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Press release - Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Hitler did not win!”

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Sunday, February 4, 2024

On Thursday, Irene Shashar, a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto, addressed MEPs in a plenary session in Brussels to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Key Points: 
  • On Thursday, Irene Shashar, a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto, addressed MEPs in a plenary session in Brussels to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
  • “We pay tribute today to the victims of the Holocaust and reaffirm our unwavering commitment against antisemitism, racism and other forms of hate.
  • Living in Israel today, she said, “I was blessed with the opportunity to have children and grandchildren.
  • After 7 October “the resurgence of antisemitism means that the hate of the past is still with us”, Ms Shashar warned.

Why some Indians want to change the country's name to 'Bharat'

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

The word “India” is, after all, an exonym – a placename given by outsiders.

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  • The word “India” is, after all, an exonym – a placename given by outsiders.
  • Alongside English, Hindi is one of two languages used in the Indian Constitution, with versions written in each language.
  • But the use of “Bharat” has elicited outcry from the political opposition, some Muslims, and Hindu conservatives in the south, reflecting ongoing tensions in India between language, religion and politics.

Two different language families

    • My book with fellow linguist Julie Tetel Andresen, “Languages in the World: How History, Culture, and Politics Shape Language,” covers the language history and politics of India.
    • Hindi is the most-spoken language in India, but its use is largely relegated to a part of the country that linguists refer to as “the Hindi belt,” a massive region in northern, central and eastern India where Hindi is the official or primary language.
    • Around 1500 B.C.E., a group of outsiders from Central Asia – known now as the Indo-Aryans – began migrating and settling in what is now northern India.
    • They spoke a language that would eventually become Sanskrit.

Dravidians spurn Hindi

    • But after independence, opposition to Hindi grew in the Dravidian-speaking south, where English was the favored lingua franca.
    • For Tamils and other Dravidian groups, Hindi was associated with the Brahmin caste, whom many felt marginalized Dravidian languages and culture.
    • For many people in the south, Hindi came to be seen as a language as foreign as English.

Nationalists push for one official language

    • In India, Hindus make up about 80% of the population, while Muslims make up about 14% – more than 200 million people.
    • One such policy is the promotion of Hindi as the sole official language of India.
    • Speaking in 2022 at a Parliamentary Official Language Committee meeting, BJP Home Minister Amit Shah said, “When citizens of states speak other languages, communicate with each other, it should be in the language of India.” To Shah, the “language of India” and Hindi were one and the same.

Suppressing Urdu

    • Although Urdu and Hindi are remarkably similar, their differences take on outsized religious and national significance.
    • Whereas Hindi draws on Sanskrit for new words, Urdu draws on Persian and Arabic, again emphasizing associations to Islam.
    • And whereas Hindi predominates in India, Urdu is the official language of Pakistan, along with English.

VSoft Partners with Pidgin, Enabling Financial Institutions to Offer Real-Time Payments

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Monday, August 28, 2023

Pidgin is a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments.

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  • Pidgin is a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments.
  • “Enabling real-time transaction processing is more important than ever for today’s financial institutions, especially as instant payments go mainstream following the launch of the FedNow Service,” said Murthy Veeraghanta, chairman and CEO of VSoft.
  • “Pidgin’s API architecture makes the integration of our faster payments platform with financial institutions’ preferred technology providers, like VSoft, easy.
  • By integrating Pidgin’s instant payments platform with VSoft’s industry-leading core and digital banking solutions, we are excited to support a growing number of financial institutions as they embark on their faster payments journey.”

CoreStack Taps Sanjeev Arya to Lead European Expansion

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Monday, January 9, 2023

CoreStack, a global multi-cloud governance provider, today announced that Sanjeev Arya has joined the CoreStack leadership team as Managing Director – Europe.

Key Points: 
  • CoreStack, a global multi-cloud governance provider, today announced that Sanjeev Arya has joined the CoreStack leadership team as Managing Director – Europe.
  • In fact, CoreStack was recently ranked the 78th fastest growing company in North America on the 2022 Deloitte Technology Fast 500.
  • Arya will build on this momentum by leveraging CoreStack’s NextGen Cloud Governance platform and world-class customer success practices to meet the cloud governance needs of European enterprises.
  • “With his strong go-to-market pedigree, Sanjeev is a natural addition to our leadership team,” said Ezhilarasan (Ez) Natarajan, CoreStack Founder and CEO.

Next-Gen Proteomics Company Nautilus Biotechnology to List on Nasdaq Through Merger with Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp III

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Monday, February 8, 2021

Arya III is led by Chairman Joseph Edelman, Chief Executive Officer Adam Stone, Chief Financial Officer Michael Altman and Chief Business Officer Konstantin Poukalov.

Key Points: 
  • Arya III is led by Chairman Joseph Edelman, Chief Executive Officer Adam Stone, Chief Financial Officer Michael Altman and Chief Business Officer Konstantin Poukalov.
  • Nautilus is a biotechnology company who is developing a proteomics platform that aims to deliver superior sensitivity more quickly, more completely, and less expensively than is currently possible.
  • Nautilus corporate headquarters is in Seattle, Washington and scientific research and development is being conducted from its San Carlos, California office and labs.
  • Except as otherwise required by applicable law, Nautilus Biotechnology and Arya III disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements.

Media.net Announces Leadership Changes: Founder/CEO Div Turakhia Transitions to Advisor; CTO Vaibhav Arya Appointed CEO

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Monday, October 15, 2018

Founder and current CEO, Div Turakhia, will now act as a special advisor to Shuzhi Technology, parent company of Media.net.

Key Points: 
  • Founder and current CEO, Div Turakhia, will now act as a special advisor to Shuzhi Technology, parent company of Media.net.
  • "Arya has our full support and endorsement to usher in a new phase of expansion for Media.net," said Zhiyong Zhang, Chairman.
  • Further, we are very excited that Div has been appointed as a Strategic Advisor to the Shuzhi board."
  • "Arya has been the CTO from day zero and we have succeeded based on the strength of our technology.