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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.

Gained in translation - jobs and love for foreign tongues in India

Dehradun offers a snapshot of how language learning is picking up among young Indians

Lok Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020

The Lok Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020 with voice vote, allowing Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, to be official languages in J&K

The language of Delhi

Katyal, as his many fans would already know, also creates a queer map for Delhi

Making a billion go online: FICCI calls for language friendly internet

As much as 70 per cent of Indians are non-English speakers, and the global mission is to bring the next billion people online making the Internet more friendly for their language

'Lifeline of culture': Venkaiah Naidu bats for preserving native languages

Naidu also commended the foundation for creating a framework to adjudge the creative output in literature of different languages

Tied to a nation state

To believe that one language unifies all would mean that many languages divide the people. However, to cast language in this role seems antithetical to its original intent

Using AI for Hinglish and Benglish

Speech-based commands can liberate all consumers and professionals from the tyranny of typing on screens. In many ways, voice would be the main social equalizer

Brands look at ways to crack the language code in Indian hinterland

Marketers are helping brands craft multi-lingual narratives, but technology and budgets prove to be stumbling blocks