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The United Kingdom and Microsoft will build supercomputers to forecast weather and climate change
The Meteorological Office of the United Kingdom and Microsoft have decided to build the world's most powerful supercomputer for forecasting weather and climate change. The United Kingdom government will invest £ 1.2 billion in the project. In the United Kingdom too, often there are very severe changes in the weather, due to which people have to face a lot of problems and due to this rapid change in the weather, the lives of people are often very messy.
About this supercomputer
i. This supercomputer will be among the
top 25 supercomputers in the world.
ii. This will help in better
understanding climate change.
iii. It will provide detailed weather
models
iv. This will help improve local
forecasts.
v. This will help in predicting severe
weather.
vi. This supercomputer will run entirely
on renewable energy. This will help in saving 7,415 tonnes of carbon dioxide in
a year. Supercomputers release large amounts of heat and thus require a robust
cooling system for their operation.
vii. It will have more than 5 million
processor cores.
viii. The supercomputer will be capable of 60 quadrillion calculations per second
Benefit
This supercomputer will be used to create a detailed city-scale simulation to provide localized climate reports. This will help the aviation industry with accurate forecasts of temperature and wind information.
Supercomputer
Since 2017, the world's top 500
supercomputers have been running on Linux-based operating systems. The
performance of supercomputers is now measured in Floating Point Operations per
Second, called FLOPS. Earlier they were measured in Million Instructions per
Second.
Lenovo has become the largest provider of the top 500 supercomputers. It has provided 117 units of the world's top 500 supercomputers.
China named its first Mars rover as 'Zhurong'
According to an announcement made by the Chinese government on April 24, 2021, on the traditional fire god, China has given its first Mars rover the name 'Zhurong'. The rover is currently located on Mars Probe Tianwen-1 of China, which entered Mars orbit on February 24 and it will land on the Red Planet in May to find evidence of life. This Mars probe of China is only part of his ambitious space plans to launch an ambitious space station and land humans on the moon.
Zhurong
i. With Zhurong, China would become the
third country after the Soviet Union and the US to achieve a soft landing on
Mars. Also, it will become the second country after America to land a rover on
Mars.
ii. Zhurong weighs 240 kg and is powered
by solar energy.
iii. Zhurong has multispectral cameras and equipment for analyzing the structure of rocks.
Tianwen-1
i. The main purpose of Tianwen-1 is to
analyze the surface of Mars, the mapping, the discovery of ice and water, and
the study of the climate and surface environment.
ii. It was launched in July 2020.
iii. Tianwen-1 was launched with an
orbiter, camera, lander, and Zhurong rover.
iv. It weighs five tons and is one of
the heaviest probes launched on Mars.
v. It was launched in the Long March 5
heavy-lift launch vehicle.
vi. It was the second of three space missions sent to Mars in 2020. Other missions launched were: "Hope Orbiter" by UAE, Perverence Rover on Mars 2020 by the USA
Water Life Mission: Gujarat plans to provide 10 lakh tap connections
The Government of Gujarat has announced on 27 April 2021, that the government has planned to provide one million tap water connections in its state under the 'Jal Jeevan Mission' in this financial year i.e. year 2021-22. Meanwhile, the state government has also reiterated its commitment to achieving the 'Har Ghar Jal' target in Gujarat by the financial year 2022-23. This Jal Jeevan Mission is a major scheme of the Government of India, under which, by the year 2024, every village in every village is to provide tap water.
Gujarat presented its annual action plan
with the details of the completed plan for 2021-22 under the Water Life Mission
through video conferencing to a national committee headed by the Secretary of
the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Gujarat during 2020-21.
Received a performance incentive grant of Rs 100 crore for better performance
under the Water Life Mission (JJM).
JJM (Water Life Mission) is an ambitious program of the Central Government. It aims to provide tap water connections to every rural household by 2024.
Delhi government to bring 21 ready to use oxygen plant from France
During a press conference on 27 April 2021, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that, within a month, the state would set up 44 oxygen plants in Delhi, of which 21 ready-to-use oxygen plants would be imported from France. . These ready-to-use imported oxygen plants will be set up in various hospitals immediately and this will go a long way in resolving the oxygen crisis in those hospitals. Kejriwal government will import 18 tankers from Bangkok in view of increasing cases of corona in Delhi.
Voting for the last phase of West Bengal elections will be held on April 29, 2021
Voting for the eighth and last phase of West Bengal elections will be held on April 29, 2021. In this final phase, elections will be held in 35 assembly constituencies of West Bengal. The results of these elections will be announced on May 02, 2021. The main contest in these assembly elections in West Bengal is between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress Party of Mamata Banerjee, the current Chief Minister of West Bengal.
Justice Rajesh Bindal appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
Justice Rajesh Bindal has been appointed as acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court by President Ram Nath Kovind. He will take over after Chief Justice Tottatil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan (TBN Radhakrishnan), who is scheduled to retire on April 29, 2021. Justice Rajesh Bindal is currently the most senior judge of the Calcutta High Court who has earlier served as a permanent judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and acting Chief Justice of the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court.
Oxford Economics lowers India's GDP the growth estimate of 10.2 percent
On April 26, 2021, Oxford Economics, a
global economic forecasting and consulting company, lowered India's GDP (GDP)
growth forecast for the year 2021 from 11.8 percent to 10.2 percent. After
doing so, the firm has argued that the lack of a sound government strategy to
address the country's growing health burden due to the coronavirus epidemic
lowered India's forecast for GDP growth for the year, 2021. To be inspired to
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According to the data released on Monday by the Ministry of Health, the total number of infected persons has increased to 1,73,13,163 after 3,52,991 new cases of Kovid-19 have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours while the number of under-treated patients has crossed 28 lakh. Has been. At the same time, after the death of 2,812 people due to infection, the number of dead has increased to 1,95,123
Rafael Nadal wins the 12th Barcelona Open title of his career
Rafael Nadal defeated Stephanos Tsitipas 6-4, 6-7, 7-5 in the final of the 68th Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell tournament. With this victory at Clay Court, Rafael Nadal won the 12th Barcelona Open title of his career and his first title of the year 2021. The match lasted for 3 hours, 38 minutes, becoming the longest match of ATP in 2021. Nadal said, "It means a lot to me. It was an important victory."
About Barcelona Open Banco Subdale
The Barcelona Open Banco Subdale is one of the oldest and most prestigious men's tennis tournaments played on clay courts. The Real Club de Tennis Barcelona is the venue of the Barcelona Open tournament. The 68th Barcelona Open Banco Subdale was held in Barcelona, Spain from 19 April to 25 April 2021. The tournament was not played in 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic.
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