'3 years of German, now Sanskrit?' CBSE language rule sparks chaos in schools, parents say dreams are being redrawn overnightA new Central Board of Secondary Education language policy will require students entering Class IX from the 2026–27 academic year to study ...
23 May, 2026, 10.31 AM IST
ET at Apple’s Bengaluru developer showcase: The apps headed to WWDC 2026Indian developers are showcasing innovative apps for the Apple ecosystem. These apps focus on personal experiences, design, and AI. Develop...
11 May, 2026, 02.11 PM IST
India's first Petroglyph Conservation Park to be set up in LadakhLt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena lays foundation stone for India’s first petroglyph conservation park in Leh on World Heritage Day. The park ...
18 Apr, 2026, 07.03 PM IST
Delhi University launches course on Sanskrit and Digital Technology to teach coding basicsDelhi University has introduced a new elective course called Computer Applications for Sanskrit, linking the ancient language with digital ...
30 May, 2025, 01.34 PM IST
Take Sanskrit out of its old ghettosSanskrit has been marginalized due to its ancient and religious associations. To revive it, Sanskrit should be modernized and included in s...
04 Mar, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
Sanskrit learning becomes easy with speaking dictionaryThe dictionary is available in three languages and includes audio pronunciation using the 2P Technology.
29 Jan, 2024, 05.53 PM IST
Naatu Naatu, Shrivalli in Sanskrit: Music band strikes a chord with audience in Pune, Mumbai, and NashikA Sanskrit Music Band has gained popularity for their unique initiative of creating Sanskrit versions of popular songs and performing them ...
06 Oct, 2023, 02.07 PM IST
J-K trying to promote Sanskrit as per New Education Policy recommendations, says LG Manoj SinhaAddressing after laying the foundation stone for the new building of ChudamSanskrit Sansthan, at Basohli of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua dist...
20 Aug, 2021, 09.11 AM IST
IITs asked to teach Sanskrit: HRD Minister Smriti Irani"Accordingly, IITs have been requested to teach Sanskrit language especially with reference to study of works which contain scientific know...
25 Apr, 2016, 04.19 PM IST
Don’t favour making any language compulsory in school, says panel for Sanskrit promotionThe committee, set up by the HRD ministry, said that all Sanskrit Pathsalas and Vedic Schools should be affiliated to some board.
05 Feb, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
HRD Minister Smriti Irani calls for simplifying SanskritThe Union minister also said that as the Sanskrit is language of yoga, students from the discipline should exploit the growing interest for...
30 Sep, 2015, 04.26 PM IST
Sanskrit should be propagated to purify minds of people: Sushma SwarajSushma Swaraj suggested that Sanskrit should be propagated so that it purifies the minds of the people and thus sanctifies the whole world
28 Jun, 2015, 04.05 PM IST
Uttarakhand Governor calls for digitising Sanskrit textsPaul said the ancient language occupied a pre-eminent position among the classical languages of the world globally.
20 Mar, 2015, 05.30 PM IST
Supreme Court accepts Centre's offer to end row over German in KV schoolsIt further said that from the next academic session (2015-16), students will have to take examinations for third Indian language including ...
16 Dec, 2014, 07.22 PM IST
Mid-session Sanskrit no impediment for Class X board: CentreThis means that the marks they had obtained in class VI and VII in German would suffice to see them through to appear in class X board exam...
16 Dec, 2014, 11.44 AM IST
Country's linguistic glue is Bollywood, not SanskritSmriti Irani acknowledges that India's three-language formula leaves the choice of a third language to each state, so Sanskrit cannot be im...
07 Dec, 2014, 12.51 PM IST
Poke Me: A language – Sanskrit or German – can’t be rammed down people’s throatsThe great debate continues. Some feel that it is Sanskrit which should be the ‘hobby subject’, while extremists label it as a ‘dead languag...
20 Nov, 2014, 03.10 PM IST