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 ...

They declared 'Tamil' to be the classical language based on its over-a-millennium-long history, valuable texts and literature, and originality. However, there had to be a team of experts to determine ...

Where on earth does a government recognise languages as classical? It happens only in India! But why? The plain answer is appeasing the linguistic and cultural sub-nationalities―an instance of ...

TEHRAN (ANI) – To deepen cultural ties, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced that India has decided to include Farsi (Persian) as one of the nine classical languages in India under the New ...

In her recent op-ed, Mayukha Karnam makes an excellent and important point that Greek and Latin are by no means the world’s only classical languages, and the “Languages at Harvard” booklet she cites ...

The campaign for classical language status for Maithili has recently gained renewed momentum, especially following the Union Cabinet’s approval of classical language recognition for five new languages ...

The central government spent ₹2532.59 crore on the promotion of Sanskrit between 2014-15 and 2024-25, 17 times the combined spending of ₹147.56 crore on the other five classical Indian languages –– ...

Mumbai: The Centre has issued an official notification conferring the status of classical language on Marathi. State Minister of Marathi Language Uday Samant and Union Minister of Culture Gajendra ...

The decision by the union government in 2004 to create a new category called the “classical language” tends to privilege a handful of Indian languages over numerous others. Constituting some languages ...

Mumbai: Union Minister of Culture Gajendra Shekhawat, on Wednesday, handed over the gazette notification to Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant on the Centre's move to award classical language status to ...

Per Arts & Sciences college requirements, many Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees require the completion of at least eight semester hours of work in a modern or classical language. Some ...

The 34th Manipuri Language Day Celebration in commemoration of the inclusion of the Manipuri language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution was held on Wednesday. Addressing the event, former Lok ...