Hindi in limelight as UN launches website

With the launch of the website, Hindi becomes the first non-UN Asian language to have that honour. The UN is currently also using Hindi on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to enhance its reach. The inauguration of the Hindi news website is said to be part of a UN pilot programme to promote global rules and values using languages other than the 6 official ones

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