They covered the 600 m of the deepest stretch of the river, which has a maximum depth of 30 feet at one point, in 22 minutes flat

Swimming across the deepest stretch of Periyar on Thursday morning, 11-year-old Ibin C. Thomas never for once looked daunted.

Differently abled write to CJ for 4% job quota.

Tribune News Service

Shimla, March 3

Qualified visually impaired and other disabled candidates have sought four per cent reservation in employment. In a letter to the Chief Justice of the Himachal High Court, signed by 17 disabled candidates, they alleged that the government was violating the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2017, by not giving reservation to disabled persons in teaching posts in schools, polytechnics and colleges.

In a rare feat, three visually impaired Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) students of Alva’s College, Moodbidri, who passed out during 2018-19, have bagged the first three ranks in the final examination conducted by Mangalore University during April-May, 2019.

Of them, first rank holder, Nithyananda from Attur in Karkala, was the cynosure of all eyes when he received the degree certificate from Vice-Chancellor P.S. Yadapadithya at the 38th convocation of the university here on Thursday.

The audience applauded his achievement with a big thumbs-up.
 

Last week, two headlines on the digital platforms of leading dailies caught my attention. One read, “Two blind HSC students find writers at the 11^th hour”. And the second stated, “HSC exams: Finding writers a real test for some”.

Both these news stories highlight one of the most commonly faced problems by any blind student in India. Given their vision impairment, these students are dependent on ‘scribes’ to write their exams.