The Union Cabinet on Thursday expanded the list of India’s ‘Classical Languages’ to 11 by including Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali in it. Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia were already members of this league. Tamil was the first to get ‘classical’ status in 2004, while Odia, the sixth, got it in 2014.“Classical…
NEW DELHI: Union cabinet on Thursday approved granting classical language status to Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi.The classical language category was first created on Oct 12, 2004, when Tamil was declared a classical language. Subsequently, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia were…
Ashwini Vaishnaw (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet gave its approval to grant classical language status to five Indian languages: Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali, announced union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday.“PM Modi has always focused on Indian languages… Today, 5 languages Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali have been approved as classical…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/KOLKATA: A Bengali actor has levelled charges of ‘misbehaviour‘ against eminent Malayalam film director and chairman of state-run Kerala Chalachitra Academy, Ranjith, spelling fresh trouble for Pinarayi Vijayan govt that is facing opposition heat on its alleged inaction over Hema panel report.The filmmaker has reportedly rejected the charge and said he was the “real victim”…
LAS VEGAS: Google has added Bengali, Tamil and Telugu, among 52 additional languages it has announced, to its ‘Workspace’ — a platform with 3 billion users comprising AI-powered apps like Gmail, Chat, Meet, Calendar, Drive and Docs.The tech giant is seeing “India as a strong market with Workspace, both in consumer space as well as…
