23rd February 2017
A ‘prime’ number, indeed!
Mersenne primes – prime numbers of the order of 2n–1 – are considered significant in decoding encrypted data.
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22nd February 2017
‘Mohenjo-Daro’ or ‘the mound of the dead’
The people of the Sindh province of current-day Pakistan were the ones who coined the name ‘Mohenjo-Daro’. The name, in Sindhi, means ‘the mound of the dead’.
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16th February 2017
India: The world’s largest democracy
India has the second highest population in the world, and is the largest democracy in the world. The country has around 1.2 billion residents, of which 834 million are eligible to vote. Universal Adult Franchise gives every Indian citizen the right to vote after reaching the age of 18. This essential right is the backbone of the country’s democratic governance mechanism.
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