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Keck asymmetric allylation
Keck asymmetric allylation, also called catalytic asymmetric allylation (CAA), converts an aldehyde into a chiral homoallylic alcohol using allyltributylstannane and a chiral BINOL–titanium catalyst, reported by Gary E. Keck in 1993.
Keck Planet Finder
The Keck Planet Finder (KPF) is a high-resolution spectrometer on the Keck I Telescope in Hawaii, built to find exoplanets and achieve first light in 2022.
Kecksburg UFO incident
The Kecksburg UFO incident, sometimes called "Pennsylvania's Roswell", was a reported 1965 crash of an unidentified object near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, classified by the Air Force as a meteor.
Keda New Energy (科达新能源)
Keda New Energy (科达新能源) is a Chinese producer of artificial graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries, founded in 2017 in Datian County, Fujian, and controlled by Shanghai-listed Keda Manufacturing.
Kedaara Capital
Kedaara Capital is an India-focused private equity firm founded in 2011 by Manish Kejriwal, Sunish Sharma, and Nishant Sharma, investing in banking, healthcare, consumer, and software businesses.
Kedah
Kedah (Kedah Darul Aman) is a state in northern Peninsular Malaysia bordering Thailand, with an ancient sultanate, capital Alor Setar, and lagging-state income and poverty indicators.
Kedah FA state football team
Kedah FA, also Kedah Darul Aman FC (KDA FC), is Kedah state's Malaysian football team at Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar; won double trebles 2007-08, reached AFC Cup 2022 ASEAN semis, and lost its Super League licence in 2025 over unpaid salaries and RM10.4 million tax arrears.
Kedah rebellion against Siamese rule
The Kedah rebellion against Siamese rule (Pemberontakan Kedah terhadap Siam) was a series of Malay uprisings against Siam's occupation of Kedah from 1821 to 1842.
Kedah Sultanate
The Kedah Sultanate (Kesultanan Kedah) is the Malay sultanate ruling Kedah on the north-west coast of the Malay Peninsula, traditionally founded in 1136 and considered the Malay world's oldest kingship.
Kėdainiai
Kėdainiai, also known as Keidan or Kiejdany, is a city in central Lithuania on the Nevėžis river, first recorded in 1372 and named Lithuania's Capital of Culture for 2026.
Kedar Jadhav
Kedar Jadhav, Indian batting all-rounder (ODI debut 2014 vs Sri Lanka), 73 ODIs, 1,389 runs at 42.09, 27 wickets with low-release off-spin; retired June 3, 2024; joined BJP April 2025.
Kedar K. Adour
Kedar K. Adour was an American otolaryngologist at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, who ran large facial palsy studies and argued prednisone should replace surgical decompression.
Kedar Nath Kashyap
Kedar Nath Kashyap, born 1974, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who serves as a minister in the Government of Chhattisgarh and represents Narayanpur in the state assembly.
Kedar Prasad Gupta
Kedar Prasad Gupta is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who serves as a Bihar minister with the Tourism portfolio and represents Kurhani in the assembly.
Kedar Rai
Kedar Rai (কেদার রায়) was a zamindar of Vikrampur in eastern Bengal, one of the Bara-bhuiyans who resisted Mughal expansion; allied with Isa Khan, he died in captivity in 1603.
Kedarnath (केदारनाथ)
Kedarnath (केदारनाथ) is a Hindu pilgrimage town in Uttarakhand, India, on the Mandakini river at about 3,584 meters, known for its ancient Shiva temple, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas.
Kedarnath (केदारनाथ) (film)
Kedarnath (केदारनाथ) is a 2018 Hindi romantic drama by Abhishek Kapoor starring Sushant Singh Rajput and debutante Sara Ali Khan as an interfaith couple during the 2013 Uttarakhand floods; banned in seven Uttarakhand districts, mixed reviews.
Kedarnath Agarwal
Kedarnath Agarwal (केदारनाथ अग्रवाल) was a Hindi poet of the progressive movement, known for poetry rooted in the folk life and peasant struggles of Bundelkhand.
Kedarnath Mohapatra
Kedarnath Mohapatra was an Indian historian and archaeologist of Odisha who served the Odisha State Museum and specialized in ancient remains and classical Odia literature.
Kedarnath Singh
Kedarnath Singh (केदारनाथ सिंह, 1934–2018) was an Indian Hindi poet, critic, and academic who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 and the Jnanpith Award in 2013.
Kedarnath Temple (केदारनाथ मंदिर)
Kedarnath Temple, also known as Kedarnath Dham, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva at 3,581 meters in Uttarakhand, India, and one of the twelve Jyotirlingas.
Keddie murders
The Keddie murders, also called the Cabin 28 murders, are an unsolved April 11–12, 1981 quadruple homicide at Keddie Resort, Plumas County, California, killing Sue Sharp, John Sharp, and Dana Wingate; Tina Sharp's remains were found in 1984. Smartt and Boubede were suspects; DNA matched a living suspect in 2018.
Kedesh
Kedesh, also known as Tel Kedesh, is a large double mound in the eastern Upper Galilee, Israel, occupied for over five thousand years as a Canaanite city, biblical city of refuge, and Phoenician administrative center.
Kedgeree
Kedgeree, from Hindi khichdi (khicṛī), is a British breakfast dish of smoked haddock, curried rice, and hard-boiled eggs, adapted from the Indian rice-lentil dish khichdi; first recipe recorded 1790, popular in Victorian England.
Kedi (2006 film)
Kedi (கேடி) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic crime thriller directed by Jyothi Krishna, starring Ravi Krishna, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Ileana D'Cruz, released in September 2006.
Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (கேடி பில்லா கில்லாடி ரங்கா)
Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (கேடி பில்லா கில்லாடி ரங்கா) is a 2013 Tamil political comedy directed by Pandiraj, starring Sivakarthikeyan, Vimal, Bindu Madhavi, and Regina Cassandra, with music by Yuvan Shankar Raja; released 29 March 2013, it ran 100 days and was remade in Kannada as Katte.
Kediri
Kediri (Kota Kediri) is a city in East Java, Indonesia, on the Brantas River, site of the 11th-century Hindu Kediri Kingdom capital Daha; third largest East Javanese city, home of Gudang Garam kretek cigarettes and takwa tofu.
Kediri Kingdom
The Kediri Kingdom (Kadiri), also called Daha, was a Hindu kingdom in eastern Java, founded after Airlangga's realm was divided, that fell to Singhasari in 1222.
Kediri–Janggala war
The Kediri–Janggala war (Perang Kadiri–Janggala) was a decades-long war between the East Javanese kingdoms of Kediri and Janggala, created by Airlangga's partition of his realm.
Kedleston Hall
Kedleston Hall is a grade I listed neoclassical country house near Quarndon in Derbyshire, England, built from 1758 for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, with interiors by Robert Adam.