Author: Sisira Kumara

Organic Sri Lanka
Agriculture / News

Sri Lanka Going Organic: Rethink the strategy; Agriculturists Write to President

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As per a policy decision by the Sri Lankan Government the country is moving toward an eco-friendly sustainable agricultural system by promoting organic farming within the country. Going with this decision the government issued the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2226/48 of May 6, 2021, banning the importation of chemical fertilizers and pesticides with immediate effect. As a country which relies heavily on agriculture this decision came as a surprise and discussions, arguments and debates began surfacing over the good and bad sides of it.

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World Environment Day
Environment / News

#GenerationRestoration World Environment Day 2021

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With the entire world battling the unseen enemy in the name of COVID 19, we celebrate the World Environment Day for the year 2021 today. With this year’s theme for the World Environment Day #GenerationRestoration, United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) is launching a 10-year program to push the global community to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation.

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Covid Vaccine
Health sciences

Mixing and Matching Vaccines May Cause Troubles: Oxford Research

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Researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV study – launched earlier this year to investigate alternating doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca and the Pfizer vaccine – have last week reported preliminary data revealing more frequent mild to moderate reactions in mixed schedules compared to standard schedules.

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Sputnik V
Health sciences / News

Sputnik Light, the Single Dose Version of Sputnik V Authorized in Russia

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Yesterday, 6th April 2021, the Russian Ministry of Health, the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) announced that Sputnik Light, a single dose COVID-19 vaccine, has received authorization for use in Russia.

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Health sciences

Sputnik V; the Russian Weapon Against the COVID 19 Pandemic

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Sputnik V vaccine, a product of Russian Research facility, Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology is one of the main vaccination candidate Sri Lanka is looking forward to acquire in mass scale. The first consignment of Sputnik V Vaccine with 15000 doses arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday, 4th May 2021. According to state officials Sri Lanka is to receive 13 million doses of this Sputnik V vaccine in near future.

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RT-LAMP by SLINTEC
Health sciences / Lab Technology / News

SLINTEC Obtains NMRA GMP License for Their COVID Test Kit, Commercial Manufacturing to Commence Soon

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In a special press release today, 1st of May 2021 the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC) announced obtaining the GMP license from NMRA for manufacturing their COVID 19 Rapid Test Kit RT-LAMP.

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b.1.1.7
Health sciences / News

COVID Variant B.1.1.7: Some Key Facts You Should Know

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In a special announcement today the scientists at Sri Jayewardenepura University revealed the COVID 19 virus strain behind the recent increase of the cases to be the variant B.1.1.7 which was first identified in United Kingdom during the month September 2020. According to the observations in UK this variant was found to be associated with increased admissibility and higher virulance.

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