The Academy Awards,commonly known as the Oscars,are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Oscars are widely considered to be the most prestigious awards in the film industry.
The Ku Klux Klan,commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan,is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist,far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups. Various historians,including Fergus Bordewich,have characterized the Klan as America's first terrorist group. Their primary targets,at various times and places,have been African Americans,Jews,and Catholics.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization,also called the North Atlantic Alliance,is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American. Established in the aftermath of World War II,the organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty,signed in Washington,D.C.,on 4 April 1949. NATO is a collective security system:its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. During the Cold War,NATO operated as a check on the threat posed by the Soviet Union. The alliance remained in place after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact,and has been involved in military operations in the Balkans,the Middle East,South Asia,and Africa. The organization's motto is animus in consulendo liber. The organization's strategic concepts include deterrence.
Singapore,officially the Republic of Singapore,is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island,63 satellite islands and islets,and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude north of the equator,off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula,bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west,the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia,the South China Sea to the east,and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north.
The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral,composed of a lower body,the United States House of Representatives,and an upper body,the United States Senate. It meets in the United States Capitol in Washington,D.C. Members are chosen through direct election,though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a governor's appointment. Congress has 535 voting members:100 senators and 435 representatives. The vice president of the United States,as President of the Senate,has a vote in the Senate only when there is a tie. The House of Representatives has six non-voting members.
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte,North Carolina,the ACC's eighteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division I. ACC football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The ACC sponsors competition in twenty-seven sports with many of its member institutions held in high regard nationally. Current members of the conference are:Boston College,California,Clemson,Duke,Florida State,Georgia Tech,Louisville,Miami,North Carolina,NC State,Notre Dame,Pittsburgh,SMU,Stanford,Syracuse,Virginia,Virginia Tech,and Wake Forest.
The Big Ten Conference is the oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896,it predates the founding of its regulating organization,the NCAA. It is based in the Chicago area in Rosemont,Illinois. For many decades the conference consisted of ten prominent universities,which accounts for its name. On August 2,2024,the conference expanded to 18 member institutions and 2 affiliate institutions. The conference competes in the NCAA Division I and its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS),formerly known as Division I-A,the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014,it has been the ruling political party in India under the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics and has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),a far-right paramilitary organisation. Its policies adhere to Hindutva,a Hindu nationalist ideology. As of January 2024,it is the country's biggest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as state legislatures.
The Indian National Congress (INC),colloquially the Congress Party or simply the Congress,is a political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885,it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century,and especially after 1920,under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi,the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom,and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.
The Samajwadi Party is a socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. The Samajwadi Party is currently led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,Akhilesh Yadav. As of 2024,it is currently the third-largest political party in India,and the largest party in Uttar Pradesh.
The Unification Church (Korean: 통일교) is a new religious movement derived from Christianity,whose members are called Unificationists or sometimes informally Moonies. Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) began gaining followers after the Second World War. On 1 May 1954 in Seoul,South Korea,Moon formally founded the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC),the Unification Church's full name,until 1994,when it was officially changed to the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. It has a presence in approximately 100 countries around the world. Its leaders are Moon and his wife,Hak Ja Han,whom their followers honor with the title "True Parents".
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football,beach soccer,and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan,British Hong Kong,Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986,ALFC merged with AFC.
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The show's premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11,1975,under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. The show's comedy sketches,which often parody contemporary American culture and politics,are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest,who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast,with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that is usually based on political events and ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming,"Live from New York,it's Saturday Night!",properly beginning the show.
Ratan Naval Tata was a Parsi Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He served as the chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012 and he held the position of interim chairman from October 2016 to February 2017. In 2008,he received the Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian honour in India. Ratan Tata had previously received the Padma Bhushan,the third highest civilian honour,in 2000.
Omar Abdullah is an Indian politician and the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He had previously served as the chief minister between 2009 and 2014 and is the current vice president of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference since 2009. Omar is also former member of parliament,Lok Sabha between 1998 to 2009 for Srinagar.
The American Mafia,commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia,the Mafia,or the Mob,is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group.
The Nobel Prize in Literature;Swedish:Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually,since 1901,to an author from any country who has,in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel,"in the field of literature,produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction". Though individual works are sometimes cited as being particularly noteworthy,the award is based on an author's body of work as a whole. The Swedish Academy decides who,if anyone,will receive the prize.
The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly,also known as the Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha is the legislature of Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial,free-to-air television network based in Arlington,Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programs to public television stations in the United States,distributing shows such as Frontline,Nova,PBS News Hour,Masterpiece,Sesame Street,and This Old House.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body established by the Constitution of India empowered to conduct free and fair elections in India. The Election commission is headed by a Chief Election Commissioner and consists of two other Election Commissioners.
