Indian Languages

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Book Review | Illness as a metaphor for the Indian condition

All in all, a book that draws attention to the vibrancy of writing in the bhashas and the range and variety of topics that they cover.

11 Jun 2023 12:24 AM

It also supports using personalized themes on the keyboard sourced through images from the phones' gallery

Xiaomi's 'Mint Keyboard' made for India, by India

Gurgaon-based Bobble will make the ‘Mint Keyboard’, that will come pre-loaded across Xiaomi devices in India & Indonesia.

22 Oct 2019 8:03 PM

Launched earlier this year, its season 1 and 2 saw a cumulative 10 billion views however notching a new record this time, it garnered over 3 billion views within 10 days.

Helo embarks on latest content creator search with third edition of ‘Helo Superstar’

Social media platform Helo has launched the third season of its ‘Helo Superstar’ campaign, as of the 5th of September.

17 Sep 2019 10:40 AM

Teams provides seamless text input support for all Indian languages active on a desktop and users can leverage interesting stickers in their own language as well.

Microsoft's 'Teams' platform will now support eight Indian languages

Strong support for Hindi has been added to Teams on Desktop and Web while its mobile version has been localized in eight Indian languages.

13 Sep 2019 6:57 PM

ICANN, the non-profit corporation with the responsibility for Internet's Domain Name System management worldwide, has been on the job to support domain names in numerous languages spoken in India, including the 22 scheduled languages of the country. (Representational image)

Internet domain names to soon be available in Indian languages

Work is on for nine Indian scripts, namely, Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu.

12 Aug 2018 10:47 AM

96.71 per cent population in the country however, have one of the 22 scheduled languages as their mother tongue. (Representational image)

Over 19,500 languages spoken in India as mother tongue: Census

There are 121 languages which are spoken by 10,000 or more people in India, which has a population of 121 crore, it said.

01 Jul 2018 4:42 PM

Venkaiah Naidu said if mother tongue is eyes, languages are pairs of spectacles. Spectacles are worn over eyes, but in the absence of eyes, there is no sight. (Photo: File)

All courses should be taught in Indian languages: Venkaiah Naidu

If teaching and learning in Indian languages is not promoted, future generations won't be able to speak their mother tongues, Naidu said.

17 May 2018 8:22 AM

If we neglect our mother tongue cultures, we’ll weaken ourselves

For years literatures in Indian languages, trapped within the walls of each language, have not got their due.

30 Nov 2017 1:48 AM

A tale of two tongues

Danish Husain talks about bringing multiple tales in different Indian languages on one stage.

29 Nov 2016 12:14 AM

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