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Seat row | Telangana Minister K.T. Rama Rao asks IndiGo to start respecting local languages

The Minister was responding a tweet by a flyer Devasmita Chakraverty who claimed that a woman who was originally sitting in emergency exit row was forced to vacate because she did not understand English/ Hindi

The Hindu

NEP 2020 recognises all local languages as ‘Bharat Basha’, says Union Education Minister

India has the knowledge capability to find sustainable solutions at a global level, Dharmendra Pradhan said

The Hindu

Centre to promote use of Hindi in government offices, banks in foreign countries

The Education ministry is pushing for technical education in regional languages

The Hindu

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Karnataka to enact law to make Kannada mandatory

Amid protests and anger in some quarters against observing 'Hindi Diwas', Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday his government is bringing in a legislation to make Kannada "mandatory" in the State. Read more on Dynamite News:

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

Amit Shah observed that unless the Hindi language becomes flexible, it cannot grow

The Hindu

Hindi Diwas 2022: Official language Hindi unites nation in thread of unity, says Amit Shah

Official language Hindi unites the nation in the thread of unity. Hindi is a friend of all Indian languages. Read more on Dynamite News

Dynamite News

Visitors from Middle-earth

Amazon Prime's most anticipated fantasy series The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power finally premiered its first episodes on the platform last week, marking a strong start with breathtaking cinematography, excellent visual effects, a compelling story and a huge budget of reportedly US$60 million (2.1 billion baht) per…

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Basic skills poor in Hindi, but poorer in regional languages: NCERT

Survey provides baseline for government’s NIPUN mission to improve foundational learning

The Hindu

How Do We Trust Translation?

Asharq Al-Awsat

Seven times people discovered the Americas – and how they got there

When Columbus landed in 1492, the Americas had been settled for tens of thousands of years. He wasn’t the first person to discover the continent. Instead, his discovery was the last of many discoveries.

The Conversation

Gwenno: ‘I was scared of using Cornish in the past. You feel like that with languages that are more fragile’

The Welsh artist is up for this year’s Mercury Prize with her resplendent Cornish-language album, ‘Tresor’. She speaks to Roisin O’Connor about wanting to ‘other’ herself in St Ives, her experience of pregnancy, and her view that most people are curious, not fearful, of other cultures

The Independent UK

Britain’s multilingual children: ‘We speak whatever language gets the job done’

In modern Britain, millions of kids grow up learning two languages or more – and experts believe fluidity in language has some surprising advantages

The Guardian - UK

Bengaluru Bengali Kannada Film Festival returns to the city after two years

Various award winning films and documentaries in both languages will be screened at the festival

The Hindu

Macron is pushing the French language in ways not seen before

From the start of his first term as France’s president in 2017, Emmanuel Macron made the relaunching of French as a world language his prime cultural project.

The Conversation

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Indigenous names enrich atlas of life

The Indigenous names for hundreds of native plants and animals have been added to the Atlas of Living Australia.

The Conversation

Haacaaluu Hundeesaa: sublime Ethiopian singer who inspired Oromo struggle protesters

I speak to myself whispering Our situation has defied resolution, our misery isn’t improving We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the Oromo, in the song Waa’ee Keenya (Our struggle), calling on them to take action against centuries…

The Conversation

Is it important to post election signs in languages other than French in Québec?

In electoral campaigns, election signs help candidates market themselves. But does the language of an election sign matter in a multilingual society?

The Conversation

COVID was a setback for indigenous languages: South African lecturers on what went wrong

South African indigenous languages are among those at risk of a serious decline due to the increasing use of digital technologies. By some estimates only 5% of the world’s languages are likely to survive online.

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The Kiwi who voiced a communist regime

How a Māori woman ended up broadcasting communist propaganda in 17 languages at one of the largest broadcasters in all of Europe - and gained a cult following.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: All Acts of Parliament and State Legislatures should be in public domain’

Thammineni bats for greater use of social media to get closer to people and ensure transparency and accountability

The Independent UK

GCSE trends: what this year’s results tell us

Good news for computing and Polish, bad news for music and French.

The Hindu

A look at India’s rich tapestry of languages

A look at the scheduled languages and how our current linguistic framework came to be

The Hindu

Regional language important in early learning: UGC Chairman

UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar told The Hindu that the regulatory body was aiming at preparing 1,500 books in regional languages in the next one year across different disciplines

The Hindu

India’s obsession with English has limited scope of development: Amit Shah

He was speaking at a programme on the New Education Policy 2020 in Bhopal

Evening Standard

‘Paltry’ languages take-up threatens Ebacc

Expert says decline in GCSE French and German puts qualification at risk

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