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Despite intense political concern with Buddhism and socialism, Ambedkar strangely relegates them to separate spheres.
The auction offered 1,394,310 coconuts and 1,005,534 nuts were sold.
There is a huge shortage of the experts in the agriculture sector
Gunawardena said the new system, which will see QR-enabled cards issued to passengers, will be launched in due course.
Through a merger of agencies we target to revive the sector
Exports were up 1.7 percent in the 10 months to 203 million kilograms.
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