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Sirisha Bandla, the 3rd Indian-born woman astronaut to fly to space.

Sirisha Bandla, the 3rd Indian-born woman astronaut to fly to space.
Andhra Pradesh-born astronaut Sirisha Bandla will be flying to space with UK billionaire and founder of the Virgin Galactic company Richard Branson on July 11, 2021. Bandla will be taking care of the researcher's experience on the Unity22 mission. She will be one of the …
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Israeli researchers develop world's tiniest technology.

Israeli researchers develop world's tiniest technology.
Israeli researchers have engineered the world's tiniest technology, with a thickness of only two atoms. The new technology, described in a study published in the journal Science, enables the storage of information in the thinnest unit known to science in one of the most …
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Gulzarilal Nanda, former Prime Minister's birth anniversary - 04 July.

Gulzarilal Nanda, former Prime Minister's birth anniversary - 04 July.
Gulzarilal Nanda, (born July 4, 1898, Sialkot, Punjab, British India [now in Pakistan]—died January 15, 1998, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India), Indian politician who twice served briefly as interim prime minister, in 1964 following the death of Jawaharlal Nehru and in 1966 upon t…
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US Celebrates 245th Independence Day on 04 July.

US Celebrates 245th Independence Day on 04 July.
The United States celebrated its Independence Day on Sunday 04 July, the 245th anniversary of its founding and this year a symbolic renewal of many family and public celebrations that had been curtailed for more than a year by coronavirus pandemic restrictions. U.S. Presiden…
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U.S. hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years

U.S. hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years
After nearly 20 years, the U.S. military left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America. The airfield was handed over to the Afghan National Security and Defense Force in its…
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U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson suspended for one month.

 U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson suspended for one month.
U.S. track sensation Sha'Carri Richardson, who punched her ticket to the Tokyo Games after winning the women’s 100-meter race last month, has been suspended for one month after testing positive for THC, the chemical in cannabis. Richardson failed a drug test following he…
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International Day of Cooperatives - 03 July.

International Day of Cooperatives - 03 July.
Every year on the first Saturday of July, the International Day of Cooperatives celebrates the cooperative movement. The day also highlights the complementary goals, objectives, and contributions of cooperatives around the world. In the year 2021, the International Day of Co…
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Virat Kohli is the highest ranking Indian on Instagram.

Virat Kohli is the highest ranking Indian on Instagram.
Virat Kohli is the highest ranking Indian on the Hopper Instagram Rich List this year, bagging $680,000 (over ₹5 crore) for every promotional post on the photo-sharing socia media platform. The Indian cricket team captain has more than 125 million followers on Instagram righ…
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OneWeb has launched 36 satellites.

OneWeb has launched 36 satellites.
British based tech company OneWeb has launched 36 satellites on 01 July, at 6:18 pm IST. Named Flight ST33, the launch took place from the Soyuz launch complex in Vostochny Cosmodrome, a Russian spaceport.  Arianespace will be operating this launch on OneWeb's behalf, an…
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Korean Air wins Air Transport World's Airline of the Year Award.

Korean Air wins Air Transport World's Airline of the Year Award.
Korean Air has been announced the winner of one of the most prestigious honors in the aviation industry: Air Transport World’s (ATW) 2021 Airline of the Year. Launched in 1974, ATW’s annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards are compared to the Academy Awards of the airline…
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Sir Richard Branson sets 11 July to make spaceflight.

Sir Richard Branson sets 11 July to make spaceflight.
Sir Richard Branson has named the date he'll fly to the edge of space. It will be 11 July, or very soon after. He'll be a passenger in the back of the Unity rocket plane his Virgin Galactic company has been developing in the US for the better part of two decades. The …
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UN confirms 18.3C record heat in Antarctica.

UN confirms 18.3C record heat in Antarctica.
The United Nations recognised a new record high temperature for the Antarctic continent, confirming a reading of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit) made last year. The record heat was reached at Argentina's Esperanza research station on the Antarctic Peninsul…
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IBM President Jim Whitehurst steps down.

 IBM President Jim Whitehurst steps down.
IBM has announced that Jim Whitehurst has decided to step down as President of the company just 14 months after joining in that role. Whitehurst has played a pivotal role in the $34 billion IBM and Red Hat integration announced in 2018. He will continue to work as senior advi…
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World Sports Journalists Day: 02 July

 World Sports Journalists Day: 02 July
World Sports Journalists Day is observed globally on 2nd July every year. The day aims to acknowledge the work of sports journalists & to encourage them to do better at their work. Sports journalists help millions of people in the world to receive information on various…
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Rafael unveils Sea Breaker AI missile with 300 km range.

Rafael unveils Sea Breaker AI missile with 300 km range.
Israeli defense electronics company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has unveiled Sea Breaker, a 5th generation long range, autonomous, precision-guided missile system, which can precisely target sea and land targets up to a range of 300 kilometers. Sea Breaker features an ad…
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CCPI based Inflation increased to 5.2 per cent in June 2021.

CCPI based Inflation increased to 5.2 per cent in June 2021.
Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2013=100), increased to 5.2 per cent in June 2021 from 4.5 per cent in May 2021. This was driven by monthly increases of prices of items in both Food and Non-food c…
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New Chairman for Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

New Chairman for Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce elected Mr. Vish Govindasamy as its Chairman during the Chamber’s 182nd Annual General Meeting on Tuesday (29). Mr. Govindasamy succeeds Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya who completed his 2-Year Term as Chairman at the culmination of the Annual General M…
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Sri Lanka’s first online book library for children.

Sri Lanka’s first online book library for children.
Anyone who missed visiting libraries and bookstores, and have found it a challenge to keep your little one engaged and occupied at home, Wooks.lk offers a simple yet effective solution.  Wooks.lk was born out of the desire and need to offer interactive children’s books in a …
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CSE Signs MoU with CHEC Port City Colombo.

CSE Signs MoU with CHEC Port City Colombo.
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and CHEC Port City Colombo signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the capital markets in Sri Lanka by taking advantage of the Port City Colombo’s special emphasis of the Colombo International Financial Center, in order to esta…
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World UFO Day - 02 Junly.

World UFO Day - 02 Junly.
World UFO Day commemorates two separate dates. The first, on June 24th, recognizes the first widely reported UFO sighting on this same day in 1947 by aviator Kenneth Arnold.  On July 2nd, the date commemorates the incident that took place in Roswell, New Mexico, in the same …
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Kanya D’Almeida becomes first Sri Lankan to win Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

Kanya D’Almeida becomes first Sri Lankan to win Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
Kanya D’Almeida has been declared the overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, for a "captivating" tale set in a Sri Lankan "sanctuary for the forsaken". D’Almeida, from Colombo, Sri Lanka, was named the winner by actress Dona Croll in an onl…
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2021 International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV)

2021 International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV)
2021 has been designated by the UN General Assembly as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV). The IYFV is a unique opportunity to raise awareness of the important role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition, food security and health as well as in achie…
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Greece recovers Picasso, Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012.

Greece recovers Picasso, Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012.
Greece has recovered works of art by Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, stolen from its National Gallery in 2012. Thieves broke into the gallery and snatched Picasso’s 1939 painting “Woman’s Head”, donated by the Spanish artist in 1949, and Dutch painter Mondrian’s “Mill” date…
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"Decoding Shankar" won the Best Film Award.

"Decoding Shankar" won the Best Film Award.
Indian Freelance filmmaker Deepti Pillay Sivan’s most touted documentary, “Decoding Shankar” about the life and career of the celebrated musician Shankar Mahadevan, recently won the Best Film Award in the Documentary section (Best Biographical) at the Toronto International …
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India’s oldest operating newspaper, "Mumbai Samachar", passed 200 years.

India’s oldest operating newspaper, "Mumbai Samachar", passed 200 years.
On July 1, India’s oldest operating newspaper, Mumbai Samachar, will enter its 200th 12 months. The Gujarati newspaper, with its workplace positioned in an iconic crimson constructing at Horniman Circle in Mumbai’s Fort space, was first revealed in 1822. It was based by a Pa…
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Donald Rumsfeld dies at age 88.

Donald Rumsfeld dies at age 88.
Donald Rumsfeld – Republican power broker, controversial defense secretary and architect of the Iraq War – died Tuesday 29 June 2021, days before his 89th birthday. The cause of Rumsfeld's death was multiple myeloma, according to his spokesman, Keith Urbahn. President Geo…
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China declared officially as a malaria-free country by WHO.

China declared officially as a malaria-free country by WHO.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared China malaria-free, after a 70-year effort to wipe it out. China used to report 30 million cases a year during the 1940s. Since then, eradication efforts have driven down case numbers. The country used various methods to break …
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Global Cybersecurity Index 2020

Global Cybersecurity Index 2020
The United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) published its 2020 Global Cyber Security Index on Tuesday 29 June 2021, and listed the US first in overall ranking, followed by a tie for second place tie between the UK and Saudi Arabia. The index ranks nations …
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Jaswar Umar elected President of Football Sri Lanka.

Jaswar Umar elected President of Football Sri Lanka.
Mr. Jaswar Umar has been elected as the new President of Football Sri Lanka (FSL), during the election of the federation’s office-bearers held today (30). Mr. Umar received a total of 96 votes to narrowly edge out the other candidate for the presidency, Dr. Manil Fernando wh…
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International Reggae Day - 01 July.

International Reggae Day - 01 July.
Every year on July 1st, International Reggae Day celebrates reggae culture and its influence on Jamaican music. Reggae developed in the 1960s and evolved into a popular style of music. With its roots in Jamaica, Reggae music is an integral part of the Jamaican culture. It is…
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