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Clear filtersFor the first time in the history of Indian cinema, a film in the Santhali language has won a National Film Award. The short film 'Angen (Invisible)' was honoured at the 72nd National Film Awards, and its director Ravi R...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive cultural intervention to prevent linguistic extinction, authorities strictly and officially inaugurated 'Shabdalok' (World of Words) in Kolkata, forcefully launching...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive celebration of linguistic mastery, legendary Tamil poet, lyricist, and writer R. Vairamuthu was strictly and officially conferred the highly prestigious 60th Jnanpith...
Digital Public Infrastructure: DARPG Partners with Bhashini to Integrate 22 Scheduled Indian Languages into Public Grievance NetworksIn a major digital public infrastructure (DPI) milestone driving citizen-centric govern...
Digital Public Infrastructure: Eighth Schedule Linguistic Integration Scales Up AI-Driven Governance and E-Services Across Subcontinental DialectsIn a major digital public infrastructure (DPI) milestone driving language...
Meghalaya State Language Act Amendment: Promoting Local IdentityOn April 16, 2026, the Meghalaya Cabinet approved the Meghalaya Official Languages Ordinance, 2026. This landmark decision grants official status to Khasi a...
Linguistic Inclusivity: India’s Constitution Released in Sindhi LanguageIn a historic move to strengthen India's democratic fabric and promote linguistic diversity, Vice President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan released the la...
Vairamuthu has been conferred the Jnanpith Award 2026, becoming the third Tamil writer to receive it and the first in 24 years. The earlier Tamil laureates were Akilan and Jayakanthan. Vairamuthu had won the Sahitya Akad...
The Mizoram Legislative Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution seeking the inclusion of the Mizo language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The State clarified that inclusion would not affect the Schedul...
The President inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the Ol Chiki script in New Delhi. Pandit Raghunath Murmu of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, created the script in 1925 to give the Santhali language its own writing system. It...
Celebrations for 100 years of the Ol Chiki script were held in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Ol Chiki is used to write Santhali, a language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, and its creator, Pandit Raghunath Mu...
