Finding Indian language equivalents for selfie, drones…

Finding Indian language equivalents for selfie, drones…

 People across India can log onto the ‘Shabd Shala’ website and provide suggestions for possible translations of these words or their most prevalent usages in their respective languages.  File image for representation. | Photo Credit: AP ‘Selfie’, ‘drones’, ‘metaverse’, and ‘Artificial Intelligence’ are among the new, “technical” English words that become a part of Indian psyche […]

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NEP 2020 promotes regional languages, mother tongue: Minister

NEP 2020 promotes regional languages, mother tongue: Minister

Union Minister Dr Subhas Sarkar on Tuesday said that under the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, the focus is on promoting mother tongue and regional languages. The NEP does not intend to impose Hindi, the minister said while presiding over a meeting at Namsai district in Arunachal Pradesh. The Union Minister of State for Education […]

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Azim Premji University launches open access digital repository of academic resources in Indian languages

Azim Premji University launches open access digital repository of academic resources in Indian languages

Azim Premji University (APU) Tuesday unveiled an open access digital repository of academic resources translated from English to Indian languages to make them widely available to students, teachers, teacher educators, etc., across the country for free. The repository named ‘Anuvada Sampada’ with close to 2,000 academic resources is currently available in Hindi and Kannada. Launched […]

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