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Washington, July 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said on Friday that America’s culture and national identity were facing a sustained challenge, warning that efforts to rewrite the country’s history threatened the values that, he argued, had sustained the United States for 250 years.In an address at Mount Rushmore on the eve of the nation’s 250th Independence Day, Trump devoted a significant part of his speech to what he described as attempts to undermine America’s historical legacy and weaken…

Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) Amid ongoing controversy surrounding the mandatory teaching of the Hindi language in primary schools in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday in the State Assembly that while the state values multilingualism, only the Marathi language will remain compulsory in the state’s educational framework. In his reply to the debate on the Governor’s address, the Chief Minister shifted the focus toward the previous state administration.He produced minutes from …

Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) For a long time, students studying in Bengali-medium schools in West Bengal have been grappling with a fear of the English language. Due to a lack of confidence in speaking, writing and understanding English, many students tend to fall behind academically. To address this long-standing concern, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has taken a special initiative.A special workshop has been organised at the beginning of the new year with the objectiv…