Pratyush and Mihir Current Affairs, GK & News
PM Modi launches supercomputer ‘Param of 833 teraflop capacity built at IIT-BHU
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently launched the supercomputer ‘Param of 833 teraflop capacity built at the IIT-BHU. It is built at the cost of Rs 32.5 crore under the National Super Computing Mission. About 40% of the total computer power will be used by the students of Navodaya Vidyalaya. The institute claims that relevant ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Computing • Cray • Digital technology • India Meteorological Department • Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology • Information technology in India • PARAM • Pratyush and Mihir • Supercomputers • Supercomputing • Supercomputing in India
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves continuation of nine sub-schemes of umbrella scheme “Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS)”
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved continuation of the nine sub-schemes of the umbrella scheme “Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS)” during 2017-2020 at an estimated cost of Rs. 1450 crore. It will be implemented by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) through its institutes namely India Meteorological Department ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: India Meteorological Department • Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology • Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services • Meteorology • Ministry of Earth Sciences • National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting • Nature • Pratyush and Mihir • Science and technology in India • Weather forecasting
Pratyush- India’s Fastest Supercomputer
India’s fastest and first multi-petaflops (PF) supercomputer named Pratyush was unveiled at Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM). The supercomputer has been named as ‘Pratyush’ meaning Sun. It is the fourth fastest supercomputer in the world dedicated for weather and climate research.
Topics: Computing • Digital technology • FLOPS • India Meteorological Department • Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology • Information technology in India • Pratyush and Mihir • Pune • Supercomputer • Supercomputing • Supercomputing in India • TOP500