The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed the State government’s move to close down a residential school for the blind and stop the supply of basic amenities to the school hostel.

A Bench headed by Chief Justice G. Rohini was hearing a petition filed by the National Federation of Blind which had challenged the move of the government. The petitioner, advocate Santosh Rungta, said the Department of Education had compelled parents to withdraw their wards from Andh Mahavidhyalaya on Panchkuian Road and admit them in other blind schools which were running to capacity.

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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.

Vikram Sharma

Tribune News Service

Jammu, February 19

Blind since birth, but Azhra Qureshi (27) from Rajouri district has a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Jammu and has also qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET).

Now, Azhra wants to do PhD and is looking for avenues.

NEW DELHI: Delhi University Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Yogesh Tyagi is showing the light to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to empower visually impaired students. The Delhi University in collaboration with te ministry will provide blind-friendly smartphones with new features.