EC warns political parties of action for using abusive language

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 22:46

The EC has taken a serious note of the "plummeting" levels of political discourse during the ongoing assembly polls in five states.

Gender of speaker may affect how we understand words

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 13:01

Sex of a speaker may determine how quickly and accurately we understand words, a new study suggests.

Gender of speaker may affect language processing

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 20:10

Sex of a speaker may determine how quickly and accurately we understand words, a new study suggests.

Music skills evolved 30 million years ago

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 18:25

Music skills evolved at least 30 million years ago in the common ancestor of humans and monkeys, scientists have found.

`Error 404` most popular words on web for 2013

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 19:16

The most commonly used word across the web in 2013 was 404, which refers to an online technical error code, the Global Language Monitor has claimed.

Now, fashion-conscious smartwatch made especially for women!

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 16:48

US software giant Microsoft has developed a new cost-effective sign language translator that converts signs into spoken and written language - and vice versa.

Now, translator that converts signs into spoken and written language

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 15:19

A team of researchers has developed a translator that is able to convert signs into spoken and written language - and vice versa.

Outsiders in Karnataka should learn Kannada: Siddaramaiah

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 15:53

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said outsiders settled in Karnataka should learn local language Kannada and decried that English education system had been reduced to a commercial activity.