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Students cheer as online translation tools add more African languages

Ugandan IT student Andrew Njuki spent years hunched over English-language textbooks, often grappling with material that would have been easier…

Aunty Kathleen grew up having to 'yarn in secret'. Now she's helping revive her Indigenous language

Indigenous Australians and Native Americans come together in the Red Centre to learn, from each other, how they can save…

PM Modi applauds Venkaiah Naidu's witty one-liners as he bids farewell to Vice President

During Venkaiah Naidu's farewell speech as Vice President, PM Modi lavished praises on him for his working style, his oratory…

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The Scots variant at 'global forefront' of push to preserve endangered languages

A VARIANT of Scots has been put at the “global forefront” of the push to preserve endangered languages.

The National (Scotland)

Meaning of ‘Swaraj’ not just limited to self-rule: Home Minister Amit Shah

Country’s languages, dharma, culture, arts and history should be passed on to the future generations, says Union Home Minister

SonyLIV to stream new Tamil series ‘Victim’ on 5 August

The share of regional languages in overall OTT video content will double from 27% in 2020 to 54% in 2024.

Amazon Prime Video to stream Malayalam film ‘Kaduva’

The film starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, along with Vivek Oberoi, had released in cinemas on 7 July. Regional films, especially in…

Bilingual education can work in South African schools: here's how

From the fourth year of schooling, the majority of South African schools teach all subjects in English only. The devastating…

The Conversation

Australian researchers develop new communication system inspired by rare Aboriginal language Jingulu

The developers of a new artificial intelligence system inspired by an endangered Aboriginal language say it has unique characteristics that…

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Language as barrier: On making mother tongue the medium for higher studies

There are both pluses and minuses in making mother tongue the medium for higher studies

SonyLIV to stream Malayalam film ‘Avasa Vyuham’

In 2021, over-the-top streaming platforms saw films in the four south Indian languages, including their dubbed versions, gain big audiences…

ZEE5 announces new Tamil show ‘Paper Rocket’

The share of regional languages in overall OTT (over-the-top) video content will double from 27% in 2020 to 54% in…

UGC to launch portal for online courses

The University Grants Commission, in collaboration with MeiTY, will launch a portal to offer undergraduate and postgraduate digital courses in…

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IIT Madras launches centre to build open source AI for Indian languages

The IIT-M has commissioned the Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat to advance Indian language technology with a grant of ₹36 crore…

Latest round of Closing the Gap data shows 'disappointing' progress for Indigenous Australians with four of 17 targets on track

New data from the productivity commission has shown only four of the 17 targets under the national Closing the Gap…

‘Vachanas with their human values need to be communicated to a global audience’

Vachana translation workshop inaugurated at Central University in Kalaburagi

Portrait: Martin Edmond on Vaughan Rapatahana

On an extraordinary Māori writer sometimes in Mangakino, translated into Bahasa, Mandarin, Italian, French, Spanish and Romanian.

Prime Video to stream new show ‘The Rings of Power’ on 2 September

American films, television shows and programming in Turkish, German and Korean languages, including their dubbed versions, are emerging as a…

Class 12 students score more in science, mathematics than languages

MUMBAI: In the CBSE Class 12 results, several students have scored a perfect 100 in science and mathematics as compared…

The Times of India

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The Dravidian movement and Aryan illusions

The gubernatorial remarks on Aryan-Dravidian differences can only be described as a case of historical negationism

Michelle Obama’s new book, ‘The Light We Carry,’ to be published in November

With COVID-19, an insurrection, increased hate, bigotry, intolerance and more, Obama said she felt “out of balance. ... I felt…

Chicago Sun-Times

Hindi dominates OTT viewership despite regional push

Hindi has been the dominant language of content consumption and remains so. As the market expands, a lot of category…

CIIL plans to launch ‘Bharatiya Bhasha Sangam’

CIIL is also planning to launch “Makers of Indian Linguistics”, a series of biographical monographs on linguists

Regional, local languages should be promoted in proceedings at lower, high courts: Kiren Rijiju

He also said that no court should be only for the privileged and the doors of justice should be open…

SonyLIV to stream first Tamil original ‘Meme Boys’ on 22 July

The share of regional languages in overall OTT video content will double from 27% in 2020 to 54% in 2024,…