CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Scope of the Project :In response to a specific request from Government of Sri Lanka, Government of India agreed to establish a Multi-ethnic Tri-lingual School in Polonnaruwa.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sri Lanka’s government has decided to change the names of all state institutions still bearing the nation’s former British colonial name, Ceylon. The government wants the country’s modern name to be used instead. The decision comes 39 years after the country was renamed Sri Lanka.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sri Lanka is an island country in the Indian Ocean. It lies just 30 kilometres south-east of India. It has mountains in the south-central region. Elsewhere it is mainly low lying with flat coastal plains.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sri Lanka. Destination Sri Lanka, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, located between the Laccadive Sea in west and the Bay of Bengal in east. The island is situated about 30 km (19 mi) south east of the southern coast of India. Sri Lanka consists of a main island and a number of smaller islands.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sri Lanka has always been connected to the Indian subcontinent that was part of Pangaea during the Permian period (250 to 300 Mya). Pangaea split apart at the end of the Triassic (200 Mya) into two supercontinents: Laurasia to the north and Gondwana drifting southward.