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Sahitya Akademi
Nov 7th
The Sahitya Akademi was set up by the Government of India to foster and coordinate literary activities in all the Indian languages and to promote through them the cultural unity of India. The Akademi was formally launched by the Government of India on March 12, 1954. It was registered as a society on January 7,
Prabhash Joshi no more
Nov 6th
Well known journalsit Prabhash Joshi died due to heart attack on Nov 5th 2009. One of the greatest figure of Indian print media Prabhas Joshi also a well known writer and political commnetator. He was the founding editor of well known daily Jansatta (Hindi). He was the person who changed the form and shape of
Ali Sardar Jafri
Nov 5th
Urdu Poet and Author (November 29, 1913 – August 1, 2000) Born: November 29, 1913 at Balrampur, UP. Wife: Sultana, Married in 1948 Important Works: Parwaz, 1943 Nai Duniya Ko Salam, 1948 (Translated into many Indian languages) Khoon Ki Lakeer, 1949 Amn Ka Sitara, 1950 (Translated into Russian, English and eleven Indian languages) Asia Jaag
Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
Nov 5th
The objects of the university shall be to promote and develop Hindi language and literature in general and for that purpose, to provide for instructional and research facilities in the relevant branches of learning; to provide for active pursuit of comparative studies and research in Hindi and other Indian languages to create facilities for development
Softwares for Six Indian languages released in public domain
Nov 2nd
Thiru A Raja, Union Minister for Communications and IT released a set of Software Tools and Fonts for six Indian languages, namely Bangla, Konkani, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Manipuri and Santali for free public distribution at a function jointly organized by the Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) programme of Department of Information Technology (DIT) and Centre
A N Sinha Institute of Social Studies
Oct 28th
A N Sinha Institute of Social Studies was establised as an autonomous institution by an Act of the Government of Bihar. This institute started operation on October 8, 1964. It is under the management of a Board of Control consisting of eleven members, including the chairman. Its activities are financed mainly out of grant from
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
Oct 28th
The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, also called the CSDS or informally, just the Centre, is a premier institute of India in the social sciences and humanities. The Centre provides a unique institutional space which seeks to nurture intellectual interests outside the entrenched boundaries of academic disciplines. This simultaneously gives the Centre a
Awareness raising workshop on IDN by CDAC
Oct 27th
An awareness raising workshop on Internationalized Domain Names is being organized by C-DAC, Pune and Department of Information Technology (DIT). This is being organized in Pune on 29th October 2009. In connection with the Proposed final implementation plan of ICANN this workshop is of great importance. ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from
The ‘Open’ Tower of Babel
Oct 27th
by Rajesh Ranjan Here’s a reality check on the regional desktop localisation efforts. According to the Bible, there was a time when all those on earth spoke one language. And humanity, united by one language, started building the Tower of Babel to reach the heavens and discover the ultimate truth. As this was open defiance
