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Ajay Devgn SLAMS Kiccha Sudeepa's 'Hindi no more our national language' remark; latter responds
Celebrities | Apr 27, 2022, 09:17 PM ISTKiccha Sudeepa was speaking at the event when he said "You said that a pan India film was made in Kannada. I’d like to make a small correction. Hindi is no more a national language."
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Amit Shah's 'Hindi should be alternative to English' remark draws flak from prominent faces
India | Apr 11, 2022, 01:09 PM ISTThe BJP leader's remarks have been drawing strong criticisms from various top political leaders and sly reactions from prominent celebrities as well.
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Jaaved Jaaferi FINALLY breaks his silence on returning as host for Takeshi's Castle | EXCLUSIVE
Celebrities | Apr 05, 2022, 06:41 PM ISTJaaved Jaaferi tweeted about Takeshi's Castle recently, riling up fans of the iconic Japanese obstacle reality show. The reboot of Takeshi's Castle is coming to Amazon Prime Video in 2023 and fans are looking forward to Jaaferi being a part of it again as a commentator.
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Koo’s 'Voices of India’' Report Reveals Top National & Regional Trends of 2021
Technology | Dec 30, 2021, 04:55 PM ISTKoo, India’s micro-blogging platform has released a ‘Voices of India’ report on how Indians across linguistic diversities think, feel, and express themselves online on topics most relevant to them. The report represents user sentiments on the multi-lingual platform.
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BHU 1st to start engineering course in Hindi
Education | Sep 10, 2021, 07:34 PM ISTThis landmark decision is designed to remove the barrier of language in pursuing technical studies as well as boosting national pride among the youth of Uttar Pradesh.
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'Aatmanirbharta' named Oxford Hindi word of 2020
India | Feb 02, 2021, 12:23 PM IST'Aatmanirbharta' implying self-reliance has been named by Oxford Languages as its Hindi word of the year 2020 as it "validated the day-to-day achievements of the countless Indians who dealt with and survived the perils of a pandemic".
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Apple launches online store in India
Technology | Sep 24, 2020, 04:19 PM ISTApple has finally marked its first retail presence in the country by way of its very own e-commerce portal named Apple Store Online.
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Donald Trump tweeted in Hindi with grammatical mistake
India | Feb 24, 2020, 08:26 PM ISTDuring his India visit on Monday, US President Donald Trump did many tweets in Hindi. But in a tweet he made a grammatical mistake and no one could understand what he wanted to say. It was looking as an "Internet translated" sentence. Moreover, this tweet was retweeted from the Twitter handles of the White House and the President of the United States Of America (POTUS).
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BJD protests against AIIMS Bhubaneswar's directive on Hindi, demands 3-language formula
National | Feb 22, 2020, 07:49 PM IST"We have submitted a memorandum to AIIMS Bhubaneswar authorities on the circular regarding use of Hindi and requested for a 3-language formula with focus on local language," said BJD MP Pinaki Mishra
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It's World Hindi Day. And Twitter is celebrating
Trending | Jan 10, 2020, 01:54 PM ISTRead these -- kyunki Hindi mein hi jazbaat hai...
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Haryana cabinet okays proposal for use of Hindi in lower courts
India | Jan 03, 2020, 09:50 PM ISTThe Haryana cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to allow the use of Hindi in lower courts. They decided to amend the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969 to authorise the use of Hindi for proceedings and judgments passed by courts subordinate to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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Hindi second-most used 'Assistant' language globally, says Google
Business | Sep 19, 2019, 08:53 PM ISTHindi has emerged as the second-most used language globally on Google Assistant, the tech giant's artificial intelligence powered assistant, behind just English, according to the tech giant.
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Never sought imposition of Hindi over other regional languages: Shah
National | Sep 18, 2019, 08:03 PM ISTUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said he never sought imposition of Hindi over other regional languages but advocated its use as the second language.
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Hindi school books in UP now in Braj, Bhoj, Awadhi
India | Sep 12, 2019, 11:06 AM ISTThe books will be in four dialects -- Braj, Bhojpuri, Bundelkhandi and Awadhi. The new textbooks in local dialects are being given the name 'Sahaj' and only the Hindi sections in the books have been translated.
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PM calls for using language to unite people, Tharoor welcomes 'departure from Hindi dominance'
India | Aug 30, 2019, 08:12 PM ISTCongress MP Shashi Tharoor welcomed the "departure from Hindi dominance" and took up the "language challenge" by tweeting the word 'pluralism' and then adding its Hindi and Malayalam translations.
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Centre not imposing Hindi in Tamil Nadu: Nirmala Sitharaman
India | Jul 20, 2019, 05:21 PM ISTSitharaman's response to queries of reporters here came in the backdrop of state political parties protesting the conduct of recent Postal department exams in English and Hindi only.
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Withrdraw UGC circular on Hindi, says CPI-M
India | Jun 25, 2019, 04:41 PM ISTThe Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Tuesday sought the withdrawal of a UGC circular which it said seeks to push Hindi as a compulsory subject in all undergraduate courses across the country.
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NASA funds programme to produce videos to teach Hindi through Indian scientific innovations
World | Jun 18, 2019, 11:41 AM ISTThe NASA-funded programme STARTALK, which makes it a priority issue for national security to expand the teaching and learning of Hindi, Arabic, Chinese and other world languages, made a USD 90,000 grant to Ved Chaudhary, director of the project.
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AIADMK slams efforts to create rift in alliance with BJP
India | Jun 06, 2019, 02:42 PM ISTThe party also claimed that "misinformation" was being spread about the Centre trying to "impose a three-language formula" in the country, a reference to the state opposition parties' stand against the imposition of Hindi.
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Kasturirangan says no efforts to impose Hindi
India | Jun 05, 2019, 11:59 PM ISTFormer ISRO chief K Kasturirangan, who heads a panel on new National Education Policy, clarified that there were no efforts to impose Hindi even as he dismissed reports of dissent against the removal of the Hindi clause.