CHANDIGARH: Having waited for chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Health minister Anil Vij to act as Santa Claus for them, visually impaired men are now expecting a New Year gift from the government even as they are staging an agitation in Sector 5, Panchkula, to press for their demands of adequate employment opportunities and other facilities to be extended to them like other categories of various disabilities.
NEW DELHI: Disabled people will now be able to avail benefits and concessions in education, health services, loans, jobs and other schemes with Delhi government notifying the rules under Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 on December 28 after a delay of over a year. Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/disability-act-rules-notified-to-provide-level-playing-field/articleshow/67342810.cms
As the years go by, some of the blind blunders and battles that made me anxious, angry, or annoyed in the past have slowly converted into what I'm going to call "blind blessings".
See from the heart’ a blindfold run was held Sunday across 35 locations in 16 cities including Pune. The run was held to support the upcoming run to be undertaken by six visually impaired runners along with their six guides from January 23 to January 25 from Mysuru to Bengaluru.
एक दृष्टिबाधित युवक ने हाईकोर्ट में याचिका दाखिल कर आरोप लगाया है कि रेलवे ने उसे उसके दस्तावेजों के सत्यापन के लिए पर्याप्त समय नहीं दिया। इसके चलते वह ग्रुप डी पद पर चयन के बाद भी नियुक्त नहीं हो सका। कोर्ट ने पीड़ित की याचिका पर केंद्र सरकार से जवाब तलब किया है।
VIJAYAPURA: Undeterred by the prevailing agricultural crisis, a visually-challenged man is well on his way to built a career as a farmer. Sahadev Shinde, a 40-year-old resident of Uttnal of Vijayapura, is preparing to adopt a new technology designed exclusively for the sight-impaired to take up farming.
HYDERABAD: As many as 19 visually-impaired students from the University of Hyderabad (UoH) were extended financial assistance by the Help the Blind Foundation on Friday.
BENGALURU: In a bid to make buses accessible to differently abled passengers, KSRTC has provided foldable ramps and customised wheelchairs at major bus stations across the state. In the first phase, 21 of 77 stations across Karnataka have received ramps and wheelchairs.
CHANDIGARH: Seven years after an acid attack visually impaired her and brought life to a standstill, 30-year-old Inderjeet Kaur of Mohali has started a new innings of her life as a banker.
Trichy: A unique personality development and capacity building workshop for persons with blindness will be held here on December 29 and 30. The workshop is being organised by All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) under the sponsorship of Christoffel Blindenmission.
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