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Despite its anti-phonic spelling, English has become the language of many nations — albeit through colonisation and conquest

01 May 2021 12:00 AM

TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh on Friday alleged that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was caught in a paper leak in class X examination. (Photo: File)

He was caught in 10th class paper leak: TDP leader hits out at Jagan Reddy

He was answering a question on the YSRCP government’s recent decision to convert all government schools into English medium schools.

16 Nov 2019 9:42 AM

Andhra Pradesh government will introduce English medium from Class 1 to Class 8 from the next academic year and the necessary training will be imparted to teachers. (Photo: File)

Andhra govt to introduce English medium from next academic year

The Chief Minister said that every phase should cover Panchayatraj, Municipal, Tribal, Social, BC Welfare and other schools.

12 Sep 2019 8:50 AM

Officials at Riester’s culture ministry could not be immediately reached for further comment on the matter. (Photo: Twitter)

English? Non merci: France's minister urges citizens to cut down on English use

Culture Minister Franck Riester made his plea to stick to French in a Twitter post published late on Sunday.

06 Aug 2019 1:08 PM

Lutyens’ elite and English apartheid

English has, for historical reasons, become a language spoken by a great many people in the world.

29 Jul 2018 6:36 AM

Students of a government primary school in Haryana. Under the new government intiative to improve primary education, schools will be made bag-free and instad they will be provided locker facilities so that burden on students can be reduced.

Govt aims for English proficiency from Class 1

An NCERT booklet with 1,000 sentences/phrases had been prepared. It carried 200 sentences for each grade — from grade I to V.

23 Jul 2018 1:35 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Shakespeare in trouble: Dutch fret about English on campus

Expatriates graduating in English at Dutch universities are often tempted to remain in the Netherlands which has a flourishing economy.

04 Jun 2018 11:21 AM

Studies indicate that a strong shared interest within a learning group will foster language acquisition. (Photo: Pixabay)

Video games can help learn new language

Simone Bregni, associate professor at Saint Louis University in Spain, started playing video games in 1975 when he was 12.

22 Apr 2018 5:46 PM

The boy, Abhishek Kumar was admitted to the hospital with wounds on his legs and back. He had left home to visit his maternal uncle, who was in custody in a bike-theft case. (Representational Image)

Speaking English 'arrogance', Bihar police thrashes Class 12 boy

The two cops were suspended from service on Friday after they were found guilty of excesses.

31 Mar 2018 2:05 PM

Being bilingual has reportedly helped autistic kids handle multiple tasks relatively better than monolingual kids. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here are some benefits of raising multilingual childre

Indians born and brought up in America often feel embarrassed to make their children learn the native language.

12 Mar 2018 7:54 PM

Movies are being watched a lot by Indian people and right from the titles to the song to the script, everything is in Hinglish. (Photo: Pixabay)

UK college to expand Hinglish course offering

Hinglish is easier to learn than Hindi because it is taught using Roman letters rather than the traditional Devanagari script.

10 Mar 2018 4:41 PM

Dwindling figures in the American Catholic Church have made them take the drastic step of making the text available for certain members of the clergy.

Exorcisms and Related Supplications to be translated in English by US Catholic Church

Dwindling figures in American Catholic Church have made them take drastic step of making text available for certain members of clergy.

26 Oct 2017 10:33 AM

Bilingual babies learn languages faster than monolingual babies: Study

Monolinguals showed an additional brain-wave pattern not usually found in native speakers of languages.

02 Oct 2017 2:11 PM

The county has issued citations or warnings to about 40 drivers for the language violation, said Mike Hernandez, spokesman for the mayor of Miami-Dade. (Photo: Representational)

US: Uber driver unable to speak English cited $250 in Miami

Javi Correoso, an Uber spokesman, said the law doesn’t specify drivers should speak the language but only communicate.

20 Jun 2017 1:40 PM

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