Vast amount of water may be locked up on planet Mars.

It's a longstanding mystery: how Mars lost the water that flowed across its surface billions of years ago. Scientists now think they have an answer: much of it became trapped in the planet's outer layer - its crust. The ancient water exists in the form of minerals co…

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Sri Lanka to ban burka and other face coverings.

Sri Lanka has taken a significant step towards banning the burka and other face coverings in public, on grounds of national security. Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara told the BBC that he had signed a cabinet order which now needs parliamentary approval. Officials …

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to visit India.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit India at the end of April in what will be his first major international trip after Britain’s exit from the European Union as part of efforts to boost UK opportunities in the region, his office said. PM Johnson had planned an In…

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Deb Haaland confirmed as first Indigenous US cabinet secretary.

Deb Haaland has been confirmed as the secretary of the interior, making her the first Indigenous cabinet secretary in US history. The 60-year-old from New Mexico will be responsible for the country’s land, seas and natural resources, as well as overseeing tribal affairs. The …

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Adani Ports to develop Colombo Port’s West Container Terminal.

The Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones (APSEZ) Ltd. India’s largest private ports & logistics company and a key subsidiary of the diversified Adani Group, received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from the Ministry of Ports and Shipping and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, ac…

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Japanese start producing hydrogen from brown coal in Australia.

A Japanese-Australian venture has begun producing hydrogen from brown coal in a A$500 million ($387 million) test project that aims to show liquefied hydrogen can be produced and exported safely to Japan, the project sponsors said. Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries is runnin…

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Grammy Awards 2021.

The 63rd edition of the annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. The 2021 Grammy awards recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, between September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020. The award is presented b…

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U.S. becomes India's second biggest oil supplier.

The United States overtook Saudi Arabia as India’s second biggest oil supplier after Iraq in Feb 2021. India’s imports from the United States, the world’s top producer, rose 48% to a record 545,300 bpd in February 2021 from the prior month, accounting for 14% of India’s over…

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Afghanistan's Cricketer Rashid Khan sets new world record.

Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan created the record for bowling the most number of overs in a single Test in the 21st century. The spinner bowled a total of 99.2 overs in the ongoing second Test between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhab…

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Indian Women Cricketer Mithali Raj , creates huge record in cricket history.

Indian Women captain Mithali Raj has became the first cricketer to score 7000 runs in Women’s ODI Cricket . The experienced cricketer has achieved the feat during her 45-run knock against South Africa Women’s in the 4th ODI . Mithali Raj, 38 years old has now scored 7,019 r…

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Virat Kohli Becomes the First Player to Score 3000 Runs in T20Is.

Team India captain Virat Kohli became the first batsman to score 3000 runs in T20 Internationals.  In the second T20I against England, Kohli slammed a six on Chris Jordan’s delivery to finish the match in style and reached the iconic milestone. India won the match by 7 wicke…

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India holds 4th largest forex reserves in the world.

India’s foreign-exchange reserves surpassed Russia’s to become the world’s fourth largest reserves in March 2021. According to the Reserve Bank of India, foreign exchange reserves of the country declined by $4.255 billion to $580.299 billion in the week ended March 5 from $5…

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Facebook launches Instagram Lite in Sri Lanka.

Facebook has launched Instagram Lite in Sri Lanka in order to provide access to all users, irrespective of the device, platform and network they are on. This lightweight version of the Instagram app for Android uses minimal data, similar to Facebook Lite. Built using Bloks t…

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West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets, win ODI series 3-0.

Darren Bravo’s fourth one-day international century steered the West Indies to a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka on Sunday and a sweep of the three-match ODI series. Bravo was out for 102 in the 47th over when the West Indies needed only 26 runs to overhaul Sri Lanka’s total …

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Marvelous Marvin Hagler, boxing legend dead at age 66.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the boxing legend who was the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987 and recorded 52 knockouts during his career, has died at age 66. Hagler is known for being one of the greatest middleweight fighters of all time. He finished his boxing …

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Rawalpindi KRL Stadium renamed after Shoaib Akhtar.

Rawalpindi's "historic" KRL Stadium has been renamed after former pacer Shoaib Akhtar  and the fast bowler is lost for words after it was named in his honour. Shoaib Akhtar is renowned as "The Rawalpindi Express". The former fast bowler said he had don…

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Jordan health minister resigns after oxygen outage kills patients.

Jordan’s health minister has resigned amid growing anger after several patients died at a hospital due to the current pandemic. They have died due to their oxygen supplies ran out. State media on Saturday 13 March 2021 reported at least seven deaths at the government hospita…

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Deepika Padukone joins World Economic Forum (WEF) list of Young Global Leader.

Actor Deepika Padukone and several Indian citizens and India-origin persons joined the list of the Young Global Leaders (YGLs) compiled by the World Economic Forum. Announcing its 2021 class of YGLs, the WEF said these are the world's most promising 112 tomorrow's le…

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World Contact Day - 15 March.

Every year on March 15th, people around the globe unite on World Contact to make contact with extra-terrestrial (ET) life and alien civilizations. World Contact Day was first declared on March 1953 by an organization called the International Flying Saucer Bureau, as a day on…

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World Consumer Rights Day - 15 March.

On March 15 1962 US President John F. Kennedy gave a speech on consumer rights which led to the creation of the Consumer Bill of Rights. Consumer rights activist Anwar Fazal later proposed the observance of a 'World Consumer Rights Day' marking that date, and on 15 …

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UN Security Council urges Somalis to decide quickly on elections.

The members of the Security Council noted the progress made in the preparations for the holding of national elections in late 2020 or early 2021 in Somalia, and welcomed the role of the Federal Government of Somalia, the Somali Federal Parliament and the National Independen…

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International Day of Action for Rivers - 14 March 2021.

The International Day of Action for Rivers is a day dedicated to solidarity – when diverse communities around the world come together with one voice to say that rivers matter. That communities having access to clean and flowing water matters. That everyone should have a say…

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Pi Day - 14 March

Pi Day is an unofficial holiday commemorating the mathematical constant ? (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (or 3/14 in month/day date format), since 3, 1 and 4 are the three most significant digits of ? in the decimal form. In 2009, the United States House of Representa…

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First meeting of BRICS Contact Group on Economic, Trade, Issues held.

The BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues (CGETI) leads held their first meeting under India's Chairship from March 9-11.  The theme of BRICS this year is -"BRICS@15: Intra BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation, and Consensus'.  India, under …

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International Day of Mathematics - 14 March.

To celebrate the beauty and importance of mathematics and its essential role in everyone’s life the International Mathematical Union (IMU) has led the project to have UNESCO proclaim March 14 as the International Day of Mathematics (IDM). On November 26th 2019, the 40th Gen…

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Albert Einstein’s Birth Anniversary - 14 March.

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). Albert Einstein’s birth in the German Empire city of Ulm. While Ein…

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Mithali Raj becomes second woman to score 10,000 runs in international cricket.

Mithali Raj has become the first Indian batter, and only the second overall, to score 10,000 runs in women's international cricket. Raj went past the mark during her innings of 36 in the third ODI against South Africa on Friday 12 March 2021, getting there with a flicke…

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US blocks Turkish copters’ sale to Pakistan.

The United States stopped Turkey supplying 30 locally made attack helicopters to Pakistan, Turkish Presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said. During a briefing, Kalin noted that the US blocked Turkey's helicopter sale to Pakistan, which will likely lead to Islamabad b…

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Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee warns of widening digital divide.

The creator of the web says the current global pandemic has highlighted the importance of internet connectivity as a basic right. Sir Tim Berners-Lee says too many young people do not have internet access and the digital divide has widened during the pandemic. He called on go…

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Mexico's Congress approves landmark cannabis bill.

Mexico's lower house has approved a bill that would legalise the recreational use of cannabis. It will now go to the Senate for a final vote, which President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's party is confident will pass. This would make Mexico one of the world's la…

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South Africa's Zulu King Zwelithini dies at age 72.

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who saw himself as the custodian of his people’s culture and was praised by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as a “visionary monarch”, died on Friday 12 March 2021. Zwelithini, who was 72, died in hospital, the royal family said. He had …

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Biden eyes 04 July as ‘Independence Day’ from virus.

President Joe Biden has said he is hopeful that America can "mark independence" from global pandemic  on 4 July if people get vaccinated. In his first primetime address as president, Mr Biden said he would order states to make all adults eligible for vaccinations by…

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Turkish lake SALDA may hold clues to ancient life on Mars

As NASA’s rover Perseverance explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission much closer to home at a lake in southwest Turkey. NASA says the minerals and rock deposits at Salda are the nea…

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Thomas Bach has been re-elected as IOC President.

Olympic champion Thomas Bach has been re-elected for an additional four-year term as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). At the 137th IOC Session held virtually on 10 March 2021, the 67-year-old German received 93 yes and 1 no votes from the 94 valid vot…

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Inventor of Audio cassette tape Lou Ottens dies.

Lou Ottens, the Dutch engineer credited with inventing the audio cassette tape, has died aged 94. An estimated 100 billion cassette tapes have been sold around the world since they were introduced in the 1960s. Ottens' invention transformed the way people listened to mus…

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World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer Fugaku.

The Japanese scientific research institute called RIKEN and Fujitsu started developing the “Fugaku” six years ago. It is the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Fugaku has been named after an alternative name for Mount Fuji. Now, this supercomputer is fully ready and deve…

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Planet Uranus Discovered - 13 March.

Uranus was discovered by the British astronomer, William Herschel on the 13th of March 1781, but initially reported it (on April 26, 1781) as a "comet". Uranus had been observed on many occasions before its recognition as a planet, but it was generally mistaken for…

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China supports to strengthen Sri Lanka’s reserves.

The People's Bank of China has approved a $1.5 billion SWAP facility to boost the Sri Lanka’s official foreign reserves. This was confirmed by the State Minister of Money & Capital Markets and State Enterprise Reforms, Ajith Nivard Cabraal in a Twitter message. At the…

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External Sector Performance – January 2021.

Sri Lanka’s external sector continued to recover in many aspects during January 2021, mainly supported by an improved trade deficit and a notable increase in workers’ remittances. The reduced deficit in the trade account in January 2021 compared to January 2020 was the resu…

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Foreign Ministry to open Regional Consular Office in Trincomalee

The Foreign Ministry will be opening a Regional Consular Office in Trincomalee in the Eastern Province on Saturday (March 13), a statement said. Foreign Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena with Foreign Secretary, Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage will lead the ceremonial launch of t…

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