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In January 2021, Sri Lanka has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. Who is the President of Sri Lanka?

In January 2021, Sri Lanka has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. Who is the President of Sri Lanka? Correct Answer Gotabaya Rajapaksa

The correct answer is Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

  • Sri Lanka has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
  • It would be the first in Sri Lanka, while several other candidates are in the pipeline at the National Medicines Regulatory Authority.
  • Minister for pharmaceutical production and regulation Channa Jayasumana announced it on 22 January 2021.
  • Sri Lanka (July 2022): 
    • Capital - Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative capital), Colombo (Commercial capital).
    • Currency - Sri Lankan rupee.
    • President - Ranil Wickremesinghe

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In each question below is given a statement numbered I, II and III. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the following assumption and decide which of the assumption is implicit in the statement. Statement: Every time Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, turned to his Chinese allies for loans and assistance with an ambitious port project, the answer was yes. Yes, though feasibility studies said the port wouldn’t work. Yes, though other frequent lenders like India had refused. Yes, though Sri Lanka’s debt was ballooning rapidly under Rajapaksa.  Assumptions: I. China had a stake in Sri Lanka’s main port as well, China Harbor was building a new terminal there, known at the time as Colombo Port City. Along with that deal came roughly 50 acres, solely held by the Chinese company, where Sri Lanka had no sovereignty.  II. Sri Lankan officials are quick to point out that the agreement explicitly rules out China’s military use of the site. But others also note that Sri Lanka’s government, still heavily indebted to China, could be pressured to allow it.  III. The rising debt and project costs, even as the port was struggling, handed Sri Lanka’s political opposition a powerful issue, and it campaigned heavily on suspicions about China. Rajapaksa may lose the election.
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Raw material purchased:
1st January, 600 units @ Rs. 12 per unit
12th January, 500 units @ Rs. 14 per unit
21st January, 300 units @ Rs. 13 per unit
Raw material issued for manufacture:
3rd January 300 units
5th January 124 units
15th January 250 units
16th January 300 units
Raw material returned to stores from manufacturing department on 14th January, 50 units. The material is issued on First-in-First out method.
The value of material remaining in store on 21st January will be:
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