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English not the only means of progress: RSS supreme

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A day after BJP president Rajnath Singh’s English bashing, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat Saturday said it is an “illusion” that English is the only means of progress.

Poor English saved Japan banks

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Tokyo: Japan’s banks emerged from the 2008 global credit crisis largely unscathed because senior employees did not speak English well enough to have got them into trouble, the country’s finance minis

Four out of 10 Indian engineers can't comprehend English

In a shocking revelation, four out of every 10 engineers in India are unable to understand English, which includes their day-to-day conversation and writing correct sentences, a survey has found.

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Bangladesh bans 'Banglish' to protect local tongue

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A Bangladesh court has outlawed the use of English slang known as 'Banglish' on television and radio stations, a move welcomed by experts on Friday who worry about a foreign invasion of their language

Fear for jobs ignites 'English crisis' in Japan

It's eight in the morning in a Tokyo office building, and a dozen middle-aged Japanese businessmen sit inside small booths, sweating as they try to talk English to the instructors in front of them.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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