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Sunday, 11 April 2021 - 17:38 Minister of Youth & Sports, Honorable Namal Rajapaksa declared open the ‘Underwater Gallery Nilwella’ at Nilwella beach yesterday (10th April 2021). Built with the contribution of the Sri Lanka Navy, this latest addition in the southern coast of Nilwella, would from here on attract more local and foreign holidaymakers towards this popular tourist destination. The project had been set in motion after taking a wide array of matters into consideration. Among them; prevention of harmful effects on marine animals, plants and corals due to natural and human activities, protection of the marine ecosystem, creation of an artificial fish breeding environment, provision of artificial substrates for coral reefing and offering a magnificent site for scuba divers were factored.
Monday, 08 March 2021 - 9:31 Ranitha Gnanarajah, a Sri Lankan lawyer and civil activist, has been included in this year's list of 14 International Courageous Women award presented annually by the US State Department. On Monday, March 8, at 10:00 a.m., Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will host the annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards virtual ceremony to honor a group of extraordinary women from around the world, including an honorary award for seven women leaders and activists from Afghanistan who were assassinated for their dedication to improving the lives of Afghans. The First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden will deliver remarks to recognize the courageous accomplishments of these women.
Monday, 08 March 2021 - 9:31 Ranitha Gnanarajah, a Sri Lankan lawyer and civil activist, has been included in this year's list of 14 International Courageous Women award presented annually by the US State Department. On Monday, March 8, at 10:00 a.m., Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will host the annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards virtual ceremony to honor a group of extraordinary women from around the world, including an honorary award for seven women leaders and activists from Afghanistan who were assassinated for their dedication to improving the lives of Afghans. The First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden will deliver remarks to recognize the courageous accomplishments of these women.
Joe Biden Prioritizes Illegal Aliens After Black Americans Propelled Him to White Hou Joe Biden Prioritizes Illegal Aliens After Black Americans Propelled Him to White House President Joe Biden is readying the release of his amnesty plan that will seek to increase legal immigration levels while legalizing 11 to 22 million illegal aliens a policy prescription that is likely to burden black American communities more than any other. Biden and elected Democrats, this week, are expected to unveil their amnesty plan that is likely to propose increasing the flow of low-skilled foreign workers to the United States to compete for jobs against unemployed Americans. Similarly, the plan is likely to give green cards to nearly the entire illegal alien population who would be immediately allowed to legally take U.S. jobs.
Netflix meets its match in Nordic minnow Nent 3 Feb, 2021 12:28 AM 7 minutes to read In Scandinavia, one European company is holding its own against Netflix. Photo / Bloomberg Financial Times By: Alex Barker Propelled by the pandemic, the number of subscribers to internet video services in western Europe last year overtook pay-TV customers for the first time. Yet European media companies are not celebrating this milestone. In virtually every corner of the continent, the dominant streaming providers are American. Of the 141m video-on-demand subscriptions in western Europe, some 86 per cent are with US services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney Plus, according to Ampere Analysis estimates.
Apple surges to $100 billion-plus quarterly revenue 27 Jan, 2021 08:00 PM 4 minutes to read By: Michael Liedtke Apple's delayed launch of its latest iPhones unleashed a holiday buying frenzy that propelled sales of the trendsetting company's most popular product to its fastest start in years. The apparently pent-up demand for four different iPhone 12 models highlighted Apple's latest quarterly report Wednesday. Apple's iPhone sales during the October-December period totaled US$65.6 billion ($91.8b), a 17 per cent increase from the same time in the previous year. Part of the gain reflected pandemic-driven production problems that pushed back the release of the new iPhone until October and November. In past years, including 2019, Apple rolled out its new iPhones in late September, resulting in a spike in sales in an earlier quarter than how things unfolded last year.
Beverage Crates Market Growth Propelled by Surging Demand for Non-Alcoholic Beverages: Future Market Insights Market players are focusing on utilizing materials such as recyclable plastics, wood, and others to develop eco-friendly and reusable beverage crates. DUBAI, UAE / ACCESSWIRE / January 12, 2021 / Future Market Insights: As per FMI the global beverage crates market will grow at a robust CAGR of 6.3% over the forecast period, 2020-2030. The market is primarily driven by growing demand for convenient methods of transporting and storing bottles and cans of drinks. Moreover, surging demand for non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks is fueling demand for beverage crates. " The beverage crates market will foresee a rise in demand after a temporary period of letup owing to COVID-19 outbreak. Growth trends are likely to stay positive as both high potential and developed markets recover all over the world. For instance, in China reopening of the food service sector will drive the East Asia market. Similarly, steadily increasing demand from the U.S. food sector is likely to assist overall growth of the market