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The Indian Standard Time was adopted on 1 January 1906 during the British era with the phasing out of its precursor Madras Time (Railway Time), [2] and after Independence in 1947, the Union government established IST as the official time for the whole country, although Kolkata and Mumbai retained their own local time (known as Calcutta Time and Bombay Time) until 1948 and 1955, respectively. [3]
1996–present: Early life and continued success. Butrint Imeri was born on 3 July 1996 into an Albanian family from Mitrovica, Kosovo in the city of Lörrach, Germany. [2][3][4] He started dancing at the age of 8 shortly after he enrolled in dance classes in his hometown. [5]
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [ 6 ] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [ 7 ]
Armistice of 11 November 1918. Appearance. Coordinates: 49°25′39″N02°54′22″E49.42750°N 2.90611°E. Photograph taken after reaching agreement for the armistice that ended World War I. This is Ferdinand Foch 's own railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne. Foch's chief of staff Maxime Weygand is second from left.
Main article: Daylight saving time in the United States. Daylight saving time (DST) begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. Clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. on the following start dates and set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. on the corresponding end dates: Dates for daylight saving time.
Current time. 15:53, 21 September 2024 EST [refresh] 16:53, 21 September 2024 EDT [refresh] Observance of DST. DST is observed in parts of this time zone. The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.
Samuel Harris Altman (born April 22, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the CEO of OpenAI since 2019 (he was briefly fired and reinstated in November 2023). [ 1 ] He is also the chairman of clean energy companies Oklo Inc. and Helion Energy. [ 2 ] Altman is considered to be one of the leading figures of the AI boom ...
The Buk (Russian: "Бук"; "beech" (tree), / bʊk /) is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation, and designed to counter cruise missiles, smart bombs and rotary-wing aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles. [citation needed]