Take Hindi lessons, India's FM urges

A day after it was announced that President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would meet for talks over the weekend in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj emphasized the importance of learning Hindi to Chinese college students in Beijing.

Hindi, India's official language alongside English at the national level, is being promoted at home and abroad by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

Dozens of other languages are used by Indians across the states, making India perhaps the most linguistically diverse country in the world.