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With three volcanic cones — Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira — it is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: 5,895 m (19,341 ft) above sea level and 4,900 m (16,100 ft) above its plateau base. It is also the highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Website saarc-sec.org. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia. Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. SAARC comprises 3% of the world's land area, 21% of the world's ...
Code page. In computing, a code page is a character encoding and as such it is a specific association of a set of printable characters and control characters with unique numbers. Typically each number represents the binary value in a single byte. (In some contexts these terms are used more precisely; see Character encoding § Terminology.)
Réunion. La Réunion, [note 1] officially Department of La Réunion, [note 2] is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately 679 km (422 mi) east of the island of Madagascar and 175 km (109 mi) southwest of the island of Mauritius.
Steve Hinds, 68, New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington) and official, and police officer, New Zealand Police Association president (1989–1995). [ 2 ] (death announced on this date) Haji Nurul Islam, 60, Indian politician, MP (2009–2014, since 2024) and West Bengal MLA (2016–2024). [ 3 ] Asim Khan, 62, Pakistani-born Dutch cricketer ...
Red Bull is a brand of energy drinks created and owned by the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH. With a market share of 43%, it is the most popular energy drink brand as of 2020, [ 8 ] and the third most valuable soft drink brand, behind Coca-Cola and Pepsi. [ 9 ] Sinсe its launch in 1987, more than 100 billion cans of Red Bull have been sold ...
Michael Jackson 's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. [4][5][6] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three. Groupings are based on different sales ...
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and they have pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha[ 1 ] (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the Batoidea (rays and kin).