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Abhishek Banerjee
Abhishek Banerjee is an Indian politician who had been a Member of Parliament for Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, since 2014 and President of Trinamool Youth Congress since 2011.
Banerjee was a member of the Standing Committee of Commerce in 2014, as well as a member of the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs in 2014. He also served on the Railway Convention Committee from April 2015 to May 2019. of External Affairs since September 2019. On 5 June 2021 he was appointed the general secretary of Trinamool Congress.
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Sujay Krishna Bhadra
Sujay Krishna Bhadra is a key figure in the West Bengal school jobs scam case. He is widely known by his nickname, "Kalighater Kaku"
Sujay Krishna Bhadra has been involved with several businesses and corporate entities,
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S. S. Rajamouli
Indian Filmmaker and Screenwriter
S. S. Rajamouli is a highly acclaimed Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, primarily known for his monumental contributions to Telugu cinema. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential filmmakers in Indian cinema history, celebrated for directing grand-scale, high-concept action dramas. Rajamouli rose to international prominence with his two-part epic fantasy franchise, Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017). The sequel became one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time, redefining the country's box office potential. He followed this monumental success with the global phenomenon RRR (2022), which achieved unprecedented international acclaim, including a historic Academy Award win for Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu. Throughout his career, Rajamouli has achieved the extraordinary milestone of directing consecutive commercial blockbusters without a single box office failure. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious honors, including three National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards South, and the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, honored in 2016 for his contribution to the arts. His signature filmmaking style seamlessly blends ancient Indian mythology, larger-than-life action, groundbreaking visual effects, and deep emotional narratives. Rajamouli’s visionary direction continues to bridge the gap between Indian regional cinema and global audiences, establishing him as a pioneer of modern cinematic spectacles on the world stage.
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Sadanand Bhalchandra Sule
Sadanand Sule is a highly successful investor, corporate director, and economist by profession
He holds a formal Director Identification Number (DIN: 00622248) and has served as a director or partner for nearly 30 companies in India.
His major corporate investments and business operations span across logistics, hospitality, real estate development, and trading.
His father was Bhalchandra Sule, the former Managing Director of Mahindra and Mahindra. His mother was Shashi Bhatt, a noted badminton player.
Sadanand is the son-in-law of veteran Indian politician Sharad Pawar
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Elie Cartan
French mathematician and pioneer of Lie groups and differential geometry
Élie Cartan was an influential French mathematician who made fundamental and pioneering contributions to the theory of Lie groups, differential systems, mathematical physics, and differential geometry. Born in Dolomieu, France, Cartan showed mathematical talent early on and went on to study at the prestigious École Normale Supérieure in Paris. His doctoral thesis, completed in 1894, was a seminal work on the classification of simple Lie algebras over the complex numbers, completing the work started by Wilhelm Killing. Throughout his prolific career, Cartan introduced several groundbreaking mathematical concepts. He formulated the theory of exterior differential forms, which revolutionized differential geometry and mathematical physics. He also developed the theory of spinors, which later found profound applications in quantum mechanics, and pioneered the study of symmetric spaces. Cartan held academic positions at various institutions, including the universities of Montpellier, Geneva, and Lyon, before joining the University of Paris as a professor in 1912. He taught there until his retirement in 1940, mentoring a generation of elite mathematicians. Cartan's immense legacy is preserved through numerous concepts named after him, such as Cartan connections, Cartan's criteria, and the Cartan-Weyl theorem. He was also the father of another prominent mathematician, Henri Cartan, and physicist Louis Cartan. His work bridged the classical mathematics of the nineteenth century and the modern abstraction of the twentieth century, influencing both mathematics and theoretical physics.
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Perplexity AI
Perplexity AI, Inc., or simply Perplexity, is an American privately held software company offering a web search engine that processes user queries and synthesizes responses
Perplexity AI, Inc., or simply Perplexity, is an American privately held software company offering a web search engine that processes user queries and synthesizes responses. Perplexity products use large language models and incorporate real-time web search capabilities, providing responses based on current Internet content, citing sources used.Its real-time search engine (API service) is called Sonar and is based on Meta's Llama model. A free public version is available, while a paid Pro subscription offers access to more advanced language models and additional features
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Christopher Nolan
Academy Award-Winning British-American Director, Screenwriter, and Producer
Sir Christopher Nolan is an acclaimed British-American filmmaker renowned for his Hollywood blockbusters featuring complex narrative structures, practical effects, and philosophical themes such as time, memory, and existentialism. Born in London, Nolan developed an early passion for filmmaking and studied English literature at University College London, where he directed short films through the university's film society. He made his feature film debut with the low-budget thriller Following in 1998, but achieved critical breakthrough with his second film Memento in 2000, which earned him widespread acclaim for its non-linear narrative. In 2001, Nolan co-founded the production company Syncopy with his wife and long-time producing partner, Emma Thomas. He gained blockbuster prominence by directing The Dark Knight Trilogy, which critically and commercially redefined the superhero genre. He further solidified his reputation as a master of original, high-concept cinema with global hits including Prestige, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, and Tenet. In 2024, Nolan received universal acclaim for directing and producing the biographical drama Oppenheimer, winning two Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. A staunch advocate for traditional film stock and large-format IMAX cinematography, Nolan's films have grossed over seven billion dollars worldwide.
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Vijay Rupani
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat
Vijaybhai Ramniklal Rupani is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021. Born on August 2, 1956, in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), Rupani's family relocated to Rajkot, Gujarat, when he was a child. He began his public life early as a student activist with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), eventually spending time in jail during the 1975 Emergency. Rupani rose through the ranks of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), serving as the Mayor of Rajkot from 1996 to 1997. His political career expanded as he served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from 2006 to 2012. He won the Rajkot West constituency in a 2014 by-election and subsequently served in the Gujarat state cabinet, holding portfolios such as transport, water supply, labor, and employment. In August 2016, following the resignation of Anandiben Patel, Rupani was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. He led the BJP to victory in the 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly elections, retaining his position. Throughout his tenure, he focused on administrative reforms, infrastructure development, and industrial growth in the state. In a surprising political move, Rupani resigned from the Chief Minister's post in September 2021, making way for Bhupendra Patel. He remains a prominent senior figure within the BJP, recognized for his organizational skills and strong roots in the Saurashtra region.
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Zerodha Broking Limited is a leading Indian financial services company and retail stockbroker headquartered in Bengaluru, India. Founded in August 2010 by the brothers Nithin Kamath and Nikhil Kamath, the company fundamentally disrupted the Indian retail investing landscape by introducing a low-cost discount brokerage model. Its unique name combines "Zero" with "Rodha", the Sanskrit word for barrier, reflecting its core mission to eliminate hurdles for ordinary retail traders. Unlike legacy stockbrokers that charged percentage-based commission fees, Zerodha introduced flat-fee structures for intraday trading and made long-term equity delivery completely free. Remarkably, the firm scaled into a highly profitable unicorn enterprise while remaining completely bootstrapped without any external venture capital or private equity investments. Under the technical guidance of chief technology officer Dr. Kailash Nadh, Zerodha built a highly efficient proprietary tech stack. Its core ecosystem features Kite, a high-frequency trading platform, Coin for direct mutual funds, and Varsity, a prominent financial education platform. By 2019, Zerodha grew to become the largest retail stockbroker in India by active user base. In addition to its retail brokerage services, the company drives expansion across the Indian fintech and wealth ecosystem through its startup incubator and fund Rainmatter, alternative investment fund True Beacon, and the Zerodha Fund House asset management venture.
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