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How English Coexists With India's Languages, Helps Youth Thrive Globally
When learned alongside native languages, English equips young people with the agility to navigate both local and global worlds.
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"Not Opposed To English But Should Learn Mother Tongue, Hindi": Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi, and called for the need to preserve the country's native languages.
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Government Launches Mobile App Sign Learn for Indian Sign Languages
The Centre on Friday launched an Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary mobile application called Sign Learn containing 10,000 words. The app is available in Android as well as iOS versions, and all the words in the ISL dictionary can be searched through Hindi or English medium, officials said. The sign videos of the app can also be shared on social...
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AI, Philosophy And Religion: What Machine Learning Can Tell Us About The Bhagavad Gita
What can AI tell us about philosophy and religion, for example? As a starting point for such an exploration, we used deep learning AI methods to analyse English translations of the Bhagavad Gita, an ancient Hindu text written originally in Sanskrit.
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How Amazon Alexa Continues to Learn About India
On this week's Gadgets 360 podcast Orbital, we talk about Amazon Alexa with Dilip RS, the Country Manager for Alexa Skills and Voice Services at Amazon India.
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"Accused Of Saffronising Education, What's Wrong With It?": Vice President
Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu today asked people of the country to give up their "colonial mindset" and learn to take pride in their own identity.
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Korean Becomes Fastest-Growing Language in India Thanks to Popularity of K-Pop, Squid Game: Duolingo Report
Duolingo Language Report 2021 is out and it shows some interesting shifts in the language-learning patterns of Indians. As per the report, English, Hindi, French, Spanish, and Korean are the top five languages being learned in the country, while Korean is the fastest-growing language.
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"Pogonotrophy'': Shashi Tharoor Learns New Word, Takes Dig At PM
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for his penchant for rarely used English words, sent the Twitterati running for their dictionaries on Friday with another head scratcher -- pogonotrophy.
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Byju’s Partners With Google to Aid Free Online Learning Platform for Indian Schools
Byju’s on Wednesday announced its partnership with Google to bring free online learning to Indian schools. The new offering will integrate Google Workspace for Education with Byju’s Vidyartha to provide a unified platform to teachers and students.
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App Claims "Speak English As Fluently As Shashi Tharoor". His Response
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has threatened legal action against an English learning app for using his name and photo without permission to promote their course. The Thiruvananthapuram MP, through a tweet, has said that he does not endorse any such
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From PBX to Bixby, How Samsung Research Evolved in India Over 25 Years
Samsung’s research and development (R&D) has been evolved a lot in the last 25 years. Dipesh Shah, the Managing Director of the Samsung R&D Institute India-Bengalore (SRI-B) told Gadgets 360 that it moved from building technologies for call centres to developing advanced voice intelligence for Bixby and bringing vision AI to mobile devices.
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Saregama Carvaan Mini Kids Bluetooth Speaker Launched, Pre-loaded with Rhymes and Stories
Saregama has launched a new portable, Bluetooth speaker for children that comes pre-loaded with rhymes and stories in English and Hindi, along with a phonetics-based learning mode.
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Bihar Madrasas Start Modern And Mainstream Syllabus From Current Academic Session
Around eight lakh students, enrolled in 4,000 madrasas across Bihar will now be able to learn English, Hindi, Science, Social Science and Maths from Class 1 to Class 12 apart from the Arabic and Islamic studies.
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Why Discriminate Government School Students From Learning Hindi: L Murugan
The NEP's three-language formula, which includes Hindi, had found opposition in Tamil Nadu, with the ruling AIADMK making it clear that the existing two-language policy (English and Tamil) will continue in the state.
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Amazon Alexa Gets MyPedia Skill to Help Students Learn English
Amazon Alexa has acquired a new MyPedia skill aimed at helping students learn English. The MyPedia skill brought to Alexa by Pearson India can be used by learners of all age groups who want to work on their knowledge and understanding of the English language.
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How English Coexists With India's Languages, Helps Youth Thrive Globally
When learned alongside native languages, English equips young people with the agility to navigate both local and global worlds.
-
"Not Opposed To English But Should Learn Mother Tongue, Hindi": Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said he was not against English, but children in India should learn both their respective mother tongues as well as Hindi, and called for the need to preserve the country's native languages.
-
Government Launches Mobile App Sign Learn for Indian Sign Languages
The Centre on Friday launched an Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary mobile application called Sign Learn containing 10,000 words. The app is available in Android as well as iOS versions, and all the words in the ISL dictionary can be searched through Hindi or English medium, officials said. The sign videos of the app can also be shared on social...
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AI, Philosophy And Religion: What Machine Learning Can Tell Us About The Bhagavad Gita
What can AI tell us about philosophy and religion, for example? As a starting point for such an exploration, we used deep learning AI methods to analyse English translations of the Bhagavad Gita, an ancient Hindu text written originally in Sanskrit.
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How Amazon Alexa Continues to Learn About India
On this week's Gadgets 360 podcast Orbital, we talk about Amazon Alexa with Dilip RS, the Country Manager for Alexa Skills and Voice Services at Amazon India.
-
"Accused Of Saffronising Education, What's Wrong With It?": Vice President
Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu today asked people of the country to give up their "colonial mindset" and learn to take pride in their own identity.
-
Korean Becomes Fastest-Growing Language in India Thanks to Popularity of K-Pop, Squid Game: Duolingo Report
Duolingo Language Report 2021 is out and it shows some interesting shifts in the language-learning patterns of Indians. As per the report, English, Hindi, French, Spanish, and Korean are the top five languages being learned in the country, while Korean is the fastest-growing language.
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"Pogonotrophy'': Shashi Tharoor Learns New Word, Takes Dig At PM
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for his penchant for rarely used English words, sent the Twitterati running for their dictionaries on Friday with another head scratcher -- pogonotrophy.
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Byju’s Partners With Google to Aid Free Online Learning Platform for Indian Schools
Byju’s on Wednesday announced its partnership with Google to bring free online learning to Indian schools. The new offering will integrate Google Workspace for Education with Byju’s Vidyartha to provide a unified platform to teachers and students.
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App Claims "Speak English As Fluently As Shashi Tharoor". His Response
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has threatened legal action against an English learning app for using his name and photo without permission to promote their course. The Thiruvananthapuram MP, through a tweet, has said that he does not endorse any such
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From PBX to Bixby, How Samsung Research Evolved in India Over 25 Years
Samsung’s research and development (R&D) has been evolved a lot in the last 25 years. Dipesh Shah, the Managing Director of the Samsung R&D Institute India-Bengalore (SRI-B) told Gadgets 360 that it moved from building technologies for call centres to developing advanced voice intelligence for Bixby and bringing vision AI to mobile devices.
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Saregama Carvaan Mini Kids Bluetooth Speaker Launched, Pre-loaded with Rhymes and Stories
Saregama has launched a new portable, Bluetooth speaker for children that comes pre-loaded with rhymes and stories in English and Hindi, along with a phonetics-based learning mode.
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Bihar Madrasas Start Modern And Mainstream Syllabus From Current Academic Session
Around eight lakh students, enrolled in 4,000 madrasas across Bihar will now be able to learn English, Hindi, Science, Social Science and Maths from Class 1 to Class 12 apart from the Arabic and Islamic studies.
-
Why Discriminate Government School Students From Learning Hindi: L Murugan
The NEP's three-language formula, which includes Hindi, had found opposition in Tamil Nadu, with the ruling AIADMK making it clear that the existing two-language policy (English and Tamil) will continue in the state.
-
Amazon Alexa Gets MyPedia Skill to Help Students Learn English
Amazon Alexa has acquired a new MyPedia skill aimed at helping students learn English. The MyPedia skill brought to Alexa by Pearson India can be used by learners of all age groups who want to work on their knowledge and understanding of the English language.
