Local Languages

Encourage teaching in local languages in education institutions: UGC to CMs

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to all governors and chief ministers requesting them to encourage teaching and learning, and production of textbooks in mother tongue in their Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), according to chairman M Jagadesh Kumar. "Teaching through Indian languages is a key area of focus of the National Education Policy 2020. The policy emphasises the importance of teaching and teaching materials in the mother tongue. It is heartening to note that textbooks in the mother tongue and local languages are promoted and used by higher education institutions in our country," Kumar said. "Teaching is also being imparted in the mother tongue and local language in many college and university undergraduate programmes in social sciences, commerce, science. This has benefited students from all strata of our society, particularly the disadvantaged sections and those residing in rural and remote areas," he added. Kumar noted that it is a matter of concern .

'Start respecting local languages,' KTR tells IndiGo after seat row

Telangana Minister for IT and Industries K T Rama Rao has asked IndiGo Airlines to start respecting local languages after news emanated that a Telugu passenger was asked to vacate her seat at the exit as she reportedly failed to understand security procedures explained in English and Hindi. The Minister was responding to a tweet by a flyer Devasmita Chakraverty, who claimed that a woman who was originally sitting in 2A (XL seat, exit row) was forced to take the seat 3C because she understood only Telugu, not English/ Hindi. "Indigo 6E 7297. Vijayawada (AP) to Hyderabad (Telangana), Sept 16-2022. The woman in green originally sitting in 2A (XL seat, exit row) was forced to seat 3C because she understood only Telugu, not English/Hindi. The attendant said it's a security issue," Chakraverty tweeted. Responding to that, Rama Rao suggested the airlines recruit more staff who can speak the local language like Telugu, Tamil, Kannada on regional routes. "Dear @IndiGo6E Management, I reques

Hindi is not a competitor but friend of all regional languages: Amit Shah

Hindi language is not a competitor but a "friend" of all the other languages in the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Wednesday as he denounced the "disinformation" campaign to pit Hindi against regional languages. He underlined the need to strengthen regional languages by keeping Hindi together. Addressing the All India Official Language Conference in Surat city, Shah said that accepting the co-existence of languages was needed and stressed the need to make Hindi flexible by taking words from other languages to expand its dictionary. "I want to make one thing very clear. Some people are spreading disinformation that Hindi and Gujarati, Hindi and Tamil, Hindi and Marathi are competitors. Hindi cannot be a competitor to any other language in the country. You must understand that Hindi is the friend of all the languages of the country," Shah said. He said regional languages in the country will prosper only when Hindi prospers, and vice versa. "Everybody should acce

Not in favour that lawyers who speak English get more cases, fees: Rijiju

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said regional and local languages should be promoted in proceedings at lower and high courts, while arguments and judgments in the Supreme Court can happen in English

Local language tech platform VerSe goes global, expands to West Asia

VerSe Innovation, which was recently valued at $5 billion in a funding round, has rolled out the offering of its content platform Dailyhunt in the Middle East countries

PM bats for local languages in courts to boost confidence in judiciary

We need to encourage local languages in courts. This will not only increase the confidence of common citizens in the justice system but they will feel more connected to it: Modi

PM Modi bats use of local languages in courts, says will boost confidence

Human sensitivities are involved and they should be kept in the centre of all deliberations, Modi said

Data-rich local Indian content provides fertile ground for tech companies

From creating local language content ecosystem and interactive platforms on smart TVs to helping people shop via video commerce, Indian content offers huge opportunities for tech and e-commerce firms

Knowledge of local language must for Bengal govt jobs, says CM Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that priority must be given to locals and those knowing the local language during recruitment in state government jobs. Banerjee said that this practice would ease administrative affairs. "I am telling this to all the states. In West Bengal, if a person is from the state, he/she must get priority during recruitment to state government jobs even if his/her mother tongue is not Bengali. I have no objection to that. "But that person must know Bengali and should be a resident of the state. If he/she knows more languages, it's good. But knowledge of the local language is a must," Banerjee said during an administrative review meeting here. To further her argument, she cited the examples of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, where she said that residents of the state take up the matter with their respective governments if locals are not recruited in state government jobs. "In every state, we must ensure that locals get jobs," she ...

Medical, technical education will be imparted in local languages: PM Modi

Prime minister says coastal development and making cooperative sectors stronger are two other priorities of the govt

Assam govt tables bill to accord official language status to Bodo

The Assam government on Monday proposed to accord Bodo the status of an associate official language of the state. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary tabled The Assam Official Language (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in the Assam Assembly on behalf of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who also holds the Home and Political Department. "Proposed amendment will allow Bodo language in Devanagri script as an associate official language for all or any of the official purposes of the state of Assam," Sonowal said in 'statement of objects & reasons' of the Billegislation. The bill follows a state cabinet decision in this regard on December 22.

Make officials well-versed in local languages, FM Sitharaman tells banks

The minister also suggested to the Indian Banks' Association to roll out a similar training exercise for their clerical staff.

How DailyHunt is building a suite of 'Made in India' apps for Bharat

Cofounders Umang Bedi & Viru Gupta roll out short video app Josh with several others in pipeline, aim to become the largest local language platform in India by FY25

EIA draft must be translated into all Indian languages: Environmentalists

Environmentalists on Thursday said the draft EIA notification must be translated into all Indian languages so that everyone gets an equal opportunity to comment on it. In the last few months, the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification proposed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has drawn flak from experts and activists alleging that it diluted various provisions. Avinash Chanchal, climate campaigner at Greenpeace India, said, "Since this draft EIA 2020 is going to impact a vast range of communities, translation of draft into all indian languages must be done so that everyone has an equal opportunity to comment on the draft." Sharing a similar view, Yash Marwah from environmental collective Let India Breathe said it's sad that the ministry did not translate the draft into other languages. "We create content in multiple languages. It is weird that despite the Delhi High Court order the government has not translated it. More than two million peop

Making a billion go online: FICCI calls for language friendly internet

As much as 70 per cent of Indians are non-English speakers, and the global mission is to bring the next billion people online making the Internet more friendly for their language

News speaks local languages

From 42 million in 2011, there are 234 million Indians using the internet in local languages