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The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four services—Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force—and four arms—Aerospace Force, Cyberspace Force, Information Support Force, and Joint Logistics Support Force.
Stockholm (Swedish: [ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlm] ⓘ) [10] is the capital and most populous city of Sweden, as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, [11] with 1.6 million in the urban area, [12] and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. [11]
It was India's biggest professional tennis championship and only ATP event of India, where top professional tennis players participated. [ 268 ] [ 269 ] Popular games and sports in Pune include cricket , athletics, basketball, badminton, field hockey , football, tennis, kabaddi , paragliding , kho-kho , wrestling , rowing , and chess .
According to the 2021 census, 71.3% of all Polish citizens adhere to the Roman Catholic Church, with 6.9% identifying as having no religion and 20.6% refusing to answer. [3] Poland is one of the most religious countries in Europe, where Roman Catholicism remains a part of national identity and Polish-born Pope John Paul II is widely revered.
1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses. [8]1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public. [9]1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
The city's name is thought to be derived from the Moskva River. [24] [25] Theories of the origin of the name of the river have been proposed.The most linguistically well-grounded and widely accepted is from the Proto-Balto-Slavic root *mŭzg-/muzg- from the Proto-Indo-European * meu - "wet", [25] [26] [27] so the name Moskva might signify a river at a wetland or marsh. [24]
The name Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई) originated from Mumbā or Mahā-Ambā—the name of the patron Hindu goddess (Kula Devata) Mumbadevi of the native Koli community [40] —and from ā'ī, meaning "mother" in the Marathi language, which is the mother tongue of the Koli people and the official language of Maharashtra.