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Ukraine: MPs scuffle over Russian language

The Russian language is native to 30 to 50 percent of Ukrainians as both countries share deep histor...

`Visa row will harm US-China friendship`

The US State Department has ordered Chinese academics with visas that offer cultural and educational...

Language no barrier to bring people together: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that her government believed in bringin...

Oracle says Google`s own emails show its guilt

Opening statements between Oracle Corp and Google Inc (GOOG.O) began on Monday in a San Francisco fe...

Language of roundworms decoded

Biologists has found that a wide range of nematodes, or roundworms, communicate using a recently dis...

Khasi no more a language in danger

The Khasi language of Meghalaya has been withdrawn from the UNESCO`s Atlas of the World’s Language...

Access Facebook in 8 Indian languages from mobile phones

India is second largest market for the social networking website after United States.

Urdu declared official language in Bengal

Urdu was declared as official language in West Bengal in respect of certain districts where Urdu-s...

Bhagavad Gita now in Polish language

The Bhagavad Gita has for the first time been translated into the Polish language from its original ...

Guj min apologises for `unparliamentary` language

Gujarat minister Nitin Patel on Tuesday apologised in the assembly over his alleged "unparliamentary...

Programme converts sign language into text

Researchers are designing a software programme which instantly translates sign language into type wh...

Latvians reject Russian as national language

Many Latvians still consider Russian — the lingua franca of the Soviet Union — as the language of th...

Polls open in historic Latvian language referendum

Voting stations in Latvia have opened in a historic referendum on whether to make Russian the nation...

Don`t distort language: Bangladesh court to media

An experts` committee has been told to find ways to stop distortion of Bangla language in radio and ...

Iran arrests several on links to BBC Farsi service

Tehran has accused the BBC of operating as a cover for British intelligence and of hosting Iranian d...

Bengal gives second language status to Urdu

West Bengal government accorded second language status to Urdu specially in those areas where over ...

Other state students in TN should learn Tamil: Jaya

Jayalalithaa said learning Tamil in schools was a must as similar practice was in place in states l...

Preserve old treasure of Gojri language: Experts

The need to preserve the ancient Gojri language by documenting its folk, was stressed at a seminar ...

Vadodara to host global languages conference

Representatives of nearly 900 languages from across the world will come together for a global confe...

Nations using native language progress faster: SP

Under attack from Rahul Gandhi for its aversion to English and computers, Samajwadi Party said it w...

`Chimps can also understand language like humans`

If you believe speech perception is a uniquely human trait, think again -- chimpanzees may also have...

Cops punished for abusing politicians

Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday attached two police officers, for using "foul" language ag...

MPs suggest simplification of the Hindi language

Hindi should be made simpler to increase its ability to serve as a link language, some Members of ...

LinkedIn launches Japanese language version

LinkedIn Corp has launched its Japanese language version, marking the rapidly growing professional n...

UK to test EU doctors for English language skills

Some EU doctors with poor grasp of English, who were working in the NHS, could not diagnose patien...

India`s first sign language training centre

The country`s first sign language training and research centre devoted to the hearing impaired was...

‘Oriya must be a medium of teaching with English’

The minister was here to inaugurate a workshop on the role of college teachers in promoting Oriya la...

Chinese language to be introduced in Pak schools

The government in Pakistan`s Sindh province has decided to make the Chinese language a compulsory ...

`Body language` remark: DMK walkout from Assembly

The opposition DMK on Tuesday staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly following a `body lang...

Chinese second most popular on Internet

The Chinese language has become one of the most widely used on Internet, second only to English, an ...

Now Indian languages in UPSC interviews

UPSC has informed the Bombay HC that candidates, who opt for an Indian language medium for the writt...

First Kashmiri language daily launched in J&K

The first Kashmiri language daily of Jammu and Kashmir hit the newsstands in Srinagar and other ma...

MP CM attacks vulgar scenes, filthy language

Expressing his anger over the filthy language used in Hindi films and vulgar scenes on television, ...

NZ launches online sign language dictionary

Deaf people in New Zealand can now learn sign language on the internet.

Google now supports five more Indian languages

Google announced expansion of its translation services to include-Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil ...

Now, songs in 4 more languages at Sabarimala

The decision was taken by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the temple, in view of...

Pak PM opposes use of foul language against institutions

Khawaja Saad Rafiq had called the whole Ranger force "terrorists in uniform".

RBI sees regnl languages as bridge between banks, common man

Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao said aversion to the use of regional languages in banking has resu...

WB Govt recognises six non-Bengali languages

The West Bengal government on Thursday decided to recognise six languages other than Bengali as tho...

Now, robots which can talk by generating own language!

Scientists created a pair of robots which can communicate locations to each other by generating thei...

Neanderthals may`ve had proper language

Our distant cousins, the Neanderthals, were mostly right-handed and they may have had a proper langu...

Britain to allow those who know Indian languages to be jury

Inability to know English would no longer be a hindrance to be a jury in UK.

Ayapaneco language at extinction risk

A centuries-old language in Mexico is reportedly on the verge of extinction.

Vulgar language upsets Bangladesh Speaker

The Speaker pulled up the chief whips of both the treasury and opposition benches.

AP govt mulling over three-language formula

Andhra Pradesh Government said it was considering a three-language formula with Telugu as the first...

Using foul language cannot be ground for dismissal: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has set aside the dismissal of a CISF personnel for using foul language again...

Farooq blames Muslims for the plight of Urdu language

Union Minister Farooq Abdullah said that the Muslims were responsible for the plight of Urdu languag...

`Mysterious Voynich Manuscript dates back to 15th century`

Scientists claim to have cracked one of the puzzles surrounding Voynich Manuscript, the world`s most...

UK plans tougher immigration rules

Immigrants must have reasonable knowledge of English language, said British PM David Cameron.

NA bill proposes ‘eight national languages’ for Pakistan

A private bill seeking ‘eight national languages’ for Pakistan has been introduced in the National A...

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Shahrukh and Mamata - IPL circus
It seemed as if India had won the World Cup.

KKR celebrations mock Bengali pride
The WB govt’s KKR celebration was ‘overboard’.

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