CHANDIGARH, (India): Punjab has become the first state in India to introduce sign language in its Legislative Assembly to facilitate persons with disabilities.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Arabic School, Islamic Studies Department, Ministry of Religious Affairs in collaboration with the National Association for the Hearing-Impaired (OKP) conducted a sign language workshop yesterday at the common room 2 of the school.
The sign language movements, integrated into the choreography, have sparked a social media sensation.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Language and Literature Bureau (DBP), through its Library Division, in collaboration with the National Association for the Hearing-Impaired (OKP), organised a basic sign language workshop at Balai Sarmayuda, DBP in Berakas.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to make English the official U.S. language, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
KOTA KINABALU: What began as an unplanned academic path has blossomed into a lifelong mission for Nur Adira Mad Harim, a special education teacher at Keningau Vocational College (KVC).
PETALING JAYA: A foreign visitor’s experience in Malaysia will be enhanced if the country’s signage is in other languages as well, says Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing.
RIYADH, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Saudi think tanks inked here on Wednesday an agreement to jointly establish an institute for China studies in Saudi Arabia.
From NAOMI ALEA of City University Malaysia in Petaling Jaya, Selangor
With the title of "man's best friend", the idea of communicating with our canine companions has always fascinated dog owners and animal behaviourists alike.
GABORONE, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Confucius Institute at the University of Botswana (CIUB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Livingstone Kolobeng College (LKC) on Thursday to introduce Chinese as a second language at the secondary school.
Almost all leading AI chatbots have cognitive issues, casting doubt on their ability to replace human doctors.
JOHOR BARU: In the absence of words, speech-impaired popiah seller Said Rizwan Rahmattulah's hands do all the talking.
KUALA LUMPUR: A hearing impaired woman was congratulated by Human Resources Minister Steven Sim for getting a better job at a recent career festival in Penang.
(Reuters) - Orange has struck a multi-year partnership with OpenAI in Europe that will give the French telecoms operator access to pre-release AI models, group chief artificial intelligence officer Steve Jarrett said on Wednesday.
SINGAPORE: When Coldplay singer Chris Martin performed two of the British band’s songs in Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) at their ongoing National Stadium concerts, the results were not perfect. But Lily Goh, the Singaporean deaf artiste who made a video of Something Just Like This (2017) in SgSL for the 46-year-old frontman to follow, says she “closed one eye” and still sees it as a win for the deaf community.
IN a Jakarta theatre, the music pulsed from speakers as a group of young artists danced in a musical, bathed in multicolour stage lights. But no one was singing.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (March 20, 2025)
Snapchat is adding to its options with a new Lens, an animated filter in augmented reality specially dedicated to sign language. The idea is to encourage users of the social network to learn American Sign Language through fun little activities.
JOHOR BARU: Learning sign language has help opened many doors for sign language interpreter Siti Hanim M. Zulkepli.