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Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (కింజరపు రామ్ మోహన్ నాయుడు)
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (కింజరపు రామ్ మోహన్ నాయుడు), TDP MP from Srikakulam since 2014 and India's Union Minister of Civil Aviation from June 2024, leads the ₹28,840 crore Modified UDAN regional connectivity scheme.
Kinjeketile
Kinjeketile is a 1969 Swahili play by Tanzanian playwright Ebrahim Hussein, considered a landmark of Tanzanian theater, which dramatizes the Maji Maji rebellion (1905–1907) against German colonial rule and its spirit medium Kinjeketile Ngwale.
Kinjikitile Ngwale
Kinjikitile Ngwale was a Tanzanian medium whose maji war medicine helped spark the Maji Maji rebellion against German rule in 1905; the Germans hanged him that August.
KiNK (musician)
KiNK is the alias of Strahil Velchev, a Bulgarian techno and house producer based in Sofia, known for improvisational live hardware sets that won Resident Advisor's 2016 Best Live Electronic Act award.
Kink (sexuality)
Kink, closely tied to BDSM, is an umbrella term for consensual sexual interests outside cultural norms, including power exchange, fetishism, and pain play; prevalence estimates range from a few percent to nearly half, and clinical guidelines now support kink-affirming care.
Kink band
A kink band is a tabular zone, usually mesoscopic, in which a rock's foliation or layering is sharply deflected; kink bands form in strongly layered rocks under compression.
Kink effect
The kink effect is a floating-body effect in partially depleted SOI MOSFETs in which impact ionization near the drain charges the body, lowering the threshold voltage and producing a sudden step in drain current.
Kink instability
The kink instability, also called the Kruskal–Shafranov instability, is a magnetohydrodynamic instability in which an electric current makes a plasma column bend into a growing helix.
Kink.com
Kink.com, the brand of Cybernet Entertainment, is a San Francisco adult entertainment company founded by Peter Acworth in 1997, specializing in bondage and fetish content.
Kinkajou
The kinkajou (Potos flavus) is a nocturnal, tree-dwelling mammal of the raccoon family native to forests from southern Mexico to Brazil, known for its fully prehensile tail and fruit diet.
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺)
Kinkaku-ji, the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kyoto, Japan, whose Golden Pavilion is covered in gold leaf on its upper two stories.
Kinkaku-ji arson
The Kinkaku-ji arson: on July 2, 1950, novice monk Hayashi Yoken burned down Kyoto's Golden Pavilion, a National Treasure; it was rebuilt in 1955 from 1904 drawings and inspired Mishima's 1956 novel.
Kinked demand curve
The kinked demand curve is an oligopoly pricing model, proposed in 1939 by Sweezy and by Hall and Hitch, in which rivals match price cuts but not price rises.
KinKi Kids
KinKi Kids (キンキ・キッズ) is a Japanese pop duo of Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto, debuting in 1997 with a Guinness-record streak of consecutive #1 singles.
Kinkō
Kinkō (金工) is the Japanese art of metalwork, covering casting, forging, and chased decoration; in the sword world it denotes the maker of sword fittings such as the tsuba.
Kinks (album)
Kinks is the 1964 debut album by English rock band The Kinks, released 2 October 1964 on Pye Records, produced by Shel Talmy. It mixes R&B covers with originals and features the UK number-one hit You Really Got Me.
Kinky Boots (film)
Kinky Boots (2005) is a British comedy-drama directed by Julian Jarrold, starring Joel Edgerton and Chiwetel Ejiofor, about a Northampton shoe factory saved by making boots for drag performers; it inspired the Tony-winning musical.
Kinky Boots (musical)
Kinky Boots is a Tony-, Grammy- and Olivier-winning musical with music by Cyndi Lauper, book by Harvey Fierstein, and choreography by Jerry Mitchell, based on the 2005 film about a Northampton shoe factory saved by making boots for drag performers; it opened on Broadway in 2013 and the West End in 2015.
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman (Richard Samet Friedman, 1944-2024), American country satirist, leader of the Texas Jewboys, author of 18 Kinky Friedman detective novels, and 2006 independent candidate for Texas governor who won 12.6% of the vote.
Kinley Cunningham
Kinley Cunningham (McKinley Rae Cunningham, born 2010) is an American child actress and dancer, known as Kombucha in The Thundermans: Undercover, a former XOMG Pop! member, and singer of "Heart Beats".
Kinmen
Kinmen (金門) is a Taiwan-administered archipelago county about 6 km from mainland China, a Cold War artillery frontline under martial law 1956-1992, now a tourism hub linked to Xiamen by the Mini Three Links and a 2018 freshwater pipeline.
Kinmon Incident
The Kinmon Incident (禁門の変), also called the Hamaguri Gate Incident, was an 1864 battle in which Chōshū forces attacked the Kyoto Imperial Palace and were defeated by Aizu and Satsuma troops.
Kinnara (किन्नर)
Kinnara (किन्नर, kiṃnara; kinnari female) is a Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain celestial musician, half human and half horse or bird, serving Kubera, guarding the kalpataru, and famed in Southeast Asian temple art.
Kinnate Biopharma
Kinnate Biopharma Inc. was a precision-oncology biotechnology company founded in 2018 to develop small-molecule kinase inhibitors for genomically defined cancers; it was acquired by XOMA in 2024.
Kinneil
Kinneil Roman fortlet, Bo'ness, Scotland: the only visible Antonine Wall fortlet remains, discovered 1978, excavated 1980-81, measuring 18.5 by 21.5 m, later converted to an observation tower.
Kinniku Shojo Tai
Kinniku Shojo Tai (筋肉少女帯) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1982 by Otsuki Kenji and Uchida Yuichiro, whose activity was frozen in 1998 before the members regrouped in 2006.
Kinnikuman (キン肉マン)
Kinnikuman (キン肉マン) is Yudetamago's wrestling battle manga about the dame chōjin Kinniku Suguru, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 1979-1987 (387 chapters), continuing since 2011 in Weekly Playboy; spawned Kinnikuman II世, 1983 anime, and the 180-million-unit Kinkeshi boom.
KinnPorsche
KinnPorsche The Series (คินน์พอร์ช เดอะซีรีส์, KinnPorsche La Forte) is a 2022 Thai BL mafia crime-romance from Be On Cloud, adapted from Daemi's novel, starring Mile Phakphum Romsaithong and Apo Nattawin Wattanagitiphat, which topped iQiyi charts in 191 territories.
Kino (musician)
Kino (키노), born Kang Hyung-gu in 1998, is a South Korean singer, dancer, and songwriter, a member of the boy band Pentagon who debuted as a soloist in 2022.
Kino (Кино) (band)
Kino (Кино) was a Soviet rock band founded in Leningrad in 1982 and led by Viktor Tsoi. The group reunited in 2019 with Tsoi's digitized voice.