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Wed, 03/01/2017 - 10:39 -- geeta.nair

Modi meets victorious India’s T20 Blind Cricket Team

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met members of India’s T20 Blind Cricket Team which recently won the World Cup and said their deeds are an inspiration for millions of people.

“Had a memorable interaction with our champion cricketers, the winners of the T-20 Cricket World Cup for the Blind,” Modi said.

“Inspired by their seniors, most of these cricketers picked up the game in their school days. Today, they are an inspiration to all of us,” he tweeted.

HT Web Exclusive: Visually impaired IIM-Lucknow girl beats all odds to land job

Mon, 02/27/2017 - 11:17 -- geeta.nair

Nobody thought 21-year-old Paridhi Verma could get any job offer during the placement process at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.

However, Verma’s candid reply about her acute visual impairment at the recently concluded campus placement in one of the top business schools in the country left many job-seekers stunned. “Yes, I have a disability. I suffer from macular degeneration with visual impairment up to 90%,” she confirmed.

Eight visually-impaired candidates clear Odisha civil services exam

Tue, 02/21/2017 - 11:01 -- geeta.nair

Of the 670 candidates that made it to the Odisha civil services examination’s merit list last week, eight personified not just a triumph of mind, but also of grit and determination.

Sannyas Behera, who was turned down every time he applied for a government job, topped the list of visually-challenged candidates. Visually-impaired Sukanti Dash, who despite being a post graduate in history could not land a government job, too made it to the merit list.

So did Sasmita Kumari Jena, the daughter of a driver from Koratpur, who overcame her impairment.

HP TO CLEAR BACKLOG OF JOBS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Fri, 02/17/2017 - 11:34 -- geeta.nair

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday asked the officials to clear the backlog of jobs for the visually impaired.

Officials said that at present, there is a backlog of 163 jobs kept for the physically challenged.  The Chief Minister, who presided over a meeting here, directed the backlog of 65 jobs for the visually impaired should be cleared soon.

The meeting decided to relax some qualification norms, particularly for teaching posts in the state's Education Department, for the physically challenged.

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