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Alka (actress)
Alka, AlkA or ALKA may refer to: People * Alka Ajith (born c. 1997), Indian multilingual playback singer * Alka Amin (active from 2011), Indian television actress * Alka Balram Kshatriya, Indian politician, Member of the Parliament of India representing Gujarat * Alka Kaushal (born 1969), Indian film actress in Marathi cinema * Alka Kriplani (active from before 1995), Indian gynecologist, medical writer and academic * Alka Kubal (active from born 1965), Indian film actress in Marathi cinema * Alka Lamba (born 1975), Indian politician * Alka Matewa (born 1987), Belgian mixed martial artist from Democratic Republic of the Congo * Alka Nath (born 1950), Indian social worker and politician * Alka Nupur (active from 1981), Indian film actress in Hindi cinema * Alka Pande (born 1956), Indian art curator * Alka Rai, Indian politician * Alka Sadat (born 1981), Afghan documentary and feature film producer, director and cameraman * Alka Saraogi (born 1960), Indian novelist and short s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka Ajith
Alka Ajith ( tam, அல்கா அஜித்) is an Indian playback singer, best known for winning season 2 of ''Airtel Super Singer Junior'', a Tamil language music competition reality TV show broadcast on Vijay TV. She was awarded the Jaycey Foundation Best Female Singer Award in 2017. Early life Alka was born to M.P. Ajith Kumar and K. Sajitha. Her paternal grandfather was a noted singer. Her father Ajith Kumar is a professional musician and organist, who runs Alka's orchestra, "Sangeeth Sagar". Alka first learnt music from her father. She studied in University of Madras in Chennai. Musical career Early life Alka gave her first public performance when she was two and half years old in 2000, where she sang the Hindi language song, "Soldier ... ... Soldier... ". In 2001, she won International UNESCO Club of Repalle (A.P) award and gold medal, and in 2002, she won the Rotary International achievement award and gold medal. When she was four years old, she cut her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka Tomar
Alka Tomar is an Indian wrestler. Coached by Jabbar Singh, she became the National Women Wrestling champion of India, and received the bronze medal in Wrestling (59 kg Freestyle) at the Doha Asian Games in 2006. Alka Tomar also received a bronze at the Senior Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou in China 2006. She also won a Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi where she competed against Tonya Verbeek of Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... Early life Alka was born to Nain Singh Tomar and Munni Devi . References External linksAlka Tomar in news Indian female sport wrestlers Living people Recipients of the Arjuna Award Wrestlers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Asian Games medalists in wre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka-Seltzer Time
''Alka-Seltzer Time'' (aka ''The Alka-Seltzer Show'') was a 15-minute radio series broadcast weekdays on both CBS Radio and the Mutual Broadcasting System (not to be confused with an earlier ''Alka-Seltzer Time'' that was renamed ''Herb Shriner Time''). Baritone Curt Massey starred with Martha Tilton when the program, sponsored by Alka-Seltzer, began in 1949 as ''Curt Massey Time'' (sometimes advertised as ''Curt Massey Time with Martha Tilton'') with a title change to highlight the sponsor's product by 1952. The announcer was Ford Pearson. Beginning on June 18, 1951, ''Alka-Seltzer Time'' ran on Mutual at noon while the CBS broadcasts continued at 6:30 pm. By 1953, the series was heard on Mutual (at noon, Eastern Time) and later that same day on CBS (at 5:45 pm, ET). Advertisements described the show as "informal song sessions" by vocalists Massey and Tilton, who was often billed as "the liltin' Martha Tilton". The two singers, both Texas-born, performed with Country Washburne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka-Seltzer
Alka-Seltzer is an effervescent antacid and pain reliever first marketed by the Dr. Miles Medicine Company of Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Alka-Seltzer contains three active ingredients: aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) (ASA), sodium bicarbonate, and anhydrous citric acid. The aspirin is a pain reliever and anti-inflammatory, the sodium bicarbonate is an antacid, and the citric acid reacts with the sodium bicarbonate and water to form effervescence. It was developed by head chemist Maurice Treneer. Alka-Seltzer is marketed for relief of minor aches, pains, inflammation, fever, headache, heartburn, stomachache, indigestion, acid reflux and hangovers, while neutralizing excess stomach acid. It was launched in 1931. Its sister product, Alka-Seltzer Plus, treats cold and flu symptoms. A wide variety of formulae, many using acetaminophen (paracetamol) instead of aspirin, are available under the sister brand. Product information Alka-Seltzer is a combination of sodium bicarbonat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DNA-3-methyladenine Glycosylase II
DNA-3-methyladenine glycosylase II () is an enzyme that catalyses the following chemical reaction: : Hydrolysis of alkylated DNA, releasing 3-methyladenine, 3-methylguanine, 7-methylguanine, and 7-methyladenine Involved in the removal of alkylated bases from DNA in ''Escherichia coli''. Evolution Through the process of convergent evolution Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time. Convergent evolution creates analogous structures that have similar form or function but were not present in the last com ..., there are at least two unrelated protein folds that share the same DNA-3-methyladenine glycosylase activity. The first, the AlkA N-terminal domain, is found in bacteria . The second, methylpurine-DNA glycosylase ( MPG) is found in vertebrates including humans. Nomenclature DNA-3-methyladenine glycosylase II is also known as * deoxyribonucleate 3-methyladenine glycosides II * 3-met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Lithuanian Cultural Archives
American Lithuanian Cultural Archives or ALKA ( lt, Amerikos lietuvių kultūros archyvai) is located at 37 Mary Crest Drive in Putnam, Connecticut next to the convent of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is dedicated to the preservation of Lithuanian culture in the United States. ALKA comprises a museum, a library and the archives. It is maintained by the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science. History The history of ALKA is traced to 1922 when Catholic priest Pranciškus Mykolas Juras (Francis M. Juras) began collecting Lithuanian books and periodicals at his parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He also collected Lithuanian art and crafts, including samples of weaving and knitting, national folk costumes, jewelry, wood carvings, and various implements and utensils. As the collection grew, it moved to the offices of the newspaper ''Darbininkas'' in South Boston in 1935. ALKA was officially established in 1941. When the newspaper moved to Brookl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ALKA (weapon)
The ALKA directed-energy weapon (DEW) system is a Turkish dual electromagnetic/laser weapon developed by Roketsan. It was first unveiled at the 2019 IDEF exhibition on 8 May 2019. This combat laser was allegedly used to destroy one of GNC's Wing Loong II UAVs; if true, this would represent the first known time a vehicle-mounted combat laser was used to destroy another combat vehicle during genuine wartime conditions. History It was reported in 2010s that various Turkish organizations like TÜBİTAK SAGE and Aselsan had been working on tactical lasers and some had achieved success in both 2015 and 2018 prior to the unveiling of ALKA directed-energy weapon. According to ROKETSAN official Prof.Uğur Kayasal the weapon was developed in response to the increase of drone attacks on Turkish forces. ROKETSAN spent five years making the directed energy weapon system and spent the last two years of the developmental period to make the system road-mobile. On 4 August 2019 an ALKA DEW moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka (Svalbard)
Alka ( en, The Auk) is a Norwegian islet between Gassen and Havella in Menkeøyane, part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya Edgeøya (), occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is a Norwegian island located in southeast of the Svalbard archipelago; with an area of , it is the third-largest island in this archipelago. An Arctic island, it forms part of the Søraust-Sva .... References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka (insurance)
Alka Forsikring, formally Insurance Joint Stock Alka, is a Danish insurance company that was established in 1944. Alka provides accident and life insurance. It is owned by trade unions and associated organisations. Alka was created by the merger of Workers' Life Insurance, founded in 1903 and Danish Cooperative Assurance, founded in 1929, both working with the Danish labor movement. Over its history, Alka has grown by a series of acquisitions: Alka bought Nordlyset Insurance from English Provincial in 1992; and in 1998, it took over the Danish subsidiary of the Swedish insurer, Salus Ansvar. In 2001, Alka bought by the German insurance group Allianz's Danish subsidiary. Some 55% of Alka's shares are owned by trade unions, 35% by cooperative enterprises, including Arbejdernes Landsbank, and 10% by sister companies. Alka is headquartered in Taastrup, Copenhagen. Their managing director is Jens Baerentsen. Alka has been the title sponsor of Danish Superliga since 2015. The company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka (Baltic Religion)
''Alka'' or ''alkas'' ( lv, elks) is the name of a sacred place or a place for burning sacrifices in Baltic religion. In Latvia and Lithuania ''alka(-s) '' and ''elks'' is the most widespread component in the toponyms for sacred sites. 120 hills, 70 fields and 50 water bodies (lakes, rivers, and wetlands) with such word in their name have been registered. Etymology The words ''alka(-s) '' and ''elks'' probably derive from the Proto-Indo-European ''*alku/*elku'' ("bend, an elbow, turn-like and lift") and may be directly connected with words such as Lithuanian ''auk(u)oti'' ("to lift a child") and Latvian ''auklēt'' ("to carry the baby on arms and to rock"). Cognates in other languages may include Germanic and Gothic ''alhs'' ("temple"), Saxon ''alah'' ("temple"), the Anglo-Saxon ''ealh'' ("temple") and ''ealgian'' ("to guard, to defend"), Belorussian ''галыконшк'' ("offering gatherer"), and Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka Yagnik
Alka, AlkA or ALKA may refer to: People * Alka Ajith (born c. 1997), Indian multilingual playback singer * Alka Amin (active from 2011), Indian television actress * Alka Balram Kshatriya, Indian politician, Member of the Parliament of India representing Gujarat * Alka Kaushal (born 1969), Indian film actress in Marathi cinema * Alka Kriplani (active from before 1995), Indian gynecologist, medical writer and academic * Alka Kubal (active from born 1965), Indian film actress in Marathi cinema * Alka Lamba (born 1975), Indian politician * Alka Matewa (born 1987), Belgian mixed martial artist from Democratic Republic of the Congo * Alka Nath (born 1950), Indian social worker and politician * Alka Nupur (active from 1981), Indian film actress in Hindi cinema * Alka Pande (born 1956), Indian art curator * Alka Rai, Indian politician * Alka Sadat (born 1981), Afghan documentary and feature film producer, director and cameraman * Alka Saraogi (born 1960), Indian novelist and short st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka Vuica
Alka Vuica (; born 8 June 1961) is a Croatian singer, lyricist and TV presenter. Her musical style can be described as a mixture of pop and local folk. Biography Born in Pula to Zvonko and Zdenka Vuica, she started writing songs at a young age. At the age of 18, she moved to Zagreb and met Adi Karaselimović who was a drummer of a band Srebrna Krila. She was introduced to composer Đorđe Novković, manager Vladimir Mihaljek and most importantly Goran Bregović. In 1980s, she worked as a journalist and as songwriter, especially for Josipa Lisac, for whom she penned "Gdje Dunav ljubi nebo" (''Where Danube Kisses the Sky''), "Danas sam luda" (''Today I'm Crazy''), "Kraljica divljine" (''Queen of the Wild''), "Moja magija" (''My Magic'') and the album ''Hoću samo tebe'' (''I Want Only You'') which was released in 1983. Throughout the decade she continued to contribute lyrics. In 1990, she contributed to the Yugoslav entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, "Hajde da ludujemo" ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
