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- India
DMK plans protests across TN against three language policy, delimitation
Chennai: The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu is set to launch statewide agitations against the three-language formula under the National Education Policy (NEP). The party has scheduled public meetings…
- Featured News
Resurgence of Marathi sentiment: Learn, speak, and respect it, people are told
Let us divide what Suresh Joshi, also known as Bhayyaji, a senior RSS leader said about Mumbai that kicked up a political storm in Maharashtra into two parts, thereby making some sense.…
- World
40 pc of global population lacks education in their language: UNESCO
New Delhi: Forty per cent of the global population does not have access to education in a language they speak or understand, according to UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring (GEM) team. Despite countries’…
- India
Punjabi made mandatory main subject in all Punjab schools, for all boards
Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Wednesday issued a notification of making Punjabi a mandatory main subject in all schools across the state, regardless of their educational board affiliation. The notification states that…
- Chennai
Tamil Nadu CM convenes all-party meet to discuss LS delimitation
Chennai: Amid the ongoing Hindi imposition row, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday said the state was “ready” for “another language war” and also announced convening an all-party meet…
- Bangalore
Maha-Karnataka language row: Family to withdraw POCSO case against conductor
Bengaluru: As the situation continued to be tense in the border areas of Karnataka and Maharashtra following the attack on the RTC bus conductor in Belagavi for allegedly not responding in Marathi,…
- Featured News
World Urdu Day: Hyderabad to celebrate its legacy amidst concerns of decline
Hyderabad: While Urdu has deep roots in Hyderabad’s culture, the observance of World Urdu Day on November 9 shines a special spotlight on this poetic language, sparking renewed interest and appreciation among the…
- Technology
Apple to support English (India) language with April software update
New Delhi: Apple Intelligence is quickly adding support for more languages and in April next year, English (India) will be supported along with several others, the company has announced. The tech giant…
- India
Classical language status to Marathi result of collective efforts: Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday, October 4, welcomed the Centre’s decision to grant classical language status to Marathi, stressing that it was a result of collective efforts and…
- India
UGC launches project to develop 22,000 books in Indian languages
New Delhi: The Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission (UGC) launched a project on Tuesday to develop 22,000 books in Indian languages in the next five years. The project, titled…
- Health
Being bilingual may help you better ignore irrelevant information
New York: People who speak two languages may be better at shifting their attention from one thing to another compared to those who speak one, according to a study. The study defined…
- Technology
Reddit allows users to translate posts into 8 languages
New Delhi: Online social discussion forum Reddit has allowed users to translate their posts into eight different languages. Reddit users can now translate posts when viewing them on Reddit’s iOS or Android…
- Opinions
Language problem in higher education and recommendations in NEP 2020
Dhrubash Karan Mathur Among the multitude of problems that cropped up in the in wake of Indian independence, language problem was one which not only defied a solution but threatened to create…
- Entertainment
‘Don’t speak in Hindi, speak Tamil,’ says AR Rahman to his wife Saira [Video]
Mumbai: AR Rahman, the legendary composer, has once again won hearts with his love for the Tamil language. The music maestro asked his wife, Saira Banu, to speak in Tamil instead of…
- India
Raj govt forms committee to consider declaring Rajasthani official language of state
Jaipur: Rajasthan government has formed a committee to consider declaring Rajasthani the official language of the state, minister B D Kalla said on Thursday. Replying to the calling attention motion moved by…
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