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- India
V-P for national movement to promote Indians’ languages
New Delhi: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu called for a national movement to promote all Indian languages. Speaking in Chennai on Sunday, the Vice President said that promotion and protection of ancient…
- Lifestyle
Knowing different languages good for brain’s development
New Delhi [India]: While the Union Home Minister Amit Shah called for culturally unifying India with Hindi as it’s the national language, doctors from leading medical institutes have opined that learning different…
- India
Urdu is the 2nd most spoken language in 5 states
Urdu is the second most spoken language in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. According to Wikipedia, Urdu is the 3rd most spoken language in Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Madhya…
- India
Digvijaya Singh speaks the language of ISI: RVS Mani
New Delhi: Former under-secretary in the Home Ministry, RVS Mani, slammed Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bajrang Dal were taking money from Pakistan’s intelligence agency – the Inter-Services…
- Lifestyle
Infants can link ethnicity with language: Study
Toronto: A study has found that babies as young as 11-month-olds can learn to associate the language they hear with ethnicity. Published in the journal Developmental Psychobiology, the research found that infants…
- India
Linguistic diversity on show as new members take oath in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Linguistic diversity of India was on full display in the Lok Sabha when members took oath as the 17th Lok Sabha commenced proceedings on Monday. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi,…
- World
Chinese language made mandatory in many schools in Nepal
Kathmandu: Many schools across the country have made it mandatory for students to learn Mandarin lured by the Chinese government’s offer to cover the salaries of teachers who teach the language. Principals…
- Tid Bits
Here’s why some children find it hard to understand what strangers say
Washington: Kids with poor language skills find it difficult to understand and process what strangers say compared to their peers who have acquired a higher level of language skills, a recent study…
- News
From infancy to young adulthood, learners absorb around 12.5 million bits of information about language
Washington: Learning one’s own native language may seem easy. However, a recent study has revealed that language acquisition between birth and 18 years of age is a remarkable feat of cognition, rather…
