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INDIA DEVELOPS TERAFLOPS COMPUTERS

PARAM Padma, the country's most powerful computer developed by the Centre for Development of Advance Computing(C-DAC), was dedicated to the nation at Banglore on April 1, by the Union Minister for Disinvestment, Telecommunication and IT, Arun Shourie. PARAM Padma, the supercomputing cluster with a peak computing power of one Teraflop, is housed at C-DAC's Terascale Supercomputing Facility(CTSF) in Banglore. With the launch of this computer, India became 5th nation in the world to have a next generation high performance scalable supercomputing cluster with a peak computing power of one Teraflop. The other countries which possessed such supercomputing capability included the US, Japan, Israel and China. PARAM Padma, which is 10 times more poerful than PARAM 100000, is powered by C-DAC's flexible and scalable HPCC (High Performance Computing and Communication) software environment. The system is also accessible ny users from remote locations.


INSAT-3A LAUNCHED

India's multipurpose satellite, INSAT-3A, was successfully launched on April 10, by the Ariane-5 launch vehicle from kourou in French Guyana. The satellite would boost the country's communication and meteorological services. The satellite is the third in the INSAT-3 series- INSAT-3B and INSAT-3c were launched by Ariane-5 and Araine-4 launch vehicles on March 22, 2000, and january 24, 2002 respectively.


TWO e-COURTS FOR SC

The Supreme Court has proposed to establish two e-courts in the country. Disclosing this after inaugurating a facilitation counter at the Madras High Court. Justise Santosh Hegde of the apex court said filing of cases in these e-courts coild be done from any part of the country. They would also be heard and decided through video conferencing with neither the litigant nor his counsel requiring to visit New Delhi. The Syaytem is in vogue in Singapore.


TAMIL NADU VARSITY LAUNCHES e-EDUCATION

For the first time in country, Tanil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has started a dedicated website through which they"ll teach the students. TNAU Vice Chancellor C. Ramasamy said the university has also started providing video conferencing facilities, and it has connectivity with various other institutes and unversities both at the national and international level. During video confereing the students can interact and clear their doubts with the professors about any subject.