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Dialogue significant for connectivity, trade between India, Central Asia:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Noting the common historical, cultural and linguistic roots among the participating countries, Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin on Sunday said that dialogue plays a significant role in improving our connectivity and increasing trade in th
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China makes Mandarin mandatory for teachers
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 13 (ANI): The Chinese government has made the Mandarin language mandatory for teachers.
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Study explores why understanding of texts worsens with age
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 29 (ANI): Psycholinguists from the Centre for Language and Brain, HSE University, have found that to predict semantic relations between words when reading, older adults use their knowledge of the world instead of grammar more often than young adults.
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Amid push for linguistic unity, languages across China face crisis, includ
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 11 (ANI): Amid the push for linguistic unity, languages across China are facing a crisis, including Cantonese that originated from the city of Canton.
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Vice President calls for promotion, preservation of country's rich linguis
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday emphasised the need to preserve our rich cultural and linguistic heritage and urged everyone to make efforts, individually and collectively, for this.
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China slammed during UN Rights Council session over restrictions in Tibet
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): China has been chided during the 48th UN Human Rights Council session for its rights record in Tibet with delegates from the US, Denmark, Germany, and European Union expressing concerns over severe restrictions on religious, linguistic and cultural t
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Politically-created linguistic barriers should stop, says Bihar CM Nitish
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], September 20 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said Bihar and Jharkhand are brothers and linguistic barriers should not be created between them.
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Dr. Ajay Data will Chair Pre-IIGF in India - A part of UN's Internet Gov
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI/The PRTree): Dr. Ajay Data, an IT veteran & founder of Made in India video conferencing app VideoMeet and Linguistic email platform XgenPlus has joined the Coordination & Organizing Committee of the local chapter for UN's Internet Governance Forum. T
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Study explores how children learn languages faster
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania], July 2 (ANI): Children at a younger age learn languages at a much faster pace than teens or older people. The explanation for this learning advantage doesn't come from the differences between children and adults, but rather from the differences in the way that peop
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HD Kumaraswamy urges Pinarayi Vijayan to halt process of renaming villages
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 28 (ANI): Janata Dal leader HD Kumaraswamy on Monday wrote to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan requesting him to halt the process of renaming some villages in Manjeshwar town of Kasaragod district in Kerala, which have Kannada names, to Malayalam "in
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Virtual program might help kids get ready for kindergarten
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): With pandemic lockdowns still in place last summer, The Ohio State University couldn't host its in-person Summer Success Program to help preschoolers from low-income families prepare for kindergarten.
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Bangladesh Independence Day through the eyes of veteran journalist Prem Pr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his historic visit to Bangladesh on its National Day on Friday to commemorate the birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 50 years of diplomatic ties and 50 years of Bangladesh's war of liberation, reflecting deep cul
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