Obstructions due to potholes, poles and kiosks on pavements, especially for the differently-abled, in Delhi University’s North Campus on Tuesday led the Delhi High Court to take civic body officials to task for “criminal negligence”.
The Assam Government will provide free textbooks to visually impaired students of the State, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister made the announcement while releasing a guidebook for the visually challenged students for competitive examinations.
Mr. Sonowal said his government has taken up various programmes aimed at uplifting the lives of the 4.4 lakh ’dibyangs’ (differently abled) in Assam.
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.
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.
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.
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?”
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.
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.
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.
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