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Chandigarh, May 24, 2025: In a historic move promoting national integration through linguistic diversity, students from Andhra Pradesh government schools will now learn the Punjabi language as part of a five-day cultural exchange program. Punjab's School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains announced the initiative, stating it will foster deeper inter-state understanding and unity.Under the Union Ministry of Education's cultural pairing scheme, Punjab has been paired with Andhra Pradesh. Students from classes VI to X in Andhra will study the basics of Punjabi, while their counterparts in Punjab will learn introductory Telugu. The curriculum includes greetings, alphabets, numerals, common phrases, songs,…