Tianhe-2′
World’s powerful Supercomputer
China’s Tianhe-2 supercomputer has emerged as the
world’s most powerful supercomputer system for the sixth consecutive time. It
was unveiled in 46th edition of Top500 list of supercomputers. It has held the
title since June 2013. The Chinese Supercomputer is capable of performing
calculations with processing speed of 33.86 petaflops per second.
New envoy to
China – Vijay Gokhale
Senior diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale has been
appointed as India’s Ambassador to China. He will replace Ashok Kantha, who was
appointed as envoy to China in January 2014 for a two-year term i.e. till
January 2016. Currently, Mr.Gokhale is serving as the India’s Ambassador to
Germany. He is a 1981 batch India Foreign Service (IFS) officer.
Russia’s
defence satellite EKS Kosmos-2510
Russia’s newest defence satellite named as EKS
Kosmos-2510 was successfully launched into space and has been placed into its
dedicated orbit. It was launched using Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from
the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. EKS Kosmos-2510 is early warning satellite and has
been deployed as the first satellite in a new fleet of 10 EKS military
satellites to be launched by 2018 to form new defence system to detect enemy
missile heading towards Russian territory.
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