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Reservation for disabled increased to 5%
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 12
A Panjab University committee has approved the enhancement of reservation to persons with disability from 3 per cent to 5 per cent. It will be implemented from the 2018-19 session and has been done to comply with the provisions of the Persons with Disabilities Act.
The implementation of the 5 per cent quota will result in a reduction in the general category seats from 55.5 per cent to 53.5 per cent.
‘Include lessons on rights of disabled’
CHENNAI: The HC has suggested to the government to include lessons on ‘disabilities’ and rights of the disabled, as also the value of tolerance, empathy and respect for them in the school curriculum from the next academic year.
FIRST BLIND OAS OFFICER JOINS PURI DM OFFICE
Sanyasa Kumar Behera, the first visually-challenged OAS officer, assumed office as the Training Reserve Officer at the Establishment section of the Collectorate here on Wednesday.
Behera, who is 100 per cent visually challenged from birth, is now doing entire office work through Braille script. Before joining, he had undergone four-month training at the Gopabandhu Academy of Administration in Sambalpur.
I am blind so is love, get over it": Nidhi Goyal, India’s first disabled woman comedian
Nidhi Goyal is a visually impaired stand-up comedian, making her mark in an industry dominated by men.
Nidhi wasn’t born blind.
At the age of 14, she was diagnosed with an incurable, irreversible eye disorder (retinitis pigmentosa) that eventually robbed her of her sight.
She learned that many people have various preconceived notions about disabled persons.
In cases like these, Nidhi would either call the person out or make a joke. It was on such an occasion that her friend and stand-up comedian Pramada Menon, asked Nidhi, “Why don’t you do comedy?”
Dressing up for Ivanka: 'Tactile' pavements for visually impaired
HYDERABAD: Less than three weeks before the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 (GES) kicks off in the city , the civic authorities are busy dressing up the city in every possible way for the foreign dignitaries that are slated to troop into the city by the end of the month.
RONNIE SCREWVALA BRINGS BLIND CRICKET TO THE SCREEN
The filmmaker’s next is about a talented but visually challenged boy from the slums of Mumbai who doesn’t let his means dictate his dreams.
Meet Kartik Sawhney: A visually-impaired Indian who's making things happen
In a world lost in selfies and procrastination, it's rare to come across stories of youths that inspire action towards a more just, inclusive tomorrow. Kartik Sawhney's is one such story.
Though his life has been a series of achievements, Kartik has one physical disability, he was born blind.
But that never stopped him from achieving feats that most youngsters only read about.
Visually challenged people allege delay in allotting houses
Government announced that 3,000 houses would be allocated across State
About 50 visually challenged men and women staged a road blockade in front of Madurai Collectorate on Monday alleging inordinate delay and indifferent attitude of the officials in allocating houses to them.
नेत्रहीन व मूकबधिर बच्चों की पढ़ाई पर संकट
तेजप्रकाश सैनी,मुरादाबाद : बेसिक शिक्षा परिषद द्वारा संचालित नेत्रहीन व मूकबधिर के स्कूल पर ताला लगाने की तैयारी है। समाज कल्याण विभाग ने अपनेराजकीय स्वच्छकार पद्धति कालेज में संचालित समेकित शिक्षा शिविर (स्कूल) को खाली कराने का अल्टीमेटम बेसिक शिक्षा विभाग को दे दिया है। दस नवंबर 2017 तक यह कैंपस खाली करना होगा। इन बच्चों की पढ़ाई पर संकट खड़ा हो गया है। वहीं नेत्रहीन, मूकबधिर के लिए राजकीय स्वच्छकार आश्रम पद्धति कालेज सुरक्षा की दृष्टि से भी उचित है। लाचार बच्चों की सुरक्षा को ध्यान में रखते हुए बेसिक शिक्षा विभाग को इतना सुरक्षित विद्यालय मिलना मुश्किल है। इसमें 60 बच्चों में कुछ नेत्रहीन
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