Health authorities concerned over spread of ’’TINEA’’.

Health authorities expressed concern about a skin disease spreading in several areas including the North Central Province. Dr, Hema Weerakoon of the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital said the disease identified as TINEA caused by a fungus was spreading fast. She pointed out that…

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First Floating Solar Power System will be established near Diyawanna Lake.

Power Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said in Parliament yesterday that steps will be taken to establish the first Floating Solar Power System near Diyawanna Lake. The Minister said that solar panels would be installed on roofs of Government Offices to generate electricity. Mi…

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World Hepatitis Day (WHD) - 28 July.

World Hepatitis Day (WHD) takes places every year on 28 July bringing the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change.  In 2021 the theme is ‘Hepatitis Can’t Wait’. On World Hepatitis Day, 28 July…

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Nearly two thirds of global drowning deaths occur in Asia Pacific.

Nearly two-thirds of global drowning deaths occur in the Asia Pacific, said a World Health Organization (WHO) report. WHO on launched its first Regional Status Report on Drowning Prevention in the South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions. During the launch of the report, …

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Earth Networks Releases 2020 South Asia Lightning Report.

Over 14 million strikes detected in Sri Lanka in 2020 by Earth Networks Total Lightning Network Highest number of lightning strikes in Uva, North Central, Eastern, Sabaragamuwa, and North Western Province Earth Networks, operator of a nationwide lightning detection network in…

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13-year-old Momiji Nishiya becomes Japan’s youngest Olympic champion.

Momiji Nishiya made history at the age of just 13 on Monday 26 July 2021 as she became the first women’s Olympic street skateboarding champion. A day after Yuto Horigome won the men’s competition for the host nation, Nishiya doubled up for Japan as she triumphed ahead of Bra…

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World Drowning Prevention Day - 25 July.

World Drowning Prevention Day, declared through the April 2021 UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/75/273 “Global drowning prevention”, is held annually on 25 July. This global advocacy event serves as an opportunity to highlight the tragic and profound impact of drowning o…

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The U.N. General Assembly has approved its first-ever resolution on vision.

The U.N. General Assembly has approved its first-ever resolution on vision. It calls on the assembly’s 193 member nations to ensure access to eye care for everyone in their countries, which would contribute to a global effort to help at least 1.1 billion people with vision …

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World’s largest Floating Solar Farm proposed for Indonesia.

Sunseap Group is a solar energy system developer, owner, and operator in Singapore, with over 2000 megawatts (peak) of solar energy projects contracted across Asia.  This week, Frank Phuan, co-founder and chief executive of Sunseap told that, his company plans to build the w…

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Asteroid the size of Giza pyramid, Taj Mahal to pass 'close' to Earth.

A massive asteroid is set to pass "close" to Earth on Sunday (01 August 2021), NASA said.  The 2008 GO20 asteroid is between 318 and 720 feet tall (220 meters) and has drawn comparisons to a number of famous world structures to convey just how big it is, including …

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Who are the youngest and oldest athletes at Tokyo, and who has been to the most Olympics?

Who is the oldest Olympian? Australian Mary Hanna, 66, is the oldest athlete to compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games. This is Hanna's seventh Olympics, competing in dressage. She has represented Australia at five previous Games, starting in Atlanta in 1996. The oldest Olympia…

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First 5-time woman Olympian lifter.

Papua New Guinea's Toua becomes first 5-time woman Olympian lifter. When women's weightlifting was introduced as an Olympic sport in 2000, Papua New Guinea's then 16-year-old Loa Dika Toua became the first-ever female Olympian lifter. On Saturday (Jul 24) in Toky…

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NASA has awarded launch services contract for "Europa Clipper Mission" to SpaceX.

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter's moon Europa. The Europa Clipper mission will launch in October 2024 on a Falcon …

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World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge opened in Amsterdam.

The world’s first 3D-printed steel bridge was opened to the public in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was developed by MX3D, a Dutch robotics company, in collaboration with a consortium of experts, and represents a major milestone for 3D-printing technology. After four years of …

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With Steven Weinberg’s death, physics loses a titan

Steven Weinberg died July 23, at the age of 88. He was one of the key intellectual leaders in physics during the second half of the 20th century, and he remained a leading voice and active contributor and teacher through the first two decades of the 21st. On lists of the gre…

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Team USA starts off summer Olympics with no medals.

Team USA is off to its worst Summer Olympic start in nearly 50 years, having not won a single medal on the first day of competition for the first time since 1972.  Saturday 24 July 2021 marked a disappointing day for the American’s competing in archery, cycling, fencing, jud…

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Team USA wins its first medals of the Tokyo Olympics.

Chase Kalisz, who won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the men’s 400 individual medley, won gold Sunday (25) to give the United States its first medal of these Olympic Games. U.S. teammate Jay Litherland took silver, .86 of a second behind Kalisz. Australia's…

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International Self Care Day - 24 July.

Every year on July 24th, International Self Care Day promotes self-care as a vital foundation of health. It’s also a day for people around the world to prioritize self-care and make it a part of their lifestyle. Also 24th June is the start of Self-Care Month at WHO, leading …

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NASA Captures Spooky Photo of the Moon's Shadow on Earth During an Eclipse.

Earthlings were privy to an exciting astronomical event last month: an annular solar eclipse, which cast a lunar shadow across the Arctic Circle. NASA shared an image of that shadow, taken by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Obs…

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Teen on space flight told Bezos he had never ordered from Amazon.

The Dutch teenager who became the world’s youngest space traveler this week surprised billionaire Jeff Bezos on the flight by telling him he’d never ordered anything on Amazon. Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old physics student, accompanied Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos and 82-ye…

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