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  Venkaiah Naidu sets a unique record, speaks in 10 languages in Rajya Sabha

  India | July 19, 2018 13:10 IST

  On the first day of Monsoon Session, the Rajya Sabha Chairman announced that the Upper House now has facility for simultaneous interpretation in 22 Indian languages.

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  5 Best English Books to Enhance Your Reading, Writing, and Speaking

  Books & Culture | June 26, 2018 19:17 IST

  To help you to achieve your goals and excel in your skills in every section of English language, we have complied a list of five handpicked English books only for you!

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  Watching films breaks barriers of language, culture says Rajyavardhan Rathore

  Bollywood | June 20, 2018 16:38 IST

  Rajyavardhan Rathore, Minister of Information and Brodcasting recently inaugurated the European Union Film Festival. He said watching movies can breaks barriers of colour and culture.

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  Wait, what? 10 letters were dropped from the English alphabet- watch video

  Trending | February 01, 2018 18:43 IST

  The video has already generated 650,094 views on YouTube and is getting flooded with multiple comments.

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  Babies can start learning a language right from the womb-Study

  Lifestyle | July 19, 2017 13:17 IST

  An interesting study has revealed that babies can distinguish between different sounds in various languages a month before they are born

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  Which is the ‘Most Spoken Language in the World’? Here is the answer

  Who cares | April 14, 2017 18:32 IST

  Is it English or is it French? Rest your guessing game as it’s not going to help anyway.

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  Actress Kriti Sanon to learn local UP language for upcoming movies

  Bollywood | September 25, 2016 12:30 IST

  Actress Kriti Sanon is excited to start shooting for upcoming films ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’ and 'Lucknow Central' for which she will be learning the local language as both the movies are based in Uttar Pradesh.

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  Scientists discover relation between human sounds and different languages around the world

  World | September 15, 2016 12:26 IST

  Scientists have found that words with the same meanings in different languages all around the world often seem to share the same sounds, even if the languages are completely unrelated. According to the study, an

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  Learning foreign languages may sharpen our brain, claims study

  Lifestyle | September 05, 2016 11:05 IST

  Learning foreign languages improves our brain's elasticity and its ability to code information, a new study has found. The study mentions that the more foreign languages one learns, the more effectively brain reacts and processes

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  Dogs can understand what we say, new study finds

  Lifestyle | September 01, 2016 11:22 IST

  Scientists have found evidence to support that dogs can really understand human language. Researchers in Hungary scanned the brains of dogs as they were listening to their trainer speaking to determine which parts of the

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  Eight years on, Wikipedia goes live in Tulu with 1,000 articles

  India | August 08, 2016 11:50 IST

  In what should come as a shot in the arm for ancient Indian languages struggling to keep up with changing times, Wikipedia has gone live in Tulu, with around 1,000 articles. The development comes eight

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  UK-born American’s fluency in Hindi

  Mouthful | June 17, 2016 18:45 IST

  Melbourne: When was the last time you heard a foreigner speak in fluent Hindi, or say, more fluently than you? Ian Woolford, a UK-born American is a lecturer at Australia's La Trobe University, where he teaches Hindi language and Literature. Unli

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  BJP MP slams Goa RSS chief for criticism over language issue

  Politics | April 07, 2016 10:52 IST

  Panaji: BJP Lok Sabha MP Narendra Sawaikar today took strong objection to Goa unit RSS chief Subhash Velingkar criticising Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and the BJP-led state government over the medium of instruction policy in

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  Hindi can't be imposed on others, says filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan

  India | February 22, 2016 7:40 IST

  Mumbai: National-award-winning filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan says Hindi is a beautiful language, but it should be counted as a regional language and should not be imposed on others. Gopalakrishnan, 74, played a major role in revolutionising Malayalam

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  Love your language, not religion: Javed Akhtar

  Bollywood | March 14, 2015 17:24 IST

  New Delhi: For noted scriptwriter, lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar, language has no religion and says those who cry foul over “purity of language” should know that it is non-existent.Speaking at ‘Jashn-e-Rekhta', a festival celebrating

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  Mauritius nurtured Hindi with love: PM Modi

  World | March 12, 2015 14:40 IST

  Port Louis: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Mauritius has over the years nurtured the Hindi language with great love and care as he officially launched the construction of the World Hindi Secretariat building in Port

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  Hindi should be an official language in UN: Nepal vice-prez

  World | January 12, 2015 17:57 IST

  Kathmandu: Nepal's Vice President Parmananda Jha, who had got into trouble for taking oath of office in Hindi, today suggested that the language be added to the list of six official languages in the United

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  Online content in Indian languages low, says expert

  Lifestyle | January 10, 2015 7:11 IST

  Kolkata: Online content in Indian languages in the areas of entertainment, e-shopping and local services is significantly low in comparison to content in English, a programming expert said here Friday.According to M. Krishna Doss, senior

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  'The Lunchbox' nominated at BAFTA 2015 for the Film Not in English Language category

  Bollywood | January 09, 2015 17:33 IST

  London: Internationally acclaimed Indian film "The Lunchbox" was Friday nominated for the Film Not in the English Language category of the British Academy Film Awards 2015."The Lunchbox", starring Nimrat Kaur and Irrfan Khan, is competing

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  International versions of 'Kochadaiiyaan' to release April 2015

  Bollywood | January 01, 2015 16:08 IST

  Chennai: Superstar Rajinikanth-starrer "Kochadaiiyaan" will release in English, Italian, Spanish and German by April. Preparations for this are currently underway as the makers hope to settle all dues on the film by then."The international versions