Ninth World Hindi Conference begins today

The ninth World Hindi Conference (WHC) is set to begin in Johannesburg, South Africa today, seeking to promote and widen the reach of Hindi language. Secretary (West), ministry of Foreign Affairs, M Ganapathi said that the aim of the conference is to increase the reach of Hindi language in different parts of the world. Ganpathi added that the proposal to make Hindi an official language in the United Nations might be presented in the conference.