Although India has 'modernised' (if it can be called that) and using first names across generations is quite prevalent now, somewhere deep ...

As global conversations become increasingly fragmented and polarised, quodlibetarianism serves as a reminder of the importance of intellect...

India’s oral rehydration solution (ORS) market has declined after regulatory action restricted the labelling of sugary drinks as ORS, affec...

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The Bengali epithet humanisesour dead or living greats

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has issued a new directive. All food business operators must remove the term 'ORS' from th...

TRAI has implemented a suffix-based classification for SMS messages nationwide, effective May 6, to enhance transparency and reduce spam. E...

Chintan Haria, Principal- Investment Strategy, ICICI Prudential AMC, said, “In line with our constant quest for making things better and sm...

It turns out that Gujarati pride in suffixes like 'behn' and 'bhai' are giving way to, well, dropping these 'honorifics' that sound a tad t...

Officials at the RPO acknowledged that this linguistic practice stems from the region's speech patterns. However, it becomes problematic wh...

A large number of persons of Gujarati origin face the issue as it's a cultural norm to add 'ben' after women and 'bhai' after men's names a...

For the first time, Merriam-Webster named on December 15 the suffix 'ism' as its 2015 word of the year.

Mafatlal Industries has served a legal notice on over 300 business concerns, including fabric manufacturers, distributors and dealers, for ...

Residents of Baidyabati in Hooghly got a rude shock when they received their Aadhar cards suffixed with the choicest of Bengali invectives.

With internet addresses moving from most common '.com' to literally .anything, Dubai-based Directi today said it has applied for 31 such we...

Chinese speakers will soon be able to tap out Internet addresses in their own language after the agency that runs Internet addresses says i...

The Internet's key oversight agency is considering the first sweeping changes in the network's addressing system since its creation 25 year...