Anubhuti
Vishnoi : New Delhi ,
Tue Jun 05 2012, 00:28 hrs
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/to-counter-pak-india-to-launch-its-own-urdu-wiki/957849/0
India
is concerned that its efforts and contribution to the Urdu language finds
little mention internationally and particularity in the Urdu Wikipedia started
from Pakistan .
“Unfortunately, people from Pakistan
are more in number and they keep their national interest ahead and mention India only
where it is unavoidable. Creating our own “Urdu-Wiki” will enable us to tell
our version of the story for promotion of Urdu language and literature,” NCPUL
has stated, adding that Wikipedia’s Urdu version from Pakistan does not translate India ’s effort
in the field of Urdu language and literature and often editors erase
India-centred posts or information
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/to-counter-pak-india-to-launch-its-own-urdu-wiki/957849/0
Come October, India will have
its own Wikipedia in Urdu. The aim of the project is to not only provide
authentic and comprehensive information in Urdu but to also counter Pakistan ’s
“propaganda” in the language.
The National Council for
Promotion of Urdu language (NCPUL), which will launch the Urdu Wikipedia, has
started work on the project.
“Just like in Wikipedia, people
will be able to provide and collect information about almost anything in the
world. In Wikipedia, information contributed is vetted for authenticity by
experts; we will do the same to ensure that information provided to the public
is a rich database free of prejudice and misinformation. The NCPUL will attach
its Urdu encyclopedia with the wikis,” Dr Khwaja Mohammed Ekramuddin, Director
of NCPUL, said.
The NCPUL has also begun
uploading digitalised Urdu texts on various subjects on its website and hopes
to upload over 1,200 textbooks in Urdu in digital format.
Govt panel to develop new JEE
software
Unfazed by objections to the new
Common Entrance Exam proposed for admission to IITs and all other engineering
institutes, the HRD Ministry on Monday started work on taking the proposal
forward. A committee has been set up to develop a software that will take
forward the new JEE plan for 2013, complete with systems for separate rankings
for IITs and all other institutes, online formats for weightage and percentile
formula, optical mark reader-based assessment of examination papers and so on.
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