Govt to launch beta version of AI-powered translator 'Adi Vaani' for tribal languagesDeveloped by IIT Delhi, BITS Pilani, IIIT Hyderabad and IIIT Nava Raipur, in collaboration with Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs), the init...
30 Aug, 2025, 09.23 PM IST
Sahitya Akademi announces Bal Sahitya, Yuva Puraskar for 2025Sahitya Akademi has announced the Yuva Puraskar for 23 writers across various languages, including Advait Kottary for his English novel and...
18 Jun, 2025, 04.30 PM IST
RBI prepares booklets in Santali language to create financial awareness among tribalsThe Reserve Bank of India, Odisha, released five booklets in the Santali language. Odisha Chief Minister released these booklets at Bali Ja...
17 Nov, 2024, 02.21 PM IST
Sahitya Akademi announces Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for 2024The Sahitya Akademi announced the winners of the prestigious Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2024. A total of 23 writers, includ...
15 Jun, 2024, 03.15 PM IST
Sahitya Akademi Awards ‘23: Neelam Saran Gour’s historic novel ‘Requiem In Raga Janaki’ wins in English; a look at all recipientsThe award was presented in the shape of a casket containing an engraved copper plaque. It also included a cash prize - a lump sum of Rs 1,0...
21 Dec, 2023, 12.09 PM IST
WBBSE Madhyamik Exams 2023 begin today; review last-minute exam guidelines, date sheet, and other informationAccording to the West Bengal Board, 6.99 lakh students will take the Class 10 Board Exams beginning today under strict security. Students c...
23 Feb, 2023, 02.59 PM IST
Hemant Soren questions returning of domicile bill by GovernorJharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has questioned the returning of a bill by Governor Ramesh Bais, which sought to use 1932 land records...
01 Feb, 2023, 09.14 AM IST
Sahitya Akademi Award 2021: Authors Namita Gokhale, Khalid Hussain, TMC MLA Bratya Basu among 20 winnersThe awards will be presented at an event to be held later.
31 Dec, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam, among others to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2020While Subramaniam won the award for her poetry collection "When God is a Traveller" in English, Moily was named for his epic poetry titled ...
12 Mar, 2021, 07.11 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor, Nand Kishore Acharya to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019; win Rs 1 lakh cash prizeTharoor won the award for his book 'An Era of Darkness' in English.
18 Dec, 2019, 05.15 PM IST
How Indian startups gear up to take on the voice assistants of Apple, Amazon and GoogleFrom asking Siri existential questions, to ordering Alexa to give us the weather report, India’s gadget aficionados have come a long way in...
06 May, 2018, 11.09 AM IST
StoryWeaver pushes our idea of book in every child's hand: Suzanne Singh, Chairperson, Pratham BooksSuzanne Singh, the Chairperson of Pratham Books, shares her thoughts on the journey of Pratham Books and their ambition to promote reading ...
17 Jan, 2018, 03.17 PM IST
Indus pips Apple & Microsoft to become the second largest smartphone operating system in IndiaFor Indus, Apple and Microsoft's OS products are small fry. In a short time span the company has outrun these two global giants.
08 Jan, 2017, 08.41 PM IST
Literature for children and young adults are just not the same anymoreTill the 1990s, literature for children and young adults -think JK Rowling or Amar Chitra Katha -was largely didactic, with generous doses ...
14 Nov, 2016, 11.49 AM IST
iOS 9 brings support for Hinglish, more Indian languagesThe new software brings a number of under-the-hood changes including performance tweaks, Siri improvements and deep linking between apps, a...
17 Sep, 2015, 06.10 PM IST
US gospel radio announces to expand its Indian networkProgramming in Telugu language is likely to be introduced by next year as part of The Tide's Vision 2015 to develop radio programs in 15 ne...
30 Dec, 2014, 12.52 PM IST
Tata Steel's tribal language preservation project gets positive responseOn getting positive response from the tribals, the number of centres for each language has increased to 150 in the current fiscal.
02 Nov, 2014, 09.40 AM IST