Page 3 - Languages

Interpreter of languages

It is a contemplative collection of essays examining her own experience with translation, and her identity as a translator

Zomato now in Hindi, does 150,000 orders a month on regional language apps

Hindi, Tamil account for lions share of orders, at 54% and 11% respectively

Take steps to make Tamil official in Central govt offices: TN Minister

Tamil Nadu Minister for Higher Education K Ponmudy on Sunday appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to take steps to make Tamil official language in Central government offices and also allot funds for its development on par with Sanskrit. The appeal comes in the backdrop of the Union Minister requesting the Tamil Nadu government to impart technical education in Tamil on Saturday. "I urge him (Union Home Minister) that Tamil be made a compulsory language in the Central government-run Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools and also fill up posts of Tamil professors in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, which have been vacant for several years," Ponmudy said in a statement here. Responding to Shah's request to impart technical education in Tamil, Ponmudy said such an initiative was already implemented by the DMK in the State 12 years ago. "Kalaignar (the late chief minister M Karunanidhi) already implemented it in 2010 during the DMK regime. Tamil Nadu became the first State in the country to ..

Google plans to develop AI model supporting 1,000 most spoken languages

These language models have already been integrated into Google Search, despite criticism about their functionality

CSAB NEUT 2022 registration open till October 12; here's how to apply

Candidates will need their JEE Main roll number and password to log in and fill out the application form

SSC CGL 2022 exam's registration process to end on Oct 8; check details

All the interested candidates can apply for the exam on the official website of SSC at ssc.nic.in

Internet firm Sulekha says will focus on ed-tech, Saas businesses

Company aims to have 125 million people using its English language learning app

Google search gets new features to be visual and add languages

Google shopping search now understands more than 35 billion product listings

Hindi not competitor but friend of all regional languages: Amit Shah

Hindi language is not a competitor but a "friend" of all the other regional languages in the country and they are mutually dependent on each other for their growth, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Wednesday. He denounced the "disinformation" campaign to pit Hindi against native languages and underlined the need to strengthen local languages with Hindi. Addressing the All India Official Language Conference in Surat city on Hindi Day, Shah said that accepting the co-existence of languages was needed and stressed the need to make Hindi flexible by taking words from other languages to expand its dictionary. Shah observed that unless the Hindi language becomes flexible, it cannot grow. "I want to make one thing very clear. Some people are spreading disinformation that Hindi and Gujarati, Hindi and Tamil, Hindi and Marathi are competitors. Hindi cannot be a competitor to any other language in the country. You must understand that Hindi is the friend of all the languages of the

Twitter to bring Edit Tweet feature finally: Here's all you need to know

Twitter will be paying close attention to how the feature can impact the way people read, write, and engage with tweets

BHARAT: An Indian font that integrates elements from 12 languages

India's top typographers at Rediffusion Design Studios have been working hard for the past six months to create a font that would be intrinsically and eternally Indian

History books have few lines on Prithviraj, lot about Mughals: Akshay Kumar

Ahead of the release of his film Samrat Prithviraj, a historical action drama based on the warrior Rajput king, Kumar said it's sad we don't know about our own kings.

Move to impose Hindi cannot be accepted, says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

He said languages are the basis of culture and life of each society and this diversity will be destroyed if a language is killed

Language chauvinism will boomerang, says Telangana minister K T Rama Rao

Taking exception to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comments on Hindi as an alternative to English, ruling TRS Working President and Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao on Saturday said "language chauvinism and hegemony" in the country will boomerang. He said it would be a "great disservice to impose Hindi" on the nation's youngsters who have global aspirations. "Unity in diversity is our strength dear @AmitShahJi. India is a union of states & a true Vasudhaika Kutumbam'. Why don't we let people of our great nation decide what to eat, what to wear, who to pray to and what language to speak!," Rama Rao tweeted with the hashtag #stopHindiImposition. "Language chauvinism/hegemony will boomerang," he added. "I am an Indian first, a proud Telugu & Telanganaite next. Can speak in my mother tongue Telugu, English, Hindi & a little bit of Urdu too. To impose Hindi & diss English will be a great disservice to the youngsters of this nation who have global aspirations," said Rama ...

Listen to yourself first before you communicate your message: Sunit Tandon

In a Q&A, the Director of the India Habitat Centre says every communication is about pitching it correctly so that it is received well by the listener on whom you want to make an impact

China says 85% of citizens will use Mandarin by 2025

China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85 per cent of its citizens will use the national language by 2025

Google for India bets on digital skilling; small biz, language focus stays

Google's India chief Sanjay Gupta said Indians are now spending 20% more time on smartphones with 2.5x more smartphone users in past 12 months compared to the previous year

Classical language status to Marathi under consideration: Govt in Lok Sabha

The proposal for granting classical language status to Marathi is under active consideration, Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Monday. Replying to a supplementary question by BJP MP Gopal Shetty in the Lok Sabha, the Minister said a 8-member committee was set up which is deliberating on the subject. "So far, Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia have been given the status of classical languages. Giving the status to Marathi language is under consideration and the Government will move forward with a positive attitude," Meghwal said during the Question Hour, which witnessed repeated adjournments amid opposition protest over Pegasus spyware and other issues. The criteria adopted by the government to determine the eligibility of a language for classical status includes its recorded history over a period of 1500-2000 years, body of ancient literature, whether its literary tradition is original and not borrowed from another speech community and other

The grammar of digital communication

Contemporary communication relies more than ever on how we say something rather than on what we say

Will try to get 'official' tag for Eighth Schedule languages: Stalin

The DMK government would work towards getting all the languages including Tamil, listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution,Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Sunday.