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  2. Kuber (tobacco) - Wikipedia

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    Kuber is a smokeless tobacco product, known for its highly addictive properties and its unique presentation disguised as a mouth freshener. It originated in India and has gained attention for its widespread use and impact on public health in various countries, including Uganda .

  3. National Commission for Safai Karamcharis - Wikipedia

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    The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) is currently a temporary non-statutory body [1] that investigates the conditions of Safai Karamcharis (waste collectors) in India and makes recommendations to the Government of India . NCSK was constituted 12 August 1994 as a statutory body for a three-year period under the NCSK ACT, 1993.

  4. List of churches in Puducherry - Wikipedia

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    No.26, Kuber Street, Pakkamudianpet, ECR Road, Puducherry, India 11°33′54″N 79°29′02″E  /  11.5649°N 79.4838°E  / 11.5649; 79.4838  ( Gouber Methodist

  5. Kubera - Wikipedia

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    Kubera ( Sanskrit: कुबेर, IAST: Kubera) also known as Kuvera, Kuber and Kuberan, is the god of wealth, and the god-king of the semi-divine yakshas in Hinduism. [3] He is regarded as the regent of the north ( Dikpala), and a protector of the world ( Lokapala ). His many epithets extol him as the overlord of numerous semi-divine species ...

  6. Sermesianoi - Wikipedia

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    The Sermesianoi were a mixed population, which included the descendants of Roman ( Byzantine) Christians, whom the Avars had captured in the Balkan Peninsula and settled in the region of Sirmium. [3] [4] Kuber had been made governor of the region by the Avar Khagan. [5] [6] Kuber's subjects called themselves Sermesianoi, [6] but the Byzantines ...

  7. 2024 Toronto—St. Paul's federal by-election - Wikipedia

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    Background. The riding of Toronto—St. Paul's was vacated on January 16, 2024, following the resignation of Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett. Bennett, most recently the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health in the government of Justin Trudeau, had held the seat since 1997.

  8. Nalakuvara - Wikipedia

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    Nalakuvara, also known as Nalakubara ( Sanskrit: नलकूबर, romanized : Nalakūbara ), appears in Hindu and Buddhist mythology as the brother of Manigriva (also known as Manibhadra ), the son of the yaksha king Kubera (also known as Vaishravana ), and husband of Rambha and Ratnamala. Nalakuvara often appears as a sexual trickster ...

  9. Vichitravirya - Wikipedia

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    Legend. Vichitravirya has an elder brother named Chitrāngada, and is also the half-brother of Vyasa and Bhishma.Bhishma placed Chitrāngada, on the throne of the kingdom of the Kurus after Shantanu's death; he is a mighty warrior, but the king of the Gandharvas defeats and kills him at the end of a long battle.