145;Scientists can146;t work wonders146;

Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal threw up his hands in the Rajya Sabha today after being repeatedly criticised for the inaccurate predictions by the meteorological department. Sibal said the supercomputer used for weather predictions in India had a capacity of three terafloat only, which was no match for the 2,500-terafloat computer used by the European nations.

How can we expect the 8216;8216;scientists to work wonders8217;8217; with such technological handicaps, the minister asked.

Woman power

8226; Sushma Swaraj found her match in Ambika Soni today. As two of her party8217;s former foreign ministers looked on, Swaraj drew on Punjabi proverbs and stories from mythology to drive her arguments home. Soni was prompted to remind the BJP leader of Bellary, where she had tried to impress voters with what Soni called her 8216;8216;mugged-up Kannadiga speeches8217;8217;.