Sajith notes shortage of Tocilizumab medication for severe Covid patients
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today (17) revealed a shortage of Tocilizumab medication that is required to treat severe Covid 19 patients. Premadasa informed Parliament that there were many inquiries from people trying to access the medication and upon inquiry, it was revealed that there was a shortage in the market. The Opposition Leader called on the Government to immediately look into the issue and ensure that the medication was available for critical Covid 19 patients. Premadasa also called on the Government to convene the disaster management committee to address the current crisis situation due to the Covid 19 pandemic in the country.
Source:The Nation
August 17, 2021 06:56 UTC
GR-RW meeting today
August 17, 2021 by Aazam Ameen No CommentsPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa is to meet with United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today (17). The meeting is expected to focus on the 21 point plan presented by the UNP to control Covid-19. It is learnt that Wickremesinghe is also planning on pushing for the holding of an all party meeting to discuss the present Covid-19 issue and how to address address the crisis.
Source:The Nation
August 17, 2021 05:48 UTC
Duties, functions of Namal s new ministry gazetted
A new Gazette Extraordinary has specified the duties, functions and institutional & legal framework of the Ministry of Development Co-ordination and Monitoring. Thereby, the Department of Project Management and Monitoring will operate under the purview of the newly-established ministry. Following the Cabinet reshuffle yesterday (August 16), Minister of Youth & Sports and State Minister of Digital Technology and Enterprise Development Namal Rajapaksa was assigned a new ministerial portfolio ‘Development Co-ordination and Monitoring’. Monitoring the development activities assigned to President’s Supervising Representatives appointed for the area of authority of the Divisional Secretariats. Gazette Extraordinary 2021-08-16 Duties and Functions of Ministries by Adaderana Online on Scribd
Source:The Nation
August 17, 2021 05:00 UTC
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 fixtures revealed
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 in UAE and Oman will get underway from 17 October, with the Final to be played in Dubai on 14 November. The ICC announced the fixtures for the marquee tournament on Tuesday, 17 August. Here’s everything you need to know.
Source:The Nation
August 17, 2021 04:52 UTC
Verizon not working? You’re not alone.
Most affected locations include New York City, Philadelphia, Newburgh, Brooklyn, and many more. If you’re a Verizon customer and happen to be experiencing issues, you’re not alone. Verizon is not working in many parts of the US. The company hasn’t officially acknowledged the problem but Verizon Support on Twitter is directing complaints to the team. We’ve attached a screenshot of the Verizon outage map as of 12:29 AM ET:We will update this story as we learn more.
Source:The Nation
August 17, 2021 04:41 UTC
Maskless Dave Hughes exercises in Melbourne after Covid tweet backlash
At one point, Hughes was seen playing basketball with his children before chatting with a fellow parent. 'Dave was exercising and often plays basketball with his children in the park,' they said. 'Under Victoria's mask rules you do not need to wear a face mask when exercising.' 'You must carry a face mask with you at all times unless you have a lawful reason not to.' Slammed: Hughes faced backlash on Twitter for criticising Dan Andrews and the governmentBacklash: 'Dave, you are not being helpful.
Source:The Nation
August 17, 2021 04:30 UTC
Babbel vs Rosetta Stone: Which Is Better?
Visit BabbelRosetta StoneCompare to Babbel , Rosetta Stone is created with better diversity because it provides lessons for 24 other languages. Rosetta StoneRosetta Stone ReviewsAbout Rosetta Stone, it is a collaboration product between Rosetta Stone and the University of Washington. Rosetta Stone SubscriptionsIf you want to test out a course of language Rosetta Stone, there are a few different subscription choices. Alternative to Rosetta Stone and BabbelBesides Rosetta Stone and Babbel, there are some other well-known application resources that people use in common such as Duolingo, Italki,…For example, like Rosetta Stone, many resources outside such as Italki is also a very famous website among languages exchange websites. As information mentioned, people would have more idea about Babbel vs Rosetta Stone, but which one is better?
Source:The Nation
August 17, 2021 04:30 UTC
CSE Trading Sessions on 16th August 2021
The Delivery Versus Payment (DVP) Settlement mechanism was implemented as scheduled yesterday 16th August 2021. The Open Auction call session of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday was from 12.15 P.M to 1.00 P.M. The pre -open was extended in order to provide more time for order entry in view of the transition to the upgraded systems. The commencement of the preopen session was delayed due to one Broker system vendor having technical difficulties in connecting to the exchange. The CSE continues to investigate into the vendor’s issues and will take all necessary actions to prevent a recurrence of the situation.
Source:The Nation
August 17, 2021 04:07 UTC
277 more people arrested for flouting quarantine regulations
Sri Lanka Police has arrested 277 more people within the last 24 hours for failing to follow health protocols including wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing while in public. Reportedly, a total of 54,889 arrests with regard to the aforementioned offences have been made since October 30, last year. After the interprovincial travel restrictions were tightened last week, the police have beefed up monitoring at the 12 road blocks set up at entry and exit points of the Western Province. As many as 1,784 vehicles and 3,222 people have been inspected by the police at the Western Province borders. However, 635 individuals and 330 vehicles have been sent back for attempting to cross the provincial borders without permission.
Source:The Nation
August 17, 2021 04:07 UTC
Xiaomi publishes official Mix 4 unboxing video
It was last week that Xiaomi unveiled the Mix 4 smartphone, also marking the first flagship smartphone that dropped the “Mi” naming for western markets. Over the weekend, Xiaomi published the official unboxing video for the Mix 4. The unboxing video shows the Mix 4 comes in a considerably large box. The Xiaomi Mix 4 has a curved 6.67-inch AMOLED screen with a 20MP selfie camera embedded behind the display panel. The Mix 4 has a 108MP main camera with OIS, an optically stabilized 8MP periscope zoom, and a 13MP ultrawide camera.
Source:The Nation
August 17, 2021 03:45 UTC
Scan that can predict how well chemotherapy will work
A hi-tech scan that takes just five seconds to perform can tell if chemotherapy is working in patients with breast cancer. Up to 55,000 women a year in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer, with one in seven women developing it in their lifetime. But it is also routinely used after surgery to ‘mop up’ any lingering cancer cells. Scientists who developed the scan at Washington University in St Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, both in the U.S., tested it on 38 women with breast cancer. The results, published recently in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, showed it was highly accurate in predicting which tumours would respond well to chemo.
Source:The Nation
August 17, 2021 00:56 UTC
Present status of construction contractors and construction industry in SL
Then we were taught not to steal or acquire wealth the wrong way, and that it will not last. From the young days, we were told not to attempt to pass examinations the wrong way, and if that was found, such scars will remain till you die. I am grateful to them and have in turn inculcated such noble values in my children, and emphasised that wealth accumulated the wrong way will make their children suffer. Perhaps politicians are unaware of or choose to ignore that the unaffordable salary bill was largely due to irresponsible politicians, who bloated the public service. It is an acknowledged fact that the public service can function and serve society well, with a little over half the number of the workers.
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August 17, 2021 00:33 UTC
The State of emergency and emergences: Democratising education
I focus on the salient concerns besetting education as a whole and higher education in particular. Gramsci’s name today is synonymous with hegemony while Althusser famously formulated the two-part constitution of the political state: the ideological state apparatus (ISA) and the repressive state apparatus (RSA). The military, as Althusser would say, is the repressive apparatus of the state, while the ideological apparatus is made up foremost of education. I draw upon these theories in exploring the connections between militarisation and privatisation, and militarisation as a state of emergency. A state of emergency impinges on public and private life, raising the spectre of a semi-totalitarian state in its crudest form, the military state.
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August 17, 2021 00:11 UTC
Pregnant Princess Beatrice speaks movingly about her experience of dyslexia
But while she had support from an early age, Beatrice says many children struggle undiagnosed. Royal mother-to-be Princess Beatrice (pictured with husband Edo Mapelli Mozzi last week) has spoken movingly about her experience of dyslexiaThe princess – seen at a lunch with friends in a floral jacket with her husband Edo Mapelli Mozzi last week – revealed in an interview with Hello! Beatrice was talking to author Giovanna Fletcher for Hello!’s Back to School digital issue, online now. The Princess said that if her unborn child is ‘lucky enough’ to be diagnosed with it, then she will see that as a ‘gift’. Beatrice also spoke openly about her passion to increase understanding of dyslexia and de-stigmatise any negative associations with it.
Source:The Nation
August 16, 2021 23:48 UTC
Milk allergy that can make a bubble bath lethal
Being super-vigilant is a way of life for Emelia Brain and her family after she was diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening milk allergy as a baby. ‘Most people have heard of nut allergies but tend to think milk allergy is mild, perhaps because most children outgrow it,’ he says. This was despite telling a staff member that he had a milk allergy. As Dr Turner warns: ‘Milk protein is very hard to avoid as it’s added to so many different foods. ‘That’s why children with persisting milk allergy deserve to be given an EpiPen self-injectable adrenaline device once they pass the age of four.
Source:The Nation
August 16, 2021 22:18 UTC