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2. 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election | Wikipedia

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   The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election was the ninth presidential election in the country’s history and was held on 21 September 2024. [4] [5] Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.

3. Gambling in the United States | Wikipedia

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   The casino floor at Wynn Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada. In the United States, gambling is subject to a variety of legal restrictions. In 2008, gambling activities generated gross revenues (the difference between the total amounts wagered minus the funds or "winnings" returned to the players) of $92.27 billion in the United States.

4. Islamic banking and finance | Wikipedia

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   However, since Islamic banking also calls for rewarding delayed gratification in the form of "return on investment" on both profit-sharing and credit sales, Islamic scholars and economists have tended to insist that time value of money is a valid concept "provided the rate of discount is the 'rate of return' on capital rather than the rate of ...

5. Methane | Wikipedia

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   Methane (US: / ˈ m ɛ θ eɪ n / METH-ayn, UK: / ˈ m iː θ eɪ n / MEE-thayn) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CH 4 (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). It is a group-14 hydride, the simplest alkane, and the main constituent of natural gas.

6. Reform UK | Wikipedia

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   The party failed to win any seats above local level in the 2021 elections in May, and lost their deposit in the Hartlepool by-election. [ 57 ] In the Senedd election , the party fielded a full slate of candidates in every constituency and on the regional lists, but picked up just 1.6% of the constituency vote (7th place) and 1.1% of the ...

7. Anthropocene | Wikipedia

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   Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator The term Anthropocene is informally used in scientific contexts. The Geological Society of America entitled its 2011 annual meeting: Archean to Anthropocene: The past is the key to the future. The new epoch has no agreed start-date, but one proposal, based on atmospheric evidence, is to fix the start with the Industrial Revolution c. 1780, with the invention ...

8. Hindu temple | Wikipedia

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   Some scholars suggest that the word "Silpa" has no direct or one-word translation in English, nor does the word "Silpin". "Silpa", explains Stella Kramrisch, [44] is a multicolored word and incorporates art, skill, craft, ingenuity, imagination, form, expression and inventiveness of any art or craft. Similarly, "Shilpin", notes Kramrisch, is a ...