Activists term situation ‘unfortunate’

The three-year action agenda document recently released by NITI Aayog is inaccessible to the visually impaired and those who use assistive technology for reading, say activists.

The plan proposes several policy changes for short-term implementation in India, and covers sectors such as agriculture, industry and manufacturing.

Beyond reach

The document available on the organisation’s website, however, is inaccessible to many.

The city is likely to get a Blind Football Academy (BFA), the first ever exclusive academy for differently-abled talents in the country soon.

The Society for Rehabilitation of Visually Challenged (SRVC) and the Indian Blind Federation (IBFF) are making an effort to establish the same.

Unique IFS recruit impresses the French
 

Paris, April 30: A blind Indian girl from Chennai in her twenties is opening the eyes of the French.

Beno Zephine, the only blind person ever to be recruited to the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), is taking the well-ordered, impeccable foreign policy environment in the French capital, where diplomacy was born, by storm.

Question bank of competitive examinations in Braille will be one of the key features

The University of Mysore has proposed to set up a national institution, a nodal centre in the country, exclusively for the visually imapired to enhance their skills and increase their employability in the market-driven corporate world.

The university said it is committed to provide inclusive education and training to students with special needs.

Fourteen-year-old Kartik Sawhney dreamt of pursuing an education in the sciences. He worked harder than his peers and spent extra hours on his lessons. His natural aptitude for science was matched by his dedication for perfection.