Every Vote Counts is a fascinating, informative account that gives us a kaleidoscopic view of how the electoral machinery works in the world’s largest democracy. The author of this book is former Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla.

Pramod Sawant is an Indian politician who is the 13th and current Chief Minister of Goa. Sawant represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

The Human body produces about 75 percent of the cholesterol in it at any given time. The liver is the largest internal organ in the body and is responsible for cholesterol production.

Rupyaka was a silver coin issued by the rulers of the Gupta Dynasty which means Rupee. The minting of silver coins was first started in the reign of Chandragupta II and was continued by Kumaragupta I and Skandagupta.

“Gitanjali” is one of Rabindranath Tagore’s best-known works for which he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

Hindi is well understood in Nagaland - even in the interior areas. The state Assembly, in a resolution adopted on18 September 1967, recommended that English be used for all official purposes within the state of Nagaland indefinitely, and that English be included as one of the languages in the VIII schedule of the constitution.

Barometer is an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. Barometers are used to determine height above sea level and in weather forecasting.  Evangelista Torricelli is universally credited with inventing the barometer in the year 1643.

The law of conservation of linear momentum states that if no external forces act on the system of two colliding objects, then the vector sum of the linear momentum of each body remains constant and is not affected by their mutual interaction. Rocket Propulsion and engine of a jet-aeroplane works on the principle of conservation of linear momentum.

In thermodynamics, the triple point of a substance is the temperature and pressure at which the three phases gas, liquid, and solid) of that substance coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium. It is that temperature and pressure at which the sublimation curve, fusion curve and the vaporisation curve meet. Thus, the triple point of water is 273.16 K.

When pH of mouth is lower than 5.5 tooth decay starts. Our tooth enamel is the hardest substance in our body, but it is corroded when pH of mouth falls below 5.5.