Internet domain in Indian launguages

Internet domains will be available in a number of Indian languages like Boro, Hindi, Konkani, Marathi and Sindhi from August 27.

This will allow users and domain investors to access information in their chosen language. This will be followed up with domain names in other languages including Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Urdu, Tamil and Punjabi. The announcement was made at the International Domain Conference held to mark World Domain Day at Madhapur on Sunday.

“The domain names ending with .Bharat in Devanagri script cover Indian languages like Boro, Hindi, Dogri, Konkani, Maithalai, Marathi, Nepali and Sindhi. For example, Nixi.bharat will be in Hindi language. Soon it will be followed by domain names in other languages including Bengali, Telugu, Gujarati, Urdu, Tamil and Punjabi”, said Dr Govind, CEO, of National Internet Exchange of India.

He added that NIXI was working towards promoting Internet in rural areas. “Internet governance is coming up in a big way and we need to have a multi-stake holder approach for issues pertaining to public policy and critical Internet resources,” he said.