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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. [2] Founded in 1975, the company became highly influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and the company has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, video gaming and other fields.
The agency's budgeted employee level in 2023 is 16,204.1 full-time equivalent (FTE). [5] More than half of EPA's employees are engineers, scientists, and environmental protection specialists; other employees include legal, public affairs, financial, and information technologists.
Since the jizya tax was a tax paid by non-Muslims which exempted them from military service, the Umayyads denied recognizing the conversion of non-Arabs, as it reduced revenue. [154] While the Rashidun Caliphate emphasized austerity, with Umar even requiring an inventory of each official's possessions, [ 157 ] Umayyad luxury bred ...
Major sports in the city include cricket, football, squash, hockey, table tennis, rugby and boxing. [119] The city is home to Islamabad United [ 120 ] which won the first ever Pakistan Super League in 2016 and second title in 2018 , [ 121 ] [ 122 ] and Islamabad All Stars, which participates in the Super Kabaddi League .
The highest peak in the range is the limestone Sheikh Badin Mountain, which is protected by the Sheikh Badin National Park. Near the Indus River, the terminus of the Sheikh Badin Hills is a spur of limestone hills known as the Kafir Kot hills, where the ancient Hindu complex of Kafir Kot is located.
Varanasi experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa) with large variations between summer and winter temperatures. [80] [81] The dry summer starts in April and lasts until June, followed by the monsoon season from July to October. The temperature ranges between 22 and 46 °C (72 and 115 °F) in the summers.
The city is divided into 6 zones and 110 wards with a ward population range of 19,000 to 26,000 and 110 corporators directly elected from each ward. [ 48 ] [ 58 ] As mandated by the 74th constitutional amendment, there were 11 ward committees in Kanpur municipal corporation in 1991. [ 59 ]