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Balaji Telefilms
Balaji Telefilms Limited, founded in 1994 by Jeetendra Kapoor and led by Shobha and Ektaa R. Kapoor, is an Indian production house behind Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Balaji Motion Pictures, and the ALTT streaming platform.
Balaji Vishwanath
Balaji Vishwanath Bhat (1662–1720) was the first of the hereditary Peshwas of the Maratha Empire, serving as chief minister to Chhatrapati Shahu from 1713 to 1720.
Balajirakadi kvatha curna
Balajirakadi kvatha curna (Balājīrakādi kvātha cūrṇa), also called Balajirakadi kashaya, is an Ayurvedic coarse-powder decoction (AFI 4:23, AFI000250, 48 g dose) from Sahasrayoga 108, used for cough and asthma, with honey as adjuvant.
Balak
Balak: a river and sub-basin in Erbil governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, 10 km east of Bekhal Waterfall, with five tributaries and Ca-HCO3 water; also villages in Haryana and Syunik, Malaysian streams, and the similar Balkhab river of Afghanistan.
Balak ibn Bahram
Balak ibn Bahram (بلك بن بهرام), also rendered Belek, was an Artuqid Turkmen chief based at Harput who captured Joscelin of Edessa in 1122 and Baldwin II of Jerusalem in 1123.
Balak Ram (बालक राम) (idol)
Balak Ram, also known as Ram Lalla, is the 51-inch black-stone idol of the child Rama consecrated at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, India, in 2024.
Balaka District
Balaka District is a district in Malawi's Southern Region, headquarters at Balaka township, covering 2,193 km² with 438,379 residents at the 2018 census, a 62.7% poverty headcount, and IPC Level 4 chronic food insecurity.
Balakhany
Balakhany (Balaxanı) is an oil field on the Absheron Peninsula of Azerbaijan, about 12 km northeast of Baku, and part of the Balakhany–Sabunchu–Ramana field producing since 1871.
Balaklava District
Balaklava District (Балаклавский район) is the largest district of Sevastopol, Crimea, 54.4 thousand ha, containing Cape Sarych; first formed 1921, re-formed 1930, absorbed into Sevastopol in 1957, re-established as a city district from 2014.
Balakot
Balakot, also called Kot Bala, is an ancient settlement mound in Lasbela District, Balochistan, Pakistan, one of five known coastal sites of the Indus Civilization.
Balakovo
Balakovo (Балаково) is a city on the left bank of the Volga River in eastern Saratov Oblast, Russia, the third largest after Saratov and Engels and a major energy center hosting the Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant.
Balakovo nuclear power plant
Balakovo nuclear power plant (Балаковская АЭС) is a Russian nuclear power station on the Volga River in Saratov Oblast, operating four VVER-1000 reactors totaling 4,000 MW since 1985.
Balakrishna Balasubramanian
Balakrishna Balasubramanian is an Indian software entrepreneur who co-founded Fieldproxy, a Chennai-based no-code SaaS platform for managing field teams, in 2020, and serves as its technical co-founder.
Balalaika (балалайка)
Balalaika (балалайка), Russian triangular three-string lute; prima tuned E4-E4-A4, sizes piccolo to contrabass; first recorded 1688, modernized by Vasily Andreyev in the 1880s; distinct from the Balalaika speech corpora.
Balam
Balam (বালাম) is the stage name of Kazi Md. Ali Jahangir, a Bangladeshi singer, guitarist, and composer who fronted the rock band Warfaze before a solo pop-rock career.
Balamcanche
Balamcanche (Balankanché, Balamkanché) is a Maya ceremonial cave near Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, rediscovered in 1959 behind a sealed masonry wall, with a Sacred Ceiba column and hundreds of ritual offerings to the rain god Chaac.
Balamku
Balamkú (Balamku), "Temple of the Jaguar," is a Maya archaeological site in Calakmul municipality, Campeche, Mexico, known for its unique 550–600 AD modeled polychrome stucco frieze, officially reported in 1990 after looting.
Balamory
Balamory: Scottish live-action CBeebies preschool series (2002-2005) by BBC Scotland, set in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull; over 250 episodes, Bafta winner, revived by Lion Television Scotland in April 2026.
Balamory series 5
Balamory series 5 is the first series of the 2026 CBeebies revival of Balamory, continuing the numbering of the original 2002-2005 run: ten 14-minute episodes aired 20 April to 1 May 2026, produced by Lion Television Scotland with returning and new cast.
Balamurali Ambati
Balamurali Krishna "Bala" Ambati, American ophthalmologist and clinician-scientist, Guinness world's youngest doctor (Mount Sinai, 1995, age 17); corneal angiogenesis researcher, iVeena founder, Eugene, Oregon surgeon.
Balamuthia mandrillaris
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living ameba in soil, water, and dust causing granulomatous amebic encephalitis, a nearly always fatal brain infection; first isolated from a mandrill baboon in 1989, treated with multidrug regimens and investigational nitroxoline.
Balan Wonderworld
Balan Wonderworld is a 2021 Square Enix 3D platformer by Sonic co-creators Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima, built on 80+ single-ability costumes across 12 tales; it was critically panned and sold poorly.
Balan: The Boy
Balan: The Boy (ബാലൻ: ദി ബോയ്), 2026 Malayalam psychological survival drama directed by Chidambaram, written by Jithu Madhavan, starring Adhisheshan K R and Farzana Palathingal; released 19 June 2026, streaming on Zee 5 from 31 July 2026; distinct from the 1938 Malayalam sound film Balan.
Balance (Van Halen album)
Balance (1995) is Van Halen's tenth studio album, the fourth and final with singer Sammy Hagar. Produced by Bruce Fairbairn, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, went triple Platinum, and was followed by Hagar's 1996 exit.
Balance bike
A balance bike is a children's bicycle without pedals, pushed along by the rider's feet, that teaches young children the balance and steering needed for a pedal bike.
Balance of nature
The balance of nature, also called ecological balance, is the idea that natural populations and ecosystems exist in a self-regulating equilibrium, a concept most modern ecologists have abandoned.
Balance of payments
The balance of payments, or BOP, is a statistical statement of all transactions between a country's residents and nonresidents, organized into current, capital, and financial accounts.
Balance of power (international relations)
Balance of power (international relations): realist theory that states act to prevent any state or coalition from dominating; includes balancing, bandwagoning, buck-passing, binding, hedging; associated with Morgenthau and Waltz, contrasted with power transition theory.
Balance of Terror
Balance of Terror is a 1966 Star Trek: The Original Series episode, also called the Romulan debut episode, written by Paul Schneider and directed by Vincent McEveety. It introduced the Romulans, cloaking device, and Neutral Zone as a Cold War allegory based on submarine films.
Balance of trade
The balance of trade, also known as the trade balance, net exports, or commercial balance, is the difference between a country's exports and imports of goods and services.