IIM students learn Chinese to explore jobs in ChinaOctober 6th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - India and China might be having troubles over territorial issues and incursions, but the abundant job opportunities in Beijing is proving quite attractive for the Indian management students. This is evident from the number of management students of India's premier business academy, Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (IIM-A) taking lessons in Chinese.
Tri-lingual Kashmiri dictionary launchedSeptember 7th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Kashmir University launches first trilingual English-Kashmiri-Hindi online dictionary, containing over 12,000 words, to promote Kashmiri language. Christened as 'Kashmiri Zaban.com, the dictionary has been compiled by university's department of linguistics making use of three scripts, Roman for English, Devanagri for Hindi and Modified Persio-Arabic for Kashmiri.
J-K college students learn about wildlife in Dachigam National ParkAugust 18th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A group of students from various colleges in Jammu and Kashmir recently had an opportunity to learn about wildlife recently, as they attended a two-day camp at the Dachigam National Park. Organised by Youth Hostel Association of India (YHAI) in collaboration with Wildlife Department of Jammu and Kashmir, the camp was aimed at creating awareness about the importance of nature and wildlife conservation.
Come summer and a guidebook on north India in PolishApril 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Emelia Kubik was majoring in geography and tourism at the University of Lodz when she developed a fascination for India and, come summer, that will translate into the first guidebook on northern India and Nepal in Polish. 'There are plenty of guidebooks on India but most of them are in English.
Punjab students to attend global youth leaders conference in JulyApril 20th, 2009 LUDHIANA - A group of seven students of Ludhiana are all set to attend an international conference in which 400 students from 100 countries would be participating. The Global Young Leader conference will discuss issues related to world politics, international relations, law, media, business and global economy.
Anushka Sharma loses out 'Arundhati' remakeApril 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Telugu hit 'Arundhati' is all set to be remade into Hindi and the makers wanted to cast Anushka Sharma in the title role. But the 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' heroine couldn't be finalised for it because of some misconceptions.
Mickey-Donald comic books set to hit Indian marketApril 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - World's most popular Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck comics books are being launched for the first time in the country. These will be available both in Hindi and English.
Kerala government orders probe into 'controversial' CDMarch 10th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala government Monday ordered a probe into a controversial educational CD in which two short films upset the Christians here. Education Minister M.A.
Zoya Akhtar writes Hindi films in English!February 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Zoya Akhtar, who has earned rave reviews for her first film 'Luck By Chance', reveals that she thinks and writes her movies in English due to her weakness in Hindi. 'Whenever I write a film it's in English because I'm much faster that way.
Railway police in Bihar to become people-friendlyFebruary 10th, 2009 PATNA - In a move to make the Government Railway Police (GRP) more people-friendly and accessible, all its officials have been asked to wear their name badges in Hindi and Urdu as against English, a top official said here Wednesday. Deputy Inspector General (Rail) Arvind Pandey has issued instructions to all GRP personnel to wear badges with their names inscribed in Hindi and Urdu.
'Slumdog Millionare' poised to gross Rs.300 mn in IndiaFebruary 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Oscar contender 'Slumdog Millionaire', which has received global critical acclaim and become a worldwide box-office success, has raked in Rs.215 million since its Jan 23 release in India and is expected to gross about Rs.300 million. 'We expect 'Slumdog Millionaire' to make about Rs.300 million in India.
Jim Caviezel had to learn dead language for 'Outlander'February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hollywood actor James Caviezel had to learn a dead language for his role in Howard McCain's sci-mythic 'Outlander'. Caviezel essays the role of Kainan, a humanoid alien in the action adventure and was required to speak an out-of-the-world language to justify being an outsider, said a release from the production house.
Kalki Koechlin took Hindi lessons for 'Dev D'January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - She is born to French parents, speaks with a Tamil accent and makes her debut with Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap's 'Dev D'. Kalki Koechlin says it wasn't easy mouthing Hindi dialogues, but taking tutions helped improve her diction.
Hindi website of Lok Sabha launchedJanuary 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Wednesday launched the Hindi website of the lower house. Addressing the launching ceremony at Parliament Library Building, the speaker said the launch of the Hindi website would be beneficial for MPs and the Lok Sabha secretariat.
Global interest in Indian languages growing: Anand SharmaJanuary 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With growing interest in India worldwide, Indian languages are also attracting global attention, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma said here Tuesday. 'Global interest is also increasing in Indian languages and their literature.
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