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In 1993, Casio introduced the DW-6300 Frogman, which was the first ISO 6425 certified diver's watch in the G-Shock lineup. [14] [13] The Frogman also marked the start of the MAN or "master of G" line of G-Shocks which was used to introduce new features and functions in the G-Shock lineup. Notable watches which introduced such features are as ...
Vogue Jewellers was established in 1962 by Sarath Hemachandra. [3] During the 1960s, radio jingle "Mangala mudu mala valalu" penned by lyricist Karunaratne Abeysekera, was specifically created for Vogue Jewellers and it became one of the first few jingles to have been used in Sri Lanka. [2]
The Master of G is a line of G-Shock watches produced by Japanese electronics company Casio designed for usage in harsh environments. Many showcase new technology that Casio would eventually introduce into the G-Shock line of watches, such as an altimeter , digital compass and the Tough Solar feature.
Sri Lanka, geologically speaking is an extremely old country. Ninety percent of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian age, 560 million to 2,400 million years ago. The gems form in sedimentary residual gem deposits, eluvial deposits, metamorphic deposits, skarn and calcium-rich rocks. Nearly all the gem formations in Sri Lanka are located ...
Sri Lanka is one of over one-hundred countries which have submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. [nb 1] The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.
The relationship between Sri Lanka and India became tense under the government of J. R. Jayawardene. [138] [254] As a result, India intervened in the Sri Lankan Civil War and subsequently deployed an Indian Peace Keeping Force in 1987. [255] In the present, Sri Lanka enjoys extensive relations with China, [256] Russia, [257] and Pakistan. [258]
Services accounted for 58.2% of Sri Lanka's economy in 2019 up from 54.6% in 2010, industry 27.4% up from 26.4% a decade earlier and agriculture 7.4%. [41] Though there is a competitive export agricultural sector, technological advances have been slow to enter the protected domestic sector. [42]
The Gemunu Watch (GW) ("King Dutugemunu's Own") is a infantry regiment of the Sri Lanka Army, formed with troops from the Ceylon Light Infantry and the Ceylon Sinha Regiment in 1962. It has been deployed in many major operations against the LTTE .