INS ‘Nireekshak’ arrives in Trincomalee
The Indian Naval Ship (INS) ‘Nireekshak’ arrived at the Trincomalee harbour on a formal visit this morning (14th September 2023). The visiting ship was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in compliance with naval tradition.
INS ‘Nireekshak’ is a 70.5m long Diving Support Vessel manned by a crew of 137 and the ship is commanded by Commander Jeetu Singh Chauhan. Meanwhile, the Commanding Officer of the ship called on Commander Eastern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Suresh De Silva at the Eastern Naval Command Headquarters this morning.
During the ship’s stay, the crew will take part in several programmes, with a view to promoting cooperation and goodwill between two navies. In addition, diving training exercises with the Sri Lanka Navy Diving Unit, a health camp for the community in Trincomalee, and visiting some of the tourist attractions in the country are part of the itinerary.The ship is expected to depart the island on 21st September.
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Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera has assured that egg and chicken prices will likely decrease next year and remains stable thereafter.
Speaking at today’s (14) Presidential Media Centre (PMC) news conference under the theme ‘Collective Path to a Stable Country’, he confirmed that there will be no need for egg imports from next year.”
Minister Mahinda Amaraweera highlighted that our country’s poultry and egg production industry, despite being self-sufficient, experienced a decline due to reduced animal feed production caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis.
Currently, the entire poultry and egg production for the nation is handled by the private sector, with the total chicken population across all farms exceeding 3,420,000.
Veteran singer Niranjala Sarojini has been injured in a road accident in the Udahamulla area in Ambuldeniya, according to the Mirihana police.
She had been travelling in a trishaw to get her car, which was at a garage, when the trishaw had collided with another vehicle.
Both vehicles had sustained damages. Further police investigations are underway.
Over 15,000 children aged under 5 years are reportedly suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), as per the ‘Nutrition Month’ report published by the Family Health Bureau of the Ministry of Health, for the year 2023.
Accordingly, 15,763 children island-wide are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, the report read.
However, this is lower than the total of SAM children recorded for the year 2022, which stood at a total of 18,420.
Meanwhile the percentage of children aged under 5 who are underweight has increased form 15.3% in 2022, to 17.1% in 2023, with Nuwara Eliya recording the highest underweight percentage at 26.4%.
“Compared to 2022 nutrition month data, all districts except Vavuniya have shown an increase in underweight percentages”, the report read.
(adaderana.lk)
