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Topic: Languages

Why are humans able to speak & learn complex languages? The answer could be locked in a gene variant

Akanksha Mishra -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Hindi to English to Hungarian—why swear words sound obscene

Ryan McKay -
The idea that the sounds in such words contribute to their offensiveness violates a linguistic principle—that the relationship between the sound and meaning of a word is arbitrary.

Korean is fastest growing language in India, thanks to Squid Game & K-pop, survey finds

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
English, Hindi, French and Spanish are the top four languages Indians are currently learning, according to survey by language learning app Duolingo.

Not just Sanskrit, Gujarati owes a lot to Arabic and Persian languages too

Shreya Parikh -
Words from ‘foreign’ languages like Arabic, Persian, and English used in spoken Gujarati were replaced with those derived from Sanskrit.

Iron tablets, polio-drug vials will soon come with labels in Hindi, other Indian languages

Himani Chandna -
The proposal focuses on iron tablets and polio drops as they are the drugs most commonly administered to children at government centres.

Global Pulse: Bhutan’s balancing act, German party wants to defeat nativism with humour

ThePrint Team -
While Doklam is diffused, it may well propel Bhutan out of its overreliance on India.

Nervous HRD ministry waves red flag as Niti Aayog panel stokes language row in Tamil Nadu

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Panel appointed by Niti Aayog after a review of autonomous bodies by the Department of Education wants merger of Classical Tamil Institute with national body. ANUBHUTI VISHNOI

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Opinion

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

MH Mody -
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Bangladesh lost on all fronts under Yunus. A herculean task awaits the new PM

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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