LIC attributes the default Hindi setting on its website to a technical glitch, following backlash from Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

LIC ‘s new website changed the default language from English to Hindi and the option to change the language to English is under the menu option ‘bhasha’ (language), written in the Devanagiri script

Posting a screenshot of the LIC webpage, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin wrote in a post on X: “The LIC website has been reduced to a propaganda tool for Hindi imposition. Even the option to select English is displayed in Hindi!

Tamil Nadu opposes “imposition of Hindi” in every form and has been following a two-language formula of Tamil and English.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday took strong exception to the use of Hindi language on the website of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, and said that the website has been reduc

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) charged that the portal of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), a public sector entity, has been reduced to a propaganda tool for Hindi imposition.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin recently on a social media post accused Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of using its website to promote Hindi, claiming it was part of an agenda to impose the language on non-Hindi speaking regions.

The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, on Tuesday, clarified that its website was not shuffling the language page due to some technical problem and added that the matter has been resolved. The insurer was responding to allegations by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin who,