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Moin Nawaz Warraich (; born 22 February 1949) is a retired army officer and politician and the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since May 2013. Moin Nawaz Warraich is one of the few Politicians who is very honest and is highly respected even by his oposition party members. He comes from a very well respected families of Gujarat. He is the Son of Ch Gun Nawaz Warraich and the Grand Son of Ch Muzaffar Khan Warraich.  Early life and education. Warraich was born on 22 February 1949 in Gujrat to Gul Nawaz Warraich. He completed his education from Pakistan Military Academy in 1970. Military career. Warraich is a Pakistan Army officer and has served as a Major until his retirement in 1995.
The Blackstone Group L.P. is an American multinational private equity, alternative asset management and financial services firm based in New York City. As the largest alternative investment firm in the world, Blackstone specializes in private equity, credit and hedge fund investment strategies. As of September 30, 2017 Blackstone has $387 billion under management. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last decade, while its real estate business has actively acquired commercial real estate. Since its inception, Blackstone has invested in such notable companies as Hilton Worldwide, Merlin Entertainments Group, Performance Food Group, Equity Office Properties, Republic Services, AlliedBarton, United Biscuits, Freescale Semiconductor, Vivint, and Travelport. Blackstone was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions boutique by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman, who had previously worked together at Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb Inc.. Blackstone has become one of the world's largest private equity investment firms. In 2007, Blackstone completed a $4 billion initial public offering to become one of the first major private equity firms to list shares in its management company on a public exchange. Blackstone is headquartered at 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, with eight additional offices in the United States, as well as offices in London, Paris, Düsseldorf, Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Madrid, Mumbai, and Dubai.
Padmini, also known as Padmavati, was a legendary 13th–14th century Indian queen (Rani). Several 16th-century texts mention her, of which the earliest source is "Padmavat". "Padmavat" is an epic fictionalized poem written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540 CE. The Jayasi text describes her story as follows: Padmavati was an exceptionally beautiful princess of the Singhal kingdom (Sri Lanka). Ratan Sen, the Rajput ruler of Chittor Fort, heard about her beauty from a talking parrot named Hiraman. After an adventurous quest, he won her hand in marriage and brought her to Chittor. Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi, also heard about her beauty, and laid siege to Chittor to obtain her. Many events occurred during the period of the siege, till the fort was finally taken. Meanwhile, Ratan Sen was killed in a duel with Devpal, the king of Kumbhalner, who was also enamoured with Padmavati's beauty. Before Alauddin Khalji could capture Chittor, Padmavati and her companions committed Jauhar (self-immolation) to protect their honour. After her sacrifice, the Rajput men died fighting on the battlefield. There is also a Bollywood movie called " Padmavati " which explains the story very well. Many other written and oral tradition versions of her life exist in Hindu and Jain traditions. These versions differ from the Sufi poet Jayasi's version. For example, Rani Padmani's husband Ratan Sen dies fighting the siege of Alauddin Khalji, and thereafter she leads a jauhar. In these versions, she is characterised as a Hindu Rajput queen, who defended her honour against a Muslim invader. Over the years, she came to be seen as a historical figure, and appeared in several novels, plays, television serials and movies. However, while Khalji's siege of Chittor in 1303 CE is a historical event, many modern historians question the authenticity of the Padmini legends.
Hurricane Belle was a Category 3 Atlantic tropical cyclone in August 1976. The storm, at one point, had winds around before it moved northward up the East Coast of the United States. The storm formed on August 6; it became Tropical Storm Belle on August 7. Later on August 7, it became a hurricane. On August 9, Belle's winds peaked at . Because of Hurricane Belle's proximity, hurricane watches were issued from Georgia to Maine. The hurricane brushed the North Carolina coast with gale-force winds. Unlike most storms that threaten the Northeastern United States, Belle didn't accelerate as it came closer to land. On the morning of August 10, Belle came ashore as a minimal hurricane near Jones Beach on Long Island, New York. Just after crossing the Long Island Sound, it came ashore as a strong tropical storm near Bridgeport and New Haven, Connecticut. Belle took twelve lives when it struck the East Coast of the United States. Damage was $100 million.
Rachel Clarke (born 1972) is a British palliative care doctor and writer. She specialises in palliative care for the National Health Service (NHS) in England. From 2015 Dr Clarke has had an active voice in the debate regarding junior doctors' pay rights in the United Kingdom, appearing in multiple television debates on this issue. Biography. Before re-training as a doctor at age 29, Rachel Clarke worked as a journalist. She produced and directed current-affairs documentaries. Some of these documentaries focused on subjects such as Al-Qaeda, the Gulf War and the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, otherwise known as the Second Congo War. Clarke's activism began when the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, wanted to impose a new contract upon junior doctors. Dr Clarke campaigned against the government, arguing in print and on screen that imposition would irrevocably damage the NHS. Her debut book "Your Life In My Hands" was published by John Blake in July 2017.
Richard Lynn "Ricky" Stenhouse Jr. (born October 2, 1987) is an American racecar driver. He currently drives in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 17 Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He has won the Nationwide Series championship in 2010 and 2011, and has been Rookie of the Year in both the Monster Energy Cup and Nationwide Series. Racing career. Early years. Stenhouse started racing when he was six, driving go-karts. He later moved in to sprint car racing, being named Rookie of the Year in a sprint car series in 2007. He also raced for former NASCAR driver Tony Stewart in 2007. Stenhouse signed a contract with NASCAR team Roush Fenway Racing in 2007, running in the ARCA Racing Series in 2008. In only his sixth stock car race, Stenhouse won for the first time at Kentucky Speedway. He won another race at Pocono Raceway and was running for the championship with Scott Speed before he and Speed crashed twice in the race so that both of them wouldn't win the championship. NASCAR. After running in the ARCA series, Stenhouse drove for Roush Fenway Racing in seven Nationwide Series races in 2009 with Greg Biffle, Colin Braun and Jamie McMurray completing the schedule. He qualified first at Iowa Speedway and ran all of the races in 2010, winning the Rookie of the Year award. The following year, he won the championship. He won the championship again in 2012. After the final race of 2012, Stenhouse was disappointed because he didn't win the race. Stenhouse made his first Sprint Cup start in 2011, driving in place of Trevor Bayne at Wood Brothers Racing. He did not run another race until the next year, when he ran four races for Roush Fenway Racing. He ran all of the races in 2013, winning the series' Rookie of the Year award. He came back for a full season the following year but did not qualify for one race due to a new way of qualifying. In
The flag of São Tomé and Príncipe was created in 1975. Appearance. It has a horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and green; with a red triangle based at the hoist and two black five-pointed stars in the yellow stripe.
The flag of Cape Verde was used since September 22, 1992. Design. The five horizontal (facing left and right) stripes are blue, white, red, white, and blue. The top stripe is half as tall as the flag. The three stripes in the middle are each one-twelfth as tall as the flag. The bottom stripe is one-fourth as tall as the flag. The middle of the circle of 10 yellow five-pointed stars is on the red stripe. It is three-eighths away from the left side of the flag.
The video camera tube was a type of vacuum tube used to capture television images between the 1930s and 1980s. A video camera tube uses a lens to focus the image on a photoelectric material (a material which emits electrons when light hits it) housed at the front of a glass tube. An electron gun at the back of the tube, like those used in a cathode ray tube, fires electrons at the material. When the photoelectric material is hit with brighter light, it produces more electrons, which cause more of the electrons fired by the electron gun to bounce back. By measuring the number of electrons which bounced back, the video camera tube is able to tell how bright each part of the image is, and create a signal suitable for display on a cathode ray tube.
Martinism is a form of Christian mysticism following with the fall of the first man, his state of material divine source, and the process of his return, called 'Reintegration' or illumination. As a mystical tradition, it was first transmitted through a masonic system created around 1740 in France by Martinez de Pasqually, and later propagated in different forms by his two students Louis Claude de Saint-Martin and Jean-Baptiste Willermoz.
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in February 2018. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting. Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.
Niranjan Bhagat (18 April 1926 – 1 February 2018) was an Indian poet and commentator. He was born in Ahmedabad, India. Bhagat won the 1999 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his work "Gujarati Sahiyta-Purvardha Uttarardha". He was also an English poet, and had written over a hundred poems in English, most being written in the style of "Gitanjali". Bhagat died of a stroke on 1 February 2018 in Ahmedabad at the age of 91.
Eddie Shaw (March 20, 1937 – January 29, 2018) was an American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist, arranger and bandleader. He was born in Stringtown, Mississippi. He led Howlin' Wolf's band, the Wolf Gang, from 1972, both before Wolf's death in 1976. In 2013 and 2014, Shaw won the Blues Music Award in the category Instrumentalist – Horn. Shaw died on January 29, 2018 in Chicago of natural causes, aged 80.
Esther Van Ginderen-Verbeeck, also known as Aunt Terry (8 September 1931 – 30 January 2018) was a Flemish television presenter and businesswoman. She was born in Hoboken, Antwerp. From 1989, when she founded VTM she worked for this channel, again for children's programs. Van Ginderen died of pneumonia on 30 January 2018 in Bonheiden, Antwerp at the age of 86.
Rasual Butler (May 23, 1979 – January 31, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Miami Heat, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards and San Antonio Spurs. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On January 31, 2018, Butler and his girlfriend Leah LaBelle were both killed in a car accident in Los Angeles, California. He was 38 years old.
Oscar Charles Gamble (December 20, 1949 – January 31, 2018) was an American professional baseball player. He was born in Ramer, Arkansas. Gamble played as an outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1985. He played for seven different teams: the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees on two separate occasions, as well as the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, and Texas Rangers. Gamble died on January 31, 2018 in Birmingham, Alabama of jaw cancer at the age of 68.
Haim Gouri (; October 9, 1923 – January 31, 2018) was an Israeli poet, novelist, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. He was born in Tel Aviv. In 1975, he won the Bialik Prize for literature and in 1988, he won the Israel Prize for Hebrew poetry. Gouri died in Jerusalem on January 31, 2018 at the age of 94.
Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk (, 28 January 1951 – 31 January 2018) was a Ukrainian astronaut. He was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine. He flew on NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as part of the international mission STS-87. Kadeniuk held the rank of Major General in the Ukrainian Air Force. He was born in Klishkivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast. Kadeniuk died on 31 January 2018, three days after turning 67 in Kyiv.
Su Bai (; 3 August 1922 – 1 February 2018) was a Chinese archaeologist. He was born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. He served as the first head of the Department of Archaeology of Peking University from 1983 to 1988. He was known for his pioneering research in the archaeology of Buddhism. He won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chinese Archaeology Society in 2016. On 1 February 2018, Su Bai died in Beijing, at the age of 95.
Sanskrit cinema refers to the Sanskrit Film industry in India. History. "Adi Shankaracharya" was the first Sanskrit feature film. It was made in 1983, produced by National Film Development Corporation of India and directed by G.V. Iyer. The second Sanskrit film, "Bhagavad Gita", was made in 1992 by G.V. Iyer.  "Priyamanasam", the third Sanskrit movie, is based on the life of 17th century Keralite poet Unnayi Warrier. The movie was directed by award winning director Vinod Mankara. "Ishti" was a Sanskrit socialist film released in 2015 and made by G. Prabh. "Anurakthi" was the first Sanskrit 3D film, released in 2018.
Aap Ke Aa Jane Se is an Indian television soap opera drama. The series premiere on 15 January 2018 and it is currently airing on Zee TV. The series is produced by Budhi Tree Multimedia PVLD, and the series was started by Karan Jotwani as Sahil and Suhasi Dhami as Vedhika. overview. Sahil and Vedika fall in love with each other , Despite Vedika being 18 years older than sahil. Will their love be strong enough to overcome all troubles they are about to face? Plot Summary. The show’s story is divided into two seasons and involves multiple twists and turns that connect the characters across lifetimes. Season 1. Vedika Mathur, a 42-year-old single mother living in Kanpur with her mother, Manjula, and daughter, Arya, faces financial difficulties due to her middle-class status. Sahil Agarwal, a 24-year-old irresponsible young man, returns home after completing his studies. Sahil’s elder aunt, Bimla, arranges his marriage with his friend Nidhi, but he rejects the proposal and is thrown out of the house. In need of money, Vedika rents out a room in her house to Sahil, believing that he is married. Sahil hides the truth from Vedika because he knows she would not allow him to stay otherwise. Over time, Vedika and Sahil fall in love, but Vedika is hesitant to accept their relationship due to societal norms and their significant age difference. Eventually, she comes to terms with her feelings and accepts Sahil’s love. On the day of their wedding, a misunderstanding occurs, and Vedika ends up switching places with Nidhi, almost marrying her instead. Sahil believes their marriage is invalid and denies completing the wedding rituals. Complications arise as Sahil’s cousin, Yash, blackmails Vedika into marrying him, and she agrees because she has feelings for Sahil. In a series of events, Yash is diagnosed with cancer and requests Vedika to give him a child through IVF. Due to a nurse’s mistake, Sahil becomes the sperm donor for Yash and
Fear Files is an Indian television horror drama series. The series is currently airing on Zee TV. at IST 10:30 mp. In every Saturday to Sunday.
Voot, Launched in March 2016, from the digital arms of Viacom 18. It's Viacom 18's advertising-led-video-on-demand platform. That is available as an app for iOS and Android Users, and a website for desktop consumption. Voot is available only in India. And hosts over 40,000 hours of video content that includes shows from channels like, MTV India, Nickelodeon, Colors TV. Content is also available in multi languages like, Kannada,Marathi, Bengali,Gujarati and Tamil.
Dark Rainbow is an Indian Bollywood Movie, Directed by Abhik Bhanu. &lt;br&gt; Starring Sara Khan And Mayur Mehta, it was scheduled to be released mid-2014. It's official launch was on 15 December 2011 with Ekta Kapoor in attendance. Plot. Dark Rainbow is a musical love story. The central character Ruhi (played by Sara Khan) is in love with a talented musician, Ranbir (played by Mayur Mehta). Rann has a band called Rainbow.
The Katpana Desert at Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, this desert is also known as the "Cold Desert". There are Sand dunes in Skardu around the Indus river. This desert stretches from the Khaplu Valley to Nubra Ladakh and Shigar Skardu Valley to Zanskar, Occupied Kashmir, but the largest desert area is found in Skardu and Shigar valley. Locally called Biama Nakpo , biama thang and Katpana biama, the Katpana Desert is located near Skardu Airport while Shigar desert is located on the way to Shigar valley.
Institut supérieur de l'automobile et des transports is an engineering graduate school in France. It is in a campus of the University of Burgundy (Center France). It is the only French public school specialized in automotive engineering. Its different curricula lead to the following French &amp; European degrees : Academic activities and industrial applied research are performed mainly in French and English languages. Students from a dozen of nationalities participate to the different curricula at ISAT. Research labs. Research activities at Institut supérieur de l'automobile et des transports relate to the following topics:
Édouard Ferrand (25 April 1965 – 1 February 2018) was a French politician. He was born in Lyon, France. He was a member of National Front. He was a "Front National" MEP and regional councillor in Burgundy. He was elected to the European Parliament in May 2014. Ferrand died on 1 February 2018 in Paris of cancer at the age of 52.
Ole Svane Thestrup (12 March 1948 – 2 February 2018) was a Danish actor. He appeared in many Danish movies, mainly by those directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. He had a recurring role in the political drama series "Borgen". He was born in Nibe, Denmark. Thestrup's early television roles included the comedy series "Een stor familie" (1982–1983) and the 1986 Christmas calendar show "Jul på Slottet". He retired in April 2017. Suffering from alcoholism, Thestrup was arrested and later imprisoned in Canada for boarding a plane drunk. Thestrup died on 2 February 2018, in his home in Tuse Næs, Denmark from lung cancer at the age of 69.
was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He was part of the Japanese teams that set a world record in 1963. Okabe won an Olympic bronze medal in 1964 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In 1964 he also finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and fifth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. Okabe died of pneumonia in Tokyo on January 26, 2018 at the age of 76.
Rudolf 'Rolf' Schafstall (22 February 1937 – 30 January 2018) was a German football coach and a player. He played for Hamborn 07 from 1950 to 1963 and for Reutlingen 05 from 1963 to 1969. He coached MSV Duisburg, VfL Bochum, and Bayer 05 Uerdingen. He was born in Duisburg, Germany. Schafstall died on 30 January 2018 in Krefeld, Germany at the age of 80.
Erwin de Vries (December 21, 1929 – January 31, 2018) was a Surinamese painter and sculptor. He was born in Paramaribo. His work had been displayed at the Stedelijk Museum and the Nationaal Monument Slavernijverleden in Amsterdam. De Vries also exhibited a great deal in Jamaica. De Vries died in Paramaribo of respiratory failure on January 31, 2018 at the age of 88.
Wood-Ridge is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough's population was 10,137. Wood-Ridge was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on December 6, 1894.
"Joanne" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga. It is taken from her fifth studio album of the same name. The song is a folk-pop song that discusses the death of Gaga's aunt, her father's sister, who died from lupus in 1974, before Gaga was born. Joanne is also Gaga's middle name. A slower, piano version of the song was released on January 26, 2018, and renamed "Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)". Gaga performed this version along with "Million Reasons" at the 60th Grammy Awards on January 28, 2018, where she was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album for "Joanne" and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Million Reasons". The piano version won the award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2019 (61st) Grammy Awards.
Disney's Magical Express was a private ground transportation and luggage service delivery for Walt Disney World Resort operated by Mears Transportation. The service was complimentary and available exclusively to guests with reservations at one of 21 Walt Disney World Resort hotels. In 2015, Universal Orlando, Disney's main competitor in the area, announced their own airport shuttle to their resort. The Universal service is operated by SuperShuttle, costs $35 round-trip, and has guests take care of their own luggage. As of January 1st, 2022, Disney World has announced the discontinuation of the Magical Express service, leaving guests without this transportation option.
Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh Piyaji was a 2017 Indian television soap opera that aired on Star Plus. The Show stars Rhea Sharma and Avinesh Rekhi and is the sequel to the series Diya Aur Baati Hum. Neelu Vaghela, Ashok Lokhande, VKSravan , and Kanika Maheshwari continue their roles from that series. VKSravan Max Story. The story is based on the life of the children of Sooraj and Sandhya, focusing on their daughter, Kanak. Her grandmother Bhabho ignores and looks down upon Kanak because according to her, Kanak is to blame for her (Kanak's) parents' death, but later upon realising her love for Kanak, Bhabho accepts her as family. Later, Kanak gets married to a superstitious but good-hearted gentleman, named Uma Shankar. He is a blind believer in morals taught by his greedy and hypocrite maternal aunt, Nanda Devi. Kanak sets off on a journey with Uma Shankar to teach him the greatest moral of life - humanity - while she is criticized by Palomi and repeatedly harmed by Maasi Saa, and later, her lewd son, Aditya. In the process, she herself falls in love with Uma after establishing herself as the perfect wife for him. In a subplot taking place in Bangkok, Uma and Kanak plot to expose Maasi Saa and Aditya, and prove that Palomi is alive. They succeed in doing so and are about to live happily until Uma shockingly marries Meera Mittal, daughter of a rich businessman. The story then takes a two-year leap and Kanak eventually reappears in Uma's life, who is now shown as a successful business tycoon. After a lot of misunderstandings, it is revealed that Uma still loves Kanak and he was actually blackmailed and forced into marrying Meera to save his sister Suman's life. Meera gets mad with jealousy and vows to destroy Kanak’s life. She and Aditya try to separate them including attempting to marry off Kanak to a man who is also