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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- Hindi is mask, Sanskrit the face, says Tamil Nadu CM StalinTamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin reaffirmed the state's opposition to Hindi imposition by the Centre, accusing it of promoting Hindi an...27 Feb, 2025, 03.45 PM IST
- Hindi is mask, Sanskrit the face, says StalinTamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin declared firm opposition against the imposition of Hindi, accusing the Centre of promoting Sanskrit thr...27 Feb, 2025, 12.56 PM IST
- Lok Sabha Speaker announces extension of translation services to 6 new languages in ParliamentLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced the inclusion of six new languages, including Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Urdu, and Sanskrit, in ...11 Feb, 2025, 01.55 PM IST
- Include Bhoti in eighth schedule of Constitution: Ladakh Buddhist bodyThe Ladakh Buddhist Association is advocating for the inclusion of Bhoti, a language spoken across the Himalayan region, in the 8th Schedul...16 Dec, 2024, 12.22 AM IST
- Mahagathbandhan demands 'official language' status for Bhojpuri in BiharThe movement to grant official language status to Bhojpuri, widely spoken in Bihar, has gained traction. Mahagathbandhan leaders will raise...13 Oct, 2024, 01.06 PM IST
- Google adds eight Indian languages including Sanskrit to Google Translate“Sanskrit is the number one, most requested language at Google Translate, and we are finally adding it,” Isaac Caswell, senior software eng...12 May, 2022, 12.31 AM IST
- Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calls on PM Modi to enlist Bengali as classical language in National Education Policy"What are the attributes to be enumerated for enlisting a language in the pantheon of classical? While Bengali is the fifth most spoken lan...08 Aug, 2020, 05.02 PM IST
- Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan adopts 5 villages to teach language following HRD directiveThe HRD Ministry has directed the three institutes to adopt two villages and teach the language in a bid to boost Sanskrit as a spoken lang...07 Jul, 2019, 11.06 AM IST
- Why does the Census of India focus on mother tongues? How does it make linguistic minorities invisible?A look at how the language report raises more questions than it answers.05 May, 2019, 05.05 PM IST
- Hindi mother tongue of 44% in India, Bangla second most-spokenThe percentage of Indian population with Hindi as their mother tongue has risen to 43.63% from 41.03% in 2001, Bengali remains second while...27 Jun, 2018, 11.38 AM IST
- Sheldon Pollock offers scholarly opinion on Sanskrit - a language that the government seems keen to massifySanskrit has always been identified as central to the idea of Indianness and culture. And, the world over, the language has been appreciate...01 May, 2016, 01.02 PM IST
- Doordarshan to start weekly 'achhe news' showThe public broadcaster is also exploring plans to increase the duration of the daily bulletin to include domestic and international news.29 May, 2015, 11.35 AM IST
- India's multilingualism an asset, says Smriti IraniIrrespective of the languages spoken or region one hails from, the common binding factor was the "deep need to ensure that India reaches ne...21 Feb, 2015, 05.03 PM IST
- With Skype, technology to be India’s link language?As of now, the software will allow real-time conversations between spoken English and Spanish. Soon, it will reportedly extend its faciliti...18 Dec, 2014, 09.10 AM IST
- Students vote for German, not Sanskrit as third language: SurveyA TOI-IPSOS eight-city survey of students and parents on whether they would prefer a foreign language or an Indian one shows a clear prefer...29 Nov, 2014, 12.21 PM IST
- J Jayalalithaa opposes Sanskrit week celebrations in schoolsAllies of the BJP in Tamil Nadu - MDMK and PMK - had also last week spoken against the proposal.19 Jul, 2014, 12.25 PM IST
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