Alka, AlkA or ALKA may refer to:
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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 th ...
(born c. 1997), Indian multilingual playback singer
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Alka Amin (active from 2011), Indian television actress
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Alka Balram Kshatriya
Alka Balram Kshatriya (born 7 November 1959), a politician from Indian National Congress party, is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Gujarat in the Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the ...
, Indian politician, Member of the Parliament of India representing Gujarat
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Alka Kaushal
Alka Badola Kaushal is an Indian actress and producer, known for her work in Bollywood. She is also popular for her roles in TV shows such as '' Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan'' and '' Qubool Hai''. She has played supportive roles in numerous Hi ...
(born 1969), Indian film actress in Marathi cinema
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Alka Kriplani (active from before 1995), Indian gynecologist, medical writer and academic
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Alka Kubal
Alka Kubal (born 23 September 1963) is a Marathi film actress from Mumbai, India. She has worked in many Marathi movies and some Hindi Bollywood movies as well. Her film '' Maherchi Sadi'' made her a household name in Maharashtra. She has wor ...
(active from born 1965), Indian film actress in Marathi cinema
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Alka Lamba
Alka Lamba (born 21 September 1975) is an Indian politician serving for the Indian National Congress. After serving the Indian National Congress in various capacities for more than 20 years, she quit to join the Aam Aadmi Party on 26 December 2 ...
(born 1975), Indian politician
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Alka Matewa
Alka Matewa (born April 26, 1987) is a Congolese-Belgian kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
Early life
Alka Matewa was born on 26 April 1987 in Kinshasa, Congo, the son of Pierre Maytewa and Lucie Nsuele. Both parents are Congolese. Alka's bac ...
(born 1987), Belgian mixed martial artist from Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Alka Nath (born 1950), Indian social worker and politician
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Alka Nupur (active from 1981), Indian film actress in Hindi cinema
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Alka Pande (born 1956), Indian art curator
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Alka Rai
Alka Rai is an Indian politician associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Alka Rai contested the Uttar Pradesh assembly election held in 2017. She got elected from the Mohammadabad Assembly constituency, Mohammadabad constituency by de ...
, Indian politician
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Alka Sadat (born 1981), Afghan documentary and feature film producer, director and cameraman
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Alka Saraogi
Alka Saraogi ( hi, अलका सरावगी; born 17 November 1960) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in the Hindi language. She is a recipient of the 2001 Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi for her novel ''Kalikatha: Via Bypass' ...
(born 1960), Indian novelist and short story writer in Hindi
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Alka Singh, an Indian politician
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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 bro ...
(active from 2003), Indian freestyle wrestler who won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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Alka Verma (active from 2014), Indian actress
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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 ag ...
(born 1961), Croatian singer-songwriter and politician
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Alka Yagnik (born 1966), Indian playback singer in Hindi cinema
Other uses
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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 hill ...
, a sacred place in Baltic religion
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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 merge ...
, a Danish insurance company
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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 t ...
, a Norwegian island
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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 ...
, a directed-energy weapon
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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 d ...
(Lithuanian: ''Amerikos lietuvių kultūros archyvai''), or ALKA, in Putnam, Connecticut, U.S.
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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 a ...
, also known as AlkA, an enzyme
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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 bicarbona ...
, an effervescent antacid and pain reliever
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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 ...
'', a U.S. radio series broadcast 1949–1953
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Hamari Bahu Alka
''Hamari Bahu Alka'' (Our Daughter-in-Law Alka) is a 1982 Hindi movie, directed by Basu Chatterjee, based on the Bengali story ''Eto Tuku Basha'' by Manoj Basu. It stars Rakesh Roshan, Bindiya Goswami and Utpal Dutt. Music was by Rajesh Roshan, ...
'', a 1982 Hindi movie
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Sinjska alka
The Sinjska alka () is an equestrian competition held in the Croatian town of Sinj every first Sunday in August since 1715. It commemorates a Croatian–Venetian victory in the Ottoman–Venetian war on August 14, 1715 in which the local Christian ...
, an equestrian competition held annually in Sinj, Croatia
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