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Content  in  regional lingo gains traction

Regional languages will make up 60% of television consumption in 2025 from around 55% in 2020 and around 50% of streaming video consumption from 30% in 2019, according to a 26 March Ficci-EY media and entertainment industry report.

3 min read5 Apr 2021
Industry

FM bats for regional language usage in banking

Nirmala Sitharaman said there is a need for bankers to know the local language of the area they are posted in

2 min read2 Oct 2020
News

Spain locks down one million as Europe battles regional surge

Madrid's health authority said new rules largely banning tens of thousands from leaving their districtsRussia's capital has ordered vulnerable residents to stay at home and France has forced restaurants, bars and other venues in major cities to shorten their hours

3 min read25 Sep 2020
News

CCEA approves ₹1,340-cr recapitalisation of regional rural banks to improve CRAR

Rice and wheat will be given at concessional rates for the next three months to 80 crore people, said I&B Minister Prakash JavadekarCabinet approves extension of scheme for rebate of state, central taxes on export of garments

1 min read25 Mar 2020
Politics

Government launches Regional Connectivity Scheme 4.0

The government is also promoting short-haul routes under the latest bidding round of the schemeThe government is also promoting short-haul routes under the latest bidding round of the scheme

1 min read3 Dec 2019
Industry

Now, HDFC website in Hindi, Marathi, 4 other Indian languages to help home loan buyers

The HDFC says its website content is now also available in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and KannadaThe initiative aims to facilitate HDFC to promote the govt's flagship scheme PM Awas Yojana in tier-II, tier-III cities and smaller towns with a vast non-English speaking segment

3 min read20 Oct 2019
Politics

Narendra Modi pushes for dialogue, breaking language barriers and New India

'Language has been exploited by selfish interests to create artificial walls in the country''Can we not use the power of language to unite? Can media play the role of a bridge and bring people speaking different languages closer'

3 min read30 Aug 2019
News

As US-China row rages, Asean cautions against a zero-sum game

Leaders agrees to lead the shaping of the economic and security architecture of the Indo-Pacific regionThe document is significant as it seems to seek a distance between China and other powers who have unveiled Indo-Pacific strategies, most notably the US

2 min read25 Jun 2019
News

The decline and fall of regional parties

Several regional satraps, from Naidu to Banerjee, lost their national bet in 2019. Where do they go from here?

10 min read9 Jun 2019
Opinion

Opinion | Economic geography central to India’s regional inequality woes

Policymakers would do well to look at the issue through the prism of economic geography—density, distance, division

4 min read30 Apr 2019
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