Mandarin

Satyapal Singh's evolution remarks: Monkeying around with education will make Indian students a laughing stock

On Friday, Union minister Satyapal Singh claimed that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was "scientifically wrong" and it needed to be changed in school and college curriculum.

Emmanuel Macron in China: French president draws inspiration from panda diplomacy, gifts Xi Jinping a horse

In a response to panda power, French President Emmanuel Macron is betting on equine diplomacy during his first state visit to China — presenting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with a horse as a gift

Seasoned diplomat Gautam Bambawale to take charge as Indian envoy to China

A Mandarin speaker, Gautam Bambawale has also served as the deputy chief of mission of the Indian Embassy in Beijing earlier

Chinese soldiers should take Hindi lessons to avoid misunderstandings with Indian troops, says expert

China should follow India's move to teach Mandarin to its border troops deployed along the Sino- Indian frontiers and give lessons in Hindi to them for better communication and to avoid any "unnecessary" misunderstandings with their Indian counterparts, a Chinese expert has said.

Hong Kong protests challenging China's sovereignty not permissible, says Xi Jinping

Chinese president Xi Jinping on Saturday warned that any activities in Hong Kong seen as threatening China's sovereignty and stability would be "absolutely impermissible," employing some of his harshest language yet against burgeoning separatist sentiment in the territory.

25 Indian Army personnel join course to learn Mandarin, chinese culture at Visva-Bharati University in Kolkata

To make Indian soldiers conversant with the Chinese language, the Visva-Bharati University has started a certificate-level course recently.

Bill Gates joins Chinese messaging app WeChat; greets followers in Mandarin

American billionaire Bill Gates has become a rage in China after he opened an account on Chinese messaging application WeChat and greeted his followers in Mandarin, the media reported on Tuesday.

Indian-origin Singapore diplomat wants PIOs to learn Mandarin

The Indian community in Singapore should acquire a working knowledge of conversational Mandarin to communicate with the Chinese majority in the city-state, Indian-origin Singaporean diplomat Gopinath Pillai has said.

Mandarin is the new flavour at IIMs

Even though India has long benefited from the fact that English is the main language of global business, it cannot underestimate China's growing economic power, especially since China has now become India's biggest trading power.

Memo to Modi: Being Indian must not mean Hindi chauvinism

India needs to have a multi-language policy for government, and Hindi cannot be privileged over other Indian languages. A globalising country also needs to give English its due place in public communication