Mobile thief arrested after visually impaired Ambernath resident trips him at Dadar railway station, holds him down in a vice-like grip until cops arrive; not the first time he's caught a swindler red-handed
Imagine a life without sight. Scary and difficult isn't it? Eyes are such an important organ of the human body. They allow us to see the beauty of this wonderful world. Yet, we pay so little attention to our eyes. If we have fever or an upset stomach we immediately rush to a doctor.
15 million people in India are blind, which is 50% of world’s blind population
The Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Thawar Singh Gehlot and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis launched the ‘Accessible India’ Campaign for Persons with Disabilities on 24th September 2015. The campaign promises to target three verticals – Built up environment, transportation ecosystem and the information and communication ecosystem. The launch of this campaign itself is path breaking, as political parties and governments in the country have neglected the disabled.
It was an exhilarating moment for the over 300 odd students, professionals – all visually impaired – who heard and understood each and every moment on an onscreen movie for the first time at the Mehr Chand Polytechnic College, Jalandhar. It was also the first time an audio film was screened in Punjab.
Aggrieved over “lack of action” by Delhi government on issues affecting people with disability, hundreds of disabled people plan to march towards the secretariat on October 6 to seek a meeting with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and put forward their demands. Muralidharan, convenor of the Delhi Viklang Adhikar Manch shared the plans for the march, which will be held under the leadership of 16 organisations, at a press conference Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: Disabled rights activist Javed Abidi was forced to get off his wheelchair at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday, when despite his protests, the CISF gave him the option of either complying with their rules or missing his flight.
By July 2016, the Government plans to make 75 railway stations and all 21 international airports across India disabled-friendly, as part of its ‘Accessible India’ campaign.
He saw Shubhangini tend to her daughter Laila’s day-to-day needs and eventually make her independent enough to come back and care for her mother. An everyday challenge – for Laila, who is wheelchair bound and has cerebral palsy and also Shubhangini to understand and meet her needs. The life of the Laila, completely depended on the bond Shubhangini created with her. But that is a storyline of Margarita with a Straw.
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