{
  "id": 10563709,
  "title": "Sri Lanka Red Cross Society honoured with Friend of Singapore Red Cross Award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/sri-lanka-red-cross-society-honoured-with-friend-of-singapore-red",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T00:01:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/sri-lanka-red-cross-society-honoured-with-friend-of-singapore-red-cross-award/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) has been recognized with the Friend of Singapore Red Cross Award at the Singapore Red Cross Awards Ceremony held on 22 September 2026. The award, presented by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of the Republic of Singapore and Patron of the Singapore Red Cross, was received by Jagath Abeysinghe, Senior Vice President of SLRCS, on behalf of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society. This recognition underscores the longstanding partnership, mutual support, and humanitarian cooperation between the two organizations, as they continue to serve vulnerable communities and advance humanitarian action together.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}