan-2 moon mission hits 1-year mark in lunar orbit.

# India's Chandrayaan-2 moon mission hits 1-year mark in lunar orbit. India's Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter has finished one year and 4,400 trips around the moon — and the spacecraft is just getting started, Indian space agency officials said Thursday 20 August 2020. # …

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Saudi Arabia's Aramco Suspends $10 Billion Refinery Complex Project In China's Liaoning Province.

# Saudi Arabia's Aramco Suspends $10 Billion Refinery Complex Project In China's Liaoning Province. In a big development, Saudi Arabia's state oil behemoth Aramco has suspended a deal to build a $10 billion refining and petrochemicals complex in China's north…

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First female golfer from Germany Sophia Popov wins Women’s British Open.

# First female golfer from Germany Sophia Popov wins Women’s British Open. World number 304 Sophia Popov became the first female golfer from Germany to capture a major title after winning the Women's British Open by two strokes at Royal Troon in Scotland. # ජර්මනියේ පළමු …

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Spectacles believed to be worn by Mahatma Gandhi set auction record in UK.

# Spectacles believed to be worn by Mahatma Gandhi set auction record in UK. A pair of gold-plated spectacles believed to have been worn by Mahatma Gandhi and presented as a gift in the 1900s have broken all records for a UK auction house by selling for 260,000 pounds. The ne…

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China successfully launches new optical remote-sensing satellite.

# China successfully launches new optical remote-sensing satellite. China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on Sunday 23 August 2020. The satellite, Gaofen-9 05, was sent into orbit by a Lo…

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Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Abbas & Lisa Sthalekar inducted into ICC Hall of Fame.

# Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Abbas & Lisa Sthalekar inducted into ICC Hall of Fame. Legendary South African all-rounder Jaques Kallis, Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas and Pune-born former Australian captain Lisa Sthalekar were inducted into the International Cricket Coun…

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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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