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Sivakumar Nadesan receives the 2023 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award
Mr. Sivakumar Nadesan, the Managing Director of the Virakesari published by Express Newspapers, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Press Institute and the Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award from Her Excellency Droupadi Murmu, the President of India at the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2023 Valedictory Session held on January 10 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.Nadesan, is the only Sri Lankan among 27 others selected globally to receive the coveted Award.
He is also a member of the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka and is the President of the Global Organization of People of Indian origin (Sri Lanka) and has been a recipient of the “Service above Self” award from Rotary International for Community work.
A Jury-cum-Awards Committee, with Hon’ble Jagdeep Dhankhar, Vice-President of India as the Chairman and Hon’ble Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister as the Vice-Chair and other distinguished members from various walks of life considered the nominations for the awards and unanimously selected the awardees for conferment.
The awardees who represent excellence achieved in different fields, include Jagadish Chennupati of Australia in the field of science and technology and education, Sanjeev Mehta of Bhutan in education, Dilip Loundo of Brazil in art and culture and education, Alexander Maliakel John of Brunei in medicine, Vaikuntam Iyer Lakshmanan of Canada in community welfare, Joginder Singh Nijjar of Croatia in art and culture, Ramjee Prasad of Denmark in IT and Kannan Ambalam of Ethiopia in community welfare. Reena Vinod Pushkarna of Israel in business and community welfare. Piyush Gupta of Singapore in business, Mohanlal Hira and Sanjaykumar Shivabhai Patel of South Sudan in community welfare.
The Election Commission of Sri Lnka [ECSL] taking another step forward in ensuring free and fair elections, launched a Mobile Application for the speedy resolution of disputes arising during elections.
The Election Disputes Resolution (EDR) App a simple and efficient way to report election issues instantly will be put to test during the forthcoming Local Authorities Election
It can be downloaded on Appstore and Google Play
Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) MURASAME arrived at the Port of Colombo on a replenishment visit this morning (22 Mar 25).
The visiting ship was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in compliance with naval traditions.
JMSDF MURASAME is a 151m long Destroyer commanded by Commander HAYAKAWA Masahiro. Meanwhile, she is manned by a crew of 200.
During her stay in Colombo, crew members of the ship are expected to visit some tourist attractions in the city of Colombo and the ship is scheduled to depart the island on 25 Mar 25.
It has been reported that two persons riding a motorcycle were killed in a shooting incident that took place around 11.45pm on Friday [21] night , in front of the southern entrance of the Devundara Sri Vishnu Devalaya, on Sinhasana Road.
The unidentified gunmen, who arrived in a van, opened fire using a T-56 assault rifle and 9 mm firearms before fleeing the scene. The police have recovered 39 T-56 bullet casings, two T-56 rounds of live ammunition, a T-56 magazine, three 9 mm bullet casings, and one 9mm live ammunition.
The van suspected to have been used by the shooters was found abandoned and set on fire on a side road about 800 meters from the crime scene.
The two deceased victims have been identified as Tikira Hennedige Yomesh Nadishan and Marakkala Manage Pasidu Tharuka, both residents of Sinhasana Road, Devinuwara.
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