The books will be in four dialects -- Braj, Bhojpuri, Bundelkhandi and Awadhi. The new textbooks in local dialects are being given the name 'Sahaj' and only the Hindi sections in the books have been translated.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor welcomed the "departure from Hindi dominance" and took up the "language challenge" by tweeting the word 'pluralism' and then adding its Hindi and Malayalam translations.
Sitharaman's response to queries of reporters here came in the backdrop of state political parties protesting the conduct of recent Postal department exams in English and Hindi only.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Tuesday sought the withdrawal of a UGC circular which it said seeks to push Hindi as a compulsory subject in all undergraduate courses across the country.
The NASA-funded programme STARTALK, which makes it a priority issue for national security to expand the teaching and learning of Hindi, Arabic, Chinese and other world languages, made a USD 90,000 grant to Ved Chaudhary, director of the project.
The party also claimed that "misinformation" was being spread about the Centre trying to "impose a three-language formula" in the country, a reference to the state opposition parties' stand against the imposition of Hindi.
Former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan, who heads a panel on new National Education Policy, clarified that there were no efforts to impose Hindi even as he dismissed reports of dissent against the removal of the Hindi clause.
In the earlier draft, the panel had suggested mandatory teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states.
Naidu's observation came as he presided over a meeting of Rajya Sabha's Hindi Committee that met on Tuesday after a gap of three-and-a-half years.
It asked students to remain cautious of any rumour mongering or mischief by certain elements. The CBSE called the paper doing social media rounds "fake."
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Tharoor had earlier this month traded barbs in the Lok Sabha over making Hindi an official language at the UN.
Sushma Swaraj, in her reply to a question, said: "It is often asked why Hindi is not an official language in the UN. Today, I will want to tell the House, the biggest problem is the procedure."
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The advisory noted that ‘airlines were violating the government policy by not carrying an equal number of both English and Hindi newspapers and magazines for fliers.
There is some good news for those Indians who were asking for permission to apply for passports in Hindi.
Schools affiliated to the CBSE and Kendriya Vidyalyas may soon make study of Hindi compulsorily for students up to class X with recommendations of a Parliamentary panel in this regard getting the President Pranab Mukherjee's nod.
In a move aimed at increasing the use and influence of the Hindi language, speeches by central and state government ministers could soon be delivered only in Hindi if the recommendations of a parliamentary panel go on to be implemented.
The government today said that they are making all efforts to make Hindi one of the official languages of the United Nations and promote the dialect the world over. "The government continues its efforts in
The nation is celebrating Hindi Diwas today. It was on this day in 1949 that the Constituent Assembly of the country adopted Hindi as the official language of the Republic of India. Under Article 343,
The engineering course at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (ABVHV) in Bhopal, which is being offered only in Hindi, has found few takers as only a dozen students have applied for 90 seats in three
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