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Deepika (other)
Deepika (ദീപിക, दीपिका) is a Hindu/ Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, which means "lantern" and "light". Notable people named Deepika * Deepika Chikhalia (born 1965), Indian actress and politician * Deepika Joshi-Shah (1976-2012), Indian actress and singer * Deepika Kamaiah (born 1984), Indian actress and model * Deepika Kumari (born 1994), Indian archer * Deepika Kumari (field hockey) (born 2003), Indian field hockey player * Deepika Kurup (born 1998), Indian inventor, scientist and clean water advocate * Deepika Padukone (born 1986), Indian actress and model * Deepika Rasangika (born 1983), Sri Lankan cricketer * Deepika Singh (born 1989), Indian actress Notable people named Dipika * Dipika Murthy (born 1980), Indian hockey player * Dipika Pallikal (born 1991), Indian squash player * Dipika Kakar (born 1986), Indian TV actress Notable people named Deeyah * Deeyah Khan Deeyah Khan ( ur, , , born 7 August 1977) is a Norwegian documentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepika Kumari (field Hockey)
Deepika Kumari (born 6 December 2003) is a field hockey player and member of Indian women's hockey team. She hails from Hisar, Haryana. She plays for Indian Oil Corporation Limited in the domestic hockey tournaments. She has ten caps as a Senior India player. She plays as a forward and specialises in drag-flicks. Early life Deepika Kumari started as wrestler and used to practice along with her brother. One day in 2012, on way to wrestling practice she picked up a hockey stick for fun and soon it became her mainstay. Hockey career Deepika made her Junior debut for the country in 2018 at the Youth Olympic Qualifiers in March 2018. Later she also took part in the Hockey women's Junior World Cup 2021 in Potchefstroom, South Africa and was part of the Indian team that won gold at the Women's Junior Asia Cup. Deepika first came to limelight with a stellar performance in the 2018 Sub-Junior National Championships in her hometown Hisar, where she scored 16 goals for Haryana. Hary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindu Given Names
Indian names are based on a variety of systems and naming conventions, which vary from region to region. Names are also influenced by religion and caste and may come from epics. India's population speaks a wide variety of languages and nearly every major religion in the world has a following in India. This variety makes for subtle, often confusing, differences in names and naming styles. Due to historical Indian cultural influences, several names across South and Southeast Asia are influenced by or adapted from Indian names or words. In some cases, Indian birth name is different from their official name; the birth name starts with a randomly selected name from the person's horoscope (based on the '' nakshatra'' or lunar mansion corresponding to the person's birth). Many children are given three names, sometimes as a part of religious teaching. Pronunciation When written in Latin script, Indian names may use the vowel characters to denote sounds different from conventio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deeyah Khan
Deeyah Khan ( ur, , , born 7 August 1977) is a Norwegian documentary film director and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. Deeyah is a two-time Emmy Award winner, two time Peabody Award winner, a BAFTA winner and has received the Royal Television Society award for Best Factual Director. She has made six documentaries to date, all have been shown on ITV in the UK as part of its Exposure series. Her debut film as director and producer, ''Banaz A Love Story'' (2012) about the honor killing of a British-Kurdish woman won an Emmy and a Peabody. Her second documentary, '' Jihad: A Story of the Others'', nominated for a BAFTA, Grierson and Monte-Carlo Television Festival involved two years interviewing Islamic extremists and convicted terrorists. Her 2017 documentary '' White Right: Meeting The Enemy'' was also Bafta-nominated and won an Emmy award for Best International Current Affairs Documentary and the Rory Peck Award for Best Current Affairs documentary in 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipika Kakar
Dipika Kakar Ibrahim (born 6 August 1986) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She is known for playing Simar in ''Sasural Simar Ka'' and Sonakshi in ''Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum''. She participated in the reality show ''Bigg Boss 12'' and emerged as the winner in 2018. She also participated in Nach Baliye 8. Early life Dipika was born on 6 August 1986 in Pune, India. Kakar completed her school level exams conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education and then graduated from the University of Mumbai. After completing her studies she started working as a flight attendant with Jet Airways for almost 3 years. Due to some health issues, she resigned and joined the entertainment industry. Personal life First Kakar was married to Raunak Samson in 2011 but they got separated in 2015. Then, she married Shoaib Ibrahim, her co-star from ''Sasural Simar Ka'' on 22 February 2018 in Bhopal. She converted to Islam and changed her name to Faiza. Career Kakar started her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipika Pallikal
Dipika Pallikal Karthik (née Pallikal; born 21 September 1991) is an Indian professional squash player. She is the first Indian to break into the top 10 in the PSA Women's rankings. Dipika Pallikal came to prominence in 2011, when she won three WISPA tour titles. She broke into the top 10 in December 2012. Early life Dipika Pallikal was born in Kottayam into a Malayali Christian family. She is the daughter of Sanjiv and Susan Pallikal. Her mother played international cricket for the Indian women's team. Professional career Deepika turned professional in 2006, but her career was filled with ups and downs initially. She became more consistent and started notching up winning performances after her brief training stint in Egypt in the beginning of 2011. She clinched her first of three WISPA titles for 2011 in September by winning the Orange County Open in Irvine, California. She notched up her second in the United States with another WISPA tour event victory. The third came i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipika Murthy
Dipika Murthy (born 10 August 1980) is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at the 2004 Hockey Asia Cup Hockey Asia Cup may refer to: * Men's Hockey Asia Cup * Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup * Women's Hockey Asia Cup * Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup The Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup is a women's international under-21 field hockey tournament organiz ... and won a silver in the 2009 Asia cup at bangkok. She has represented India at the under-21 world cup in argentina 2001 and in two senior world cups in Spain 2006 and argentina in 2010. Her career includes Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 and the Asian Games china 2010. References Profile at ''Bharatiyahockey'' 1980 births Living people Field hockey players from Gujarat Indian female field hockey players Female field hockey goalkeepers Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2010 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepika Singh
Deepika Singh Goyal (born 26 July, 1989) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing the role of Sandhya Rathi in Star Plus's ''Diya Aur Baati Hum''. Early life Singh was born in New Delhi on 26 July 1989. She completed her Masters in Business Administration in Marketing at Punjab Technical University. Career Singh made her television debut in 2011, in the serial ''Diya Aur Baati Hum'' on Star Plus, as the character Sandhya Kothari. She played the role for 5 years until the show went off air in September 2016. In 2018 she was seen in a webseries called ''The Real Soulmate''. She also became a contestant on Ekta Kapoor's ''Box Cricket League'' in 2014 and 2019. In 2019, Deepika made a comeback to television acting, as she portrayed the double role of twin sisters Sandhya and Sakshi Patwardhan in Colors TV's supernatural show '' Kavach... Mahashivratri''. She is reprised the role of Sandhya Rathi to film a promotion video for StarPlus's show Ghum Hai Kisikey P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepika Rasangika
Deepika Rasangika (born 13 December 1983) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who now plays for the Bahrain women's cricket team. Rasangika played in more than 60 matches for the Sri Lanka women's cricket team from 2008 to 2014. She was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup. In March 2022, she was named in Bahrain's squad for the 2022 GCC Women's Gulf Cup in Oman. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Bahrain against Oman, in the opening match of that tournament. On 22 March 2022, in Bahrain's match against Saudi Arabia, Rasangika scored 161 not out In cricket, a batter is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. The batter is also ''not out'' while their innings is still in progress. Occurrence At least one batter is not out at t .... She became the first cricketer for Bahrain to score a century in WT20Is, and her total was the highest individual score in a WT20I match. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone ( or ; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in India, and her accolades include three Filmfare Awards. She features in listings of the nation's most popular personalities; ''Time'' named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018 and awarded her the TIME100 Impact Award in 2022. Padukone, the daughter of the badminton player Prakash Padukone, was born in Copenhagen and raised in Bangalore. As a teenager, she played badminton in national level championships but left her career in the sport to become a fashion model. She soon received offers for film roles and made her acting debut in 2006 as the title character of the Kannada film ''Aishwarya''. Padukone then played a dual role opposite Shah Rukh Khan in her first Bollywood release, the romance ''Om Shanti Om'' (2007), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Padukone received praise for her starring r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepika Kurup
Deepika Kurup (born 1998) is an inventor, scientist, and clean water advocate. She is the recipient of the 2012 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Award. Kurup was awarded the $25,000 Award for her work in developing a new and inexpensive method to clean water using solar power. She also a finalist in the 2014 international Stockholm Junior Water Prize with her project "A Novel Photocatalytic Pervious Composite for Degrading Organics and Inactivating Bacteria in Wastewater." In January 2015, Kurup was named as one of the ''Forbes'' 2015 30 Under 30 in Energy. She has also been featured in '' Teen Vogue'' for her work. She is currently a student at Stanford School of Medicine. Background Deepika Kurup was born in Nashua, New Hampshire. She has given a number of accounts of what inspired her to work on water purification. In her entry video to the competition, she explains the mechanism used for developing her invention and also explains some of the factors that led to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
