Chhattisgarh elections: Priyanka Gandhi promises Rs 500 subsidy per gas cylinder, loan waiver for SHGs and moreCongress party promised a slew of measures, including, waiving loans of Self-Help Groups, subsidising cooking gas cylinders through a new s...
30 Oct, 2023, 07.44 PM IST
Thaggede le! English job sites finally have a worthy adversary in IndiaA RedSeer report said that regional-first apps are increasingly solving for the third cohort, and are able to address a large TAM (total ad...
14 Feb, 2022, 01.55 PM IST
Kerala startup Entri eyeing 5 million users in 12 monthsFounded by Mohammed Hisamuddin and Rahul Ramesh in 2017, Entri app provides different types of learning content -- mock/adaptive tests, fla...
04 Feb, 2020, 12.34 PM IST
Vokal, the P2P info-sharing space for Bharat, raises $5 millionVokal’s big bet is on the use of voice as a medium to ask questions in regional languages. Users get on to the platform to get their dose o...
26 Jul, 2018, 08.50 AM IST
Infosys, Amazon rediscover radio to connect with staff & associatesAmazon has recently launched radio exclusively for its associates across fulfilment centres, while IT services major Infosys has been using...
16 Apr, 2018, 11.38 PM IST
'Lal Sarkar' made on ruling Left Front of Tripura will be released in FebruaryLal Sarkar will have subtitles in Bengali and Kokborok (the tribal language of Tripura).
16 Jan, 2018, 11.35 AM IST
How English is playing a spoilsport for students at engineering institutes like the IITEnglish language as a medium of instruction seems to be the prime reason for students getting expelled in their first year.
05 Aug, 2016, 10.40 AM IST
Promoting Hindi: Government's project lacks driveAll is not well at the monitoring department, too. In the past year, it has seen four secretaries in the chair, making it one of the most u...
25 Jun, 2016, 05.56 AM IST
Hold national test after class 12 for college admissions, recommends panelThe committee proposed a SAT-type test irrespective of examination board to fix the problem of multiple entrance tests for admission to col...
18 Jun, 2016, 10.26 AM IST
Why Chetan Bhagat is wrong about Indian liberalsChetan Bhagat has taken a huge swipe at Indian liberals arguing that they usually have “no clue” and “no solutions” about what India should...
06 Nov, 2015, 11.59 AM IST
Scripting change: Bhasha bachao, Roman Hindi apnaoHindi lovers and purists lament the new society where the youth shun their mother tongue and want to enter the English world as fast as pos...
11 Jan, 2015, 02.37 PM IST
Mukesh Kumar Jain: IIT-Roorkee alumnus who is spearheading the anti-English UPSC agitationMukesh Jain says his first success came when violent agitations in the IIT-Kanpur campus forced the institute to issue forms in Hindi in 19...
27 Aug, 2014, 08.56 AM IST
UPSC: Panel may find it hard to scrap English testThe application for the Mains examination is made separately, and it is only here that the candidate states his/her chosen medium for takin...
26 Jul, 2014, 10.45 AM IST
Modi as PM: 'Hindi-medium type' (HMT) taking over the English-speaking types (ESTs) in IndiaThe long-derided ‘Hindi-medium types’ are reshaping our culture and reordering the power structure. Modi is a potent symbol of that change.
17 May, 2014, 12.38 PM IST
Love and healingThe more one experiences moments of supreme bliss, which only this love can generate, the more one is liberated from the binding impacts of...
01 Oct, 2012, 06.10 AM IST
- Google’s SMS-based applications get strong regional flavour
Search engine major Google is focusing heavily on the cellphone as a medium and is targeting the non-English speaking Indian population to ...
10 Jul, 2010, 08.05 AM IST
- Net turns truly Indian as .bharat goes online from 2010
Come February, millions of non-English speaking Indians will be able to type .bharat in Devnagari while accessing popular websites. Macbook...
12 Nov, 2009, 01.42 AM IST