How Gen Z’s global mobility aspirations are reshaping English proficiency testing and study-abroad strategiesGen Z's global academic aspirations are driving a seismic shift in English proficiency testing. TOEFL iBT's enhanced adaptive format now mi...
25 Mar, 2026, 02.59 PM IST
Our funny anarchic ways with the 'The'Indian English creatively uses the definite article 'the'. Indians often add 'the' where it is not needed and omit it where it is. This uni...
14 Dec, 2025, 11.38 PM IST
Let's push GPNs back in their grammariesIt's time to rally against the self-proclaimed Grammar and Pronunciation Police! These language enthusiasts, while well-meaning, often nitp...
02 Nov, 2025, 11.01 PM IST
The days of English supremacy are wentEnglish, once a symbol of global prestige, is reportedly facing a decline in social standing, potentially becoming linguistically embarrass...
19 Jun, 2025, 11.30 PM IST
Which skills are the most sought after by Indians?Udemy's Q2 Global Workplace Learning Index reveals the top skills in demand among Indian learners, including CATIA, GitHub, English grammar...
25 Sep, 2024, 07.03 PM IST
The language revolution: How tech tools, audio content, and AI-powered models are shaping our communication skillsThe heavy reliance on autocorrect and predictive typing tools like Autocomplete has led to a decline in people's spelling abilities, accord...
02 Oct, 2023, 10.23 AM IST
UP govt school teachers to be trained in spoken EnglishThe orders in this regard have been issued by Director General, School Education Vijay Kiran Anand to all the joint directors and district ...
14 Jun, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
Bhagavad Gita, other Hindu texts part of Sanskrit syllabus of Islamic Institute in KeralaThe Academy of Sharia and Advanced Studies (ASAS) run by Malik Deenar Islamic Complex (MIC) was in the news recently for setting an example...
16 Jan, 2023, 04.56 PM IST
Are drunks and cops best judges of English?The Delhi Police’s revelation that a man was allegedly beaten up by five inebriated louts for speaking to his friend in “fluent English” is...
12 Sep, 2017, 11.05 PM IST
Macmillan plans English training portfolio for IndiaA significant part of investment is compensated by increased production efficiency that has been reduced in several percentage points thoug...
21 Jun, 2016, 06.09 AM IST
CultureAlley to hire 40 people in tech, contentJaipur-based startup, CultureAlley will expand its technology and content teams by adding 40 people in the next few months as the userbase ...
30 Dec, 2015, 07.10 PM IST
How English-speaking skills are keeping Indian engineers away from their dream jobsA study has found that an overwhelming 97 per cent of engineers in the country cannot speak English, required for jobs in corporate sales a...
07 Aug, 2015, 05.11 AM IST
Indian kitchen goes global, 'keema', 'papad' now English wordsReflecting the global popularity of Indian food, a number of Indian words like 'keema' and 'papad' have been accepted in the Oxford English...
19 Jan, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
- Only 57% engineers can write grammatically correct English sentences: Aspiring Minds' report
More than half of all engineers (52%) would not be fluent in a majority of words that are used with regular frequency at the workplace
24 Jul, 2012, 01.26 PM IST
- Vietnamese would certainly be more at ease learning English from Indians
While English is given an exalted status reluctantly by our political class no matter how much the average Indian covets fluency in it, the...
03 Apr, 2012, 02.19 AM IST
- Beyond English
It would not be fanciful to state that the language the British bequeathed to us has become so desified that the originators are hard-press...
21 Mar, 2011, 08.36 AM IST
- Idiomatic idylls: English is in crisis
Tharoor's controversy only served to highlight the wider malaise that now affects India: unfamiliarity with English idioms.
22 Sep, 2009, 01.37 AM IST