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On 15 April 2006, Sri Lanka Time reverted to match Indian Standard Time calculated from the Allahabad Observatory in India 82.5° longitude East of Greenwich, the reference point for GMT. This time zone applies to the entirety of Sri Lanka. Since 1880, the time zone in Sri Lanka (or formerly, Ceylon) has varied from UTC+05:30 to UTC+06:30.
Introduction of color television in countries by decade. This is a list of when the first color television broadcasts were transmitted to the general public. Non-public field tests, closed-circuit demonstrations and broadcasts available from other countries are not included, while including dates when the last black-and-white stations in the country switched to color or shutdown all black-and ...
Q 81.87 (US$10.9) per day for agricultural and nonagricultural work and Q 74.89 (US$10) per day for work in export-sector regime factories. Minimum wage earners also are due a mandatory monthly bonus of Q 250 (US$33), and salaried workers receive two mandatory yearly bonuses (the bono 14 and the Christmas bonus), each equivalent to one month's ...
Time zone Δ DST Open hours (local time) UTC, winter only Open Close Lunch Open Close New York Stock Exchange: XNYS United States: New York City: 28.33: 1,452 EST/EDT: −5:00 Mar–Nov 09:30 16:00 No 14:30 21:00 Nasdaq (US) XNAS United States: New York City: 26.62: 1,262 EST/EDT −5:00 Mar–Nov 09:30 16:00 No 14:30 21:00 Japan Exchange Group ...
The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality. [9]
The subsequent time Singapore experienced a State of Emergency was when it was declared in 1964, when race riots broke out in July and in September. This time, Singapore was a state in the Malaysian Federation. Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman declared a State of Emergency under the provisions of the Malaysian Constitution. [122]
The influx of the Bengali Hindus increased during the Bangladesh Liberation War and around at that time of (1971), India have received 10 million refugees from East Pakistan- mostly 80% being Hindus, and after Bangladesh become independent, nearly 1.5 million of Bengali Hindu refugees decided to stay back in India particularly in West Bengal ...
In 1850, the official conversion rate between the pound sterling and the rupee was £0 / 2s / 0d (or £1:₹10), while between 1899 and 1914, the official conversion rate was set at £1 to 1s to 4d (or £1:₹15). However, this was just half of market exchange rates between 1893 and 1917.