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Hans India
a day ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Widespread outrage over derogatory remarks against Amaravati
Mangalagiri: A recent incident involving a channel analyst and journalist making highly derogatory remarks about Amaravati has sparked widespread outrage, with many alleging a well-organised conspiracy behind the comments. Public and official circles are urged to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter. The controversial statements, which targeted the capital region, its residents, particularly women, and the rich historical and Buddhist heritage of the area, cannot be dismissed as mere individual opinion. The channel, far from disassociating itself from the comments or condemning them during the discussion, allowed them to be aired without challenge. This inaction suggests a deliberate attempt to insult and ridicule Amaravati and its people with vile language, according to a statement from Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan. The Deputy Chief Minister's statement highlights a concerning lack of historical awareness among those engaging in 'vile propaganda' against Amaravati. The region boasts a profound historical and spiritual significance, with inscriptions from the Maurya and Ikshvaku dynasties, and Kakatiya rulers. Chinese traveler Xuanzang's writings attest to the region's flourishing Buddhist heritage. 'This is the land where Acharya Nagarjuna walked,' the statement read, emphasising that Mahayana Buddhism, along with other traditions, thrived here, making it a sacred place for Buddhists. The Amaravati school of sculpture found patronage in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asian countries where Buddhism spread. 'Have those making such vile comments ever considered the sentiments of people who believe in these faiths?' the statement questioned. The statement further accuses previous rulers and their associates of consistently attempting to tarnish Amaravati's image through malicious remarks, likening the capital to a 'cremation ground' and branding it with casteist labels. Farmers who donated land for the capital were allegedly harassed with false cases and suppressed politically when they protested for the capital to remain. Notably, 32 per cent of the farmers who contributed land belong to SC and ST communities. The previous government is accused of filing SC/ST atrocity cases against these very farmers who were protesting for Amaravati to remain the capital. Additionally, 14 per cent were BC farmers, 20 per cent from the Reddy community, 18 per cent Kamma, 9 per cent Kapu, and 3 per cent Muslim farmers. The recent derogatory comments made on the TV channel are seen as an insult to all women in the capital region, irrespective of their caste or community (SC, ST, BC and others). 'The malicious intent of this group appears to be to cast a negative light on a region being developed as a people's capital,' the Deputy Chief Minister's statement concluded. It vowed that the State government will act decisively against individuals involved in such conspiracies and malicious propaganda, and those behind them. Police are expected to take legal action against those who made the vile remarks.
New Indian Express
2 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Controversial remark on Amaravati sparks outrage
GUNTUR: A heated political debate has erupted in Andhra Pradesh after controversial remarks were made during a discussion on a vernacular news channel on Saturday. The comments, allegedly misogynistic and derogatory toward Amaravati, have drawn widespread condemnation from leaders across party lines. Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju has lodged a formal complaint with Director General of Police Harish Kumar Gupta, seeking legal action under various IPC sections. He emphasised that such remarks were defamatory, disrespectful to women, and posed a threat to public harmony.
Hans India
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
No scam, only sham, claims Jagan
Tadepalli: Turning the tables on coalition government, former Chief Minister and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said the liquor scam is a sham in which charges are fabricated only to nullify and weaken the liquor case in which CM N Chandrababu Naidu is on bail and the irregularities being now carried out by him. 'June 4 will be observed as 'Betrayal Day' to expose the failures of the government.' Speaking to the media at party headquarters here on Thursday, Jagan said the government has arrested and has been harassing officials in a vindictive manner and taking statements and confessions. Jagan said, 'The statements of Vasudeva Reddy, who was desperate to go back to his home department or the rogue MP (Vijaysai Reddy), who vacated the seat to benefit the coalition, will not cut any ice. Raj Kasireddy did not yield to the government pressure, which is why his name was included in the case and he is the business partner of Vijayawada TDP MP.' He further said that the Delhi liquor scam case is all about the government there shifting liquor deals from public sector to private sector and what we have done was the opposite. 'He is trying to nullify his case by arresting people like Dhanunjay Reddy, Krishnamohan Reddy and Balaji Govindappa.' The former CM criticised that Chandrababu Naidu has given major chunk of orders to five of his favoured distilleries and encouraged the syndicate system in placing indent and in sales as well while the liquor trade was done in a transparent manner in our term. 'Chandrababu is the real scamster, who rigged the lottery to favour his own syndicate of private mafia and gave 69 per cent of orders to only five of his favoured distilleries.' Jagan pointed out that people are being arrested at will with false cases and even high ranking police officers are arrested. Chandrababu Naidu and his friendly media has been spreading lies on State finances during our term, but the CAG and other reports are in the open, which clearly speak the truth that we managed the finances better, he explained. The YSRCP chief said that Naidu has been going for heavy borrowings and pouring all the money into Amaravati. 'Despite declaring Amaravati is a self- financed project, he has been taking huge amount of loans from multiple agencies and has been giving mobilisation advance for kickbacks. Corruption has been rampant with PPAs being signed at Rs 4.60 per unit for 25 years and the scam runs into Rs 11,000 crore. An unconstitutional method was adopted in issuing NMDC bonds to raise Rs 9,000 crore by allowing private parties to have access to Consolidated Fund', he stated.
The Guardian
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Ancient India review – snakes, shrines and sexual desire power a passionate show
About 2,000 years ago, Indian art went through a stunning transformation led, initially, by Buddhists. From being enigmatically abstract it became incredibly accomplished at portraying the human body – and soul. You can see this happen in the bustling yet harmonious crowd of pilgrims and gift-givers you meet about a third of the way through this ethereal and sensual show. Two horses bearing courtiers or merchants are portrayed in perfect perspective, their rounded chests billowing, their bodies receding. Around them a crowd of travelling companions, on horseback and foot, are depicted with the same depth. Their bodies and faces are full of life, in a frenetic pageant, a bustling carnival, yet this human hubbub is composed with order and calm. It's a Buddhist masterpiece, which helps explain the inner harmony: one of a group of stunning reliefs in this show from the Great Stupa of Amaravati, excavated in the early 1800s by the East India Company and now owned by the British Museum. A stupa is a domed structure holding Buddhist or Jain relics, perhaps modelled on prehistoric mounds, but this one was embellished in the first century AD with sublime pictorial art. Buddha himself stands further along the slender stone block, taller and more still than everyone else. The exact dates of Siddhartha Gautama, the teacher and seeker of enlightenment who became the Buddha, are unknown but by the time this work was created the movement he started was about 500 years old and spearheading one of the most influential renaissances in the story of world art. This exhibition gets to that artistic truth in an unlikely way. It doesn't bother with the minutiae of stylistic change or dynastic history. Instead, it tells a passionate story about the three great religions of ancient India – Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism – and their vitality across time. You meet practitioners of these faiths in Britain today, sharing their devotion on film. This is a wonderfully direct way to blast the museum dust off such ancient art – and when that dust clears, you get a much better sense of its living power. Hindu and Jain beliefs are older than Buddhism (far older, in the case of Hinduism) but it was after the Buddhist breakthrough in storytelling art that they too became brilliantly figurative. Is it crude to see this as competition? It was at the very least a dialogue. At first I mistook a display of beautiful Jain statues for Bodhisattvas, Buddhist saints. In fact, the slender swaying grace of these figures embodies the ascetic Jain ideal of universal compassion. Yet the biggest, most spectacular artistic transformation was achieved by Hinduism. You can't get a friendlier, more paradoxically human deity than the elephant-headed Ganesha. A statue of him in this show, dating from about AD1100 to AD1200, is a technical miracle in the way the artist fuses an elephant's head with a human body – both precisely observed. But it's the pathos that gets you, the artist's intuition of the wisdom and sensitivity of elephants. Ganesha here is not just divine but lovable. Such moving, homely art is a long way from a black stone lingam, the older, aniconic Hindu representation of Shiva as a male tube being inserted into a female yoni. But sexual desire is a feeling too and the big difference between Christianity and the religions here is Indian sacred art's embrace of the erotic. Statuettes and plaques that date from as early as 300BC depict Yaksis, female nature spirits, with jewellery on their curvy bodies and the same spherical, bulging breasts that you see throughout the show. Female sexual and reproductive power are celebrated simultaneously in the art of all three great religions. Another relief from the Great Stupa of Amaravati portrays The Birth of the Buddha. Its main character is Gautama's mother, Queen Maha Maya. She lies on a bed in a curvy pose, and gives birth in a posture almost as luxuriant. Growing up in a Protestant Christian church, I thought of religion as a taking away, a denial. Here it is an addition – human and elephant, spirit and body, dream and reality. Life infuses these religions: they don't oppose themselves to it. That appetite for reality, as they attempt to make sense of the cosmos, mortality and desire, to find the dharma, must be what made India's religions so exportable. Many of us don't think of Buddhism as specifically Indian because it has spread so far so quickly. One of the most captivating works here is a silk painting of the Buddha set in a dreamworld of deep reds and greens, from a cave near Dunhuang, China, created in the eighth century AD. Nearby in the same final space is a statue of Ganesha from Java, one of the many places Hinduism took root. This is an exhibition with a true sense of mystery. Not just in the atmospheric way it is lit with coloured misty veils separating displays, or even the marvels you encounter such as a nagini snake goddess floating in the shadows – but in the way it worships life. Ancient India: Living Traditions is at the British Museum, London, from 22 May to 19 October
Coin Geek
16-05-2025
- Business
- Coin Geek
Tata, IBM to set up India's largest quantum computer in Andhra Pradesh
Homepage > News > Tech > Tata, IBM to set up India's largest quantum computer in Andhra Pradesh Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The provincial government of Andhra Pradesh in southern India has partnered with technology giants Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and IBM (NASDAQ: IBM) to advance the country's quantum technology sector. This collaboration is part of the government's initiative—the Quantum Valley Tech Park—which is currently under construction in the state's capital city, Amaravati. At the heart of the technology park will be an IBM Quantum System Two, featuring a 156-qubit Heron processor, making it India's most powerful quantum computer. TCS will work alongside IBM to develop cutting-edge algorithms and applications to address complex challenges across the industry and academia. Through this initiative, the government of Andhra Pradesh, IBM, and TCS aim to fast-track the growth of the local quantum ecosystem. 'India's National Quantum Mission is to make India a global hub in the quantum industry. Andhra Pradesh is set to lead the global quantum revolution, becoming the first state in the world to envision a dedicated Quantum Valley as the foundation of its future economy,' N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, said in a statement. 'With quantum computing poised to transform every major sector in the next 25 years, the state aims to be a first mover in harnessing this emerging frontier. With IBM, TCS, L&T (Larsen & Toubro) and other members, the Quantum Valley Technology Park represents how India's industry and academia will soon be able to take an important step forward in accelerating the achievement of our mission's goals,' Naidu added. Andhra Pradesh is one of India's most forward-looking and innovation-focused states, often called the 'Sunrise State.' The state is progressing strongly in emerging fields like quantum technology, artificial intelligence (AI), green energy, and advanced manufacturing. Thanks to its business-friendly environment, skilled workforce, and growing innovation ecosystem, Andhra Pradesh continues to attract significant investments from both within India and abroad, solidifying its role in the country's development. The government of Andhra Pradesh aims to build a dynamic quantum technology hub that integrates advanced research, real-time access to quantum computing systems, and practical industry use cases. Through this comprehensive approach, the state seeks to generate highly skilled employment opportunities, position itself as a magnet for world-class talent, and become an attractive destination for international investment in emerging technologies. According to Harrick Vin, Chief Technology Officer of TCS: 'Hybrid architectures are the key to overcoming intractable computing challenges, with quantum computing serving as a catalyst. TCS's Hybrid Computing strategy is creating what we believe is a breakthrough software layer that intelligently decomposes programs across current systems—CPUs, GPUs and emerging computing architectures—such as quantum.' The announcement comes days after India unveiled its first full-stack quantum computing system. Bangalore-based QpiAI, one of the eight startups selected under the National Quantum Mission, launched one of India's most powerful quantum computers featuring 25 superconducting qubits. QpiAI-Indus, India's first full-stack quantum computing system, integrates cutting-edge quantum hardware, scalable control systems, and optimized software to enable transformative hybrid computing. It combines advanced quantum processors, next-generation Quantum-HPC software platforms, and AI-powered quantum solutions. The National Quantum Mission (NQM), backed by a budget of about $735 million, aims to position India as a global leader in quantum research and innovation. Approved by the Union Cabinet on April 19, 2023, the mission will be implemented over eight years, from 2023–2024 through 2030–2031, reflecting the government's commitment to embrace cutting-edge technological advancements. Jay Gambetta, Vice President of IBM Quantum, said: 'We are excited about our plans with the state of Andhra Pradesh to deploy our latest IBM Quantum System Two at the Quantum Valley Tech Park. Our collaboration with TCS will help attract the country's thriving ecosystem of developers, scientists, and industry experts to develop algorithms and applications. Combining this with India's National Quantum Mission, we could see an acceleration of the next critical milestone–a successful demonstration of quantum advantage.' Members of the Quantum Valley Tech Park will have the opportunity to collaborate with TCS to gain access to IBM's cloud-based quantum computing systems. Upon completion, the tech park will feature access to the IBM Quantum System Two, equipped with IBM's state-of-the-art 156-qubit Heron processor, according to the statement. Through this partnership, TCS will play a central role in advancing applied research and innovation in India by creating quantum computing use cases across diverse sectors, including life sciences, materials science, supply chain resilience, energy efficiency, cryptography, and sustainable manufacturing. The initiative aims to develop real-world applications where quantum computing can offer a significant advantage over traditional methods. 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