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  2. India - Wikipedia

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    The Hindi language film industry (Bollywood) is the largest sector representing 43% of box office revenue, followed by the South Indian Telugu and Tamil film industries which represent 36% combined. Television broadcasting began in India in 1959 as a state-run medium of communication and expanded slowly for more than two decades.

  3. Paper - Wikipedia

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    Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses, or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through a fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying. Although paper was originally made in single sheets ...

  4. Self Employed Women's Association - Wikipedia

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    Ela Bhatt, founder and past president of SEWA, appreciating the fabrics at Qalandia Women's Cooperative. Self-Employed Women's Association ( SEWA ), meaning "service" in several Indian languages, is a trade union based in Ahmedabad, India, that promotes the rights of low-income, independently employed female workers. [1]

  5. Respondeat superior - Wikipedia

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    Respondeat superior ( Latin: "let the master answer"; plural: respondeant superiores) is a doctrine that a party is responsible for (and has vicarious liability for) acts of his agents. [1] : 794 For example, in the United States, there are circumstances when an employer is liable for acts of employees performed within the course of their ...

  6. PLDT - Wikipedia

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    PLDT was established on November 28, 1928, by a Philippine Government act. Philippine legislature and approved by then governor-general Henry L. Stimson by means of a merger of four telephone companies under operation of the American telephone company GTE. [6] Known as Act 3436, the bill granted PLDT a 50-year charter and the right to establish ...

  7. Chaebol - Wikipedia

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    A chaebol often consists of multiple diversified affiliates, controlled by a person or group. [4] Several dozen large South Korean family-controlled corporate groups fall under this definition. The term first appeared in English text in 1972. [3] Chaebol have also played a significant role in South Korean politics.

  8. Translation (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Translation (geometry) In Euclidean geometry, a translation is a geometric transformation that moves every point of a figure, shape or space by the same distance in a given direction. A translation can also be interpreted as the addition of a constant vector to every point, or as shifting the origin of the coordinate system.

  9. Air India - Wikipedia

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    Air India is the flag carrier airline of India. It is owned by Air India Limited, a Tata Group enterprise and operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving 102 domestic and international destinations. It is headquartered in Gurgaon. The airline has its main hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi and secondary hub at ...