In a first, Army's Eastern Command uses regional languages for social media posts on Durand Cup
The Indian Army's Eastern Command is broadening its reach by incorporating Bengali, Assamese, and Manipuri into its social media communications, alongside English and Hindi, starting with posts about the Durand Cup 2024. This initiative aims to connect with a wider audience, particularly non-English speakers in the region.
PTI Durand Cup 2025 Kolkata: For the first time, in its vernacular language outreach, the Eastern Command of the Indian Army has started using regional languages, including Bengali, Assamese and Manipuri, on social media handle during its posts on Durand Cup 2025.'Indian Army has started sharing information in vernacular languages in Bengali, Assamese and Manipuri, apart from English and Hindi. It is aimed to connect and reach out to more number of people, especially the non-English speaking people, who are conversant in vernacular languages, so that the information has better reach,' CPRO Himanshu Tiwari told ET. On Saturday, the Eastern Command, posted in three vernacular languages -Bengali, Manipuri (Meitei) and Assamese languages on its official social media Handle.'With aim to connect with broader audience and reach the locals, in their vernacular languages, we have introduced the outreach in Bengali, Manipuri and Assamese,' a senior army officer said.In future, other regional vernacular languages, used in the North Eastern region, which falls under Eastern Command, may also be seen as medium of local outreach and communication by the Indian Army, people in the know told ET.
The Eastern Command's new regional language outreach started for the first time with posts on Saturday about the Indian Oil Durand Cup. Jamshedpur, the Steel City of the country, will host Durand Cup for second consecutive year with a grand trophy showcase with the 134th IndianOil Durand Cup.The city is gearing up to host Asia's oldest football tournament with three silver trophies of the Durand Cup reaching the city and getting showcased here at the XLRI Auditorium today.Jamshedpur will host four teams with hosts and pride of the Steel City Jamshedpur FC, 1 Ladakh FC who will be making their debut in Durand Cup, Indian Army FT and Tribhuvan Army FT of Nepal Army adding international flavour to the tournament. A total of seven matches, including one quarterfinal will be played at the JRD Tata Sports Complex with the first match scheduled on 24th July with the other group stage matches to be played on 29 July, 2, 5, 8 and 11 August. The quarterfinals will be played on August 17.
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