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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's Spaceflight and visit to Ceylon


Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s Spaceflight and visit to Ceylon
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s Spaceflight and visit to Ceylon
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Today, the world celebrates the 60th anniversary of the first manned space flight. On this day in 1961 Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space.
Following his historic flight, between 1961 and 1965 Yuri Gagarin embarked on a long world tour dubbed the ‘Peace Mission’, advocating for global peace and cooperation. He visited 32 countries.
On the 7th of December the same year, Gagarin visited Ceylon where he was warmly received by jubilant crowds who greeted him in many cities across the island. ....

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Remembering "Walloops": Father of Cardiology in SL – The Island


By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana
The pioneering Cardiologist Dr Narendradas Jayaratnam Wallooppillai, affectionately referred to as “Walloops” by his friends, who succumbed to heart failure on 6th January 2011, surely deserves the title ‘The Father of Cardiology in Sri Lanka’ because it was during his tenure that Cardiology came to its own as a speciality. However, he was not the first to head the Cardiology Unit of the General hospital, Colombo. That distinction goes to Dr Ivor Obeysekara who, in spite of fighting against all odds to establish a dedicated Cardiology Unit, took early retirement and left for Australia. Dr Obeysrekara’s tenure was short, not having sufficient time to develop the speciality, the Cardiology Unit functioning as a Cardiology ward during his time. ....

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