The chief electoral office (CEO) in Jharkhand on Tuesday announced a series of measures to ensure hassle-free participation of voters with disabilities in the Lok Sabha elections.

State’s CEO, L Khiyangate said that visually impaired voters would be provided with Braille enabled voter slips and pick and drop facility would be given to the physically challenged persons in coming parliamentary elections. Khiyangate said that the initiatives were taken as part of Election Commission of India’s (ECI) strategy framework for ‘accessible election.’

Does cataract affect youngsters too?

For a long time, cataract was considered a condition that only affected people aged 55 years and above. In recent years, however, we have seen more and more cases of cataract in people as young as 35-40 years! While it is true that cataract is more cases of cataract in people as young as 35-40 years! While it is true that cataract is more commonly seen in the elderly, many people with certain ‘risk factors’ are developing it at an early age.

CHENNAI: Five people with disabilities were honoured for their achievements and contributions to the disabled community, at the 17th edition of the CavinKare Ability Awards function on Saturday. 
The prestigious Ability Mastery Award went to para-athletic champion Venkatachalam M  from  Gudiyatham for his trail-blazing show in the International Para Games in Thailand in 2018. Venkatachalam was left with a severe disability after a road accident and worked in a mobile recharge shop but went on to win gold and silver at the games.

Blind football coach Trilochan Behera and blind footballer Samar Nandi from Odisha would attend the coaches’ and players’ training session for new and upcoming blind football trainers to be held in Kochi from February 26 to 28.

The training session is being organised by the Indian Blind Football Federation (IBFF) in association with the England FA Blind Football Association. 

In My Take this week, blind Kishan Gangolli, regarded as the greatest blind chess player that India has ever produced, talks about his journey reaching the top of the game and why he nearly quit playing.

Growing up in Shimoga, Karnataka, I could never participate in games or play outdoor sports like my friends and classmates did. I had 75% vision disability, which limited my sports options and I would stay indoors during games period, which was quite lonely.