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Founding members and enlargement. NATO was established on 4 April 1949 via the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington Treaty). The 12 founding members of the Alliance were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [4]
Aadhaar ( Hindi: आधार, lit. 'base, foundation'; sometimes informally called UIDAI ID or UIDAI Number) [7] is a 12-digit unique identity number that can be obtained voluntarily by all residents of India, based on their biometrics (10 finger prints, 2 iris prints and photo of face) and demographic data. [8] The data is collected by the ...
Parmod Achary, General Manager. The Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF) is a compulsory pension scheme in Vanuatu. It was established in 1986 and commenced operation in 1987. [1] The General Manager is Parmod Achary. [2] From 1992 to 1995 VNPF was involved in controversy due to its housing loan scheme. [1]
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership. They have agreed by the treaties to share their own sovereignty through the institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government.
The Public Provident Fund ( PPF) is a savings-cum-tax-saving instrument in India, [1] introduced by the National Savings Institute of the Ministry of Finance in 1968. The scheme's main objective is to mobilize small savings by offering an investment with reasonable returns combined with income tax benefits. [2]
The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states, referred to as Commonwealth countries. [1] Most of them were British colonies or dependencies of those colonies . No government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as is the case in a political union. Rather, the Commonwealth is an international ...
A captive portal is a web page accessed with a web browser that is displayed to newly connected users of a Wi-Fi or wired network before they are granted broader access to network resources. Captive portals are commonly used to present a landing or log-in page which may require authentication, payment, acceptance of an end-user license ...
The Eras Tour is the ongoing sixth concert tour by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Consisting of 152 shows across five continents, the tour commenced on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona, United States, and is set to conclude on December 8, 2024, in Vancouver, Canada. It became the first tour in history to surpass $1 billion in ...