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Himachal Pradesh government had passed a Bill to make Sanskrit as its 2nd official language.

Covalent bonding occurs when pairs of electrons are shared by atoms. Atoms will covalently bond with other atoms in order to gain more stability, which is gained by forming a full electron shell. By sharing their outer most (valence) electrons, atoms can fill up their outer electron shell and gain stability.

Examples of compounds with covalent bonds ::

HCl, CO2, O2,... 

The substances in which two or more atoms are attached together are called as molecular substances. 

Properties of molecular substances ::

1. Molecular substances are bonded with covalent bonds

2. Bad heat conductivity

3. Bad electrical conductivity

4. Have low melting points.

Dr Manmohan Singh also announced that the year 2012 would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year. The Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 and died on 26 April 1920.

The sound is what can you hear but not touch or see.

The sun moves around and in the house, but cannot touch the house.

Bacteria divided and reproduce by Binary fission. In this process, the bacterium, which is a single cell, divides into two identical daughter cells. Binary fission begins when the DNA of the bacterium divides into two replicates.