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India’s Contribution for Hindi @ UN project
India has contributed $800,000 to the [email protected] project to encourage the use of Hindi in the United Nations (UN). What is the ‘Hindi @ UN’ project? It is a project launched by the Government of India in collaboration with the UN Department of Public Information in 2018. What is the objective of the ‘Hindi @ ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Bengali language • Hindi • Hindi language • Official language • UN • Unga
Hindi descriptions of India’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites
January 10 is celebrated as the World Hindi Day. On the World Hindi Day of 2022, the World Heritage Centre announced that it is to provide Hindi descriptions of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India. WHC operates under UNESCO. World Hindi Day It is also called Vishwa Hindi Divas. It is celebrated on January ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: English • First World Hindi Conference • Indira Gandhi • Mandarin • Manmohan Singh • most spoken languages • National Hindi Divas • Official language • official language of India • Official Languages • Spanish • UNESCO • Vishwa Hindi Divas • World Heritage Sites • World Hindi Conference • World Hindi Day
April 20: UN Chinese Language Day
Every year, on April 20, the United Nations Chinese Language Day is observed. The day is observed to pay tribute to Cangjie. Cangjie is a mythical figure who invented Chinese Characters. The first UN Chinese Language Day was observed in 2010. About Cangjie The legend in China is believed to have four eyes. Also, it ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Arabic • Chinese • Language Days • Literacy and Multilingualism • Official language • Russian • Spanish • UN Chinese Language Day • United Nations • working language
Lai Haraoba Festival begins in Tripura
On January 2, 2020, the Lai Haraoba festival began in Tripura. The festival will be celebrated for 5 days. The festival is celebrated by the Meitei community. The community is spread across Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Myanmar and Bangladesh. However, the festival is widely celebrated in the state of Manipur. Lai Haraoba Festival Lai Haraoba ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Eighth Schedule • Forest • Hindi • Lai Haraoba • North East • North East Festival • Official language • Tripura
UN English Language Day
The UN English Language Day is observed every year on 23rd of April to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six official languages throughout the Organization. These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. For the English language, 23 April was chosen because it is the ..
Topics: Arabic • Arabic language • Cultural diversity • Culture • English language • Language • Language acquisition • Multilingualism • Official language • UN Arabic Language Day • UN Chinese Language Day • UN English Language Day
National Hindi Divas (NHD)
The National Hindi Divas (NHD) is celebrated every year on September 14 in India. On this day, in 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India had adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of India under Article 343. In all, there are 22 Scheduled languages of India, of which, two are officially used ..
Topics: Devanagari • Hindi • Hindi Divas • Indian culture • Indo-Aryan languages • Languages of Gujarat • Languages of India • Languages of Maharashtra • Languages with official status in India • Official language • Official languages of India • States and union territories of India