The teachers and parents have a very important place in life of a child and the children too should respect their parents and teachers, said the Governor of Uttarakhand, KK Paul while addressing a painting exhibition organised on the occasion of Children’s day at Rajbhavan on Monday.
Saurabh Malik
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 10
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has passed a stricture against the Haryana Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities for acting beyond the powers vested in him, pretending to be a court and hijacking the functioning of the government department.
The 15th edition of the CavinKare Ability Awards has invited nominations from amazing and awe-inspiring achievers with disabilities.
The awards come in two categories: CAVINKARE ABILITY Award for Eminence and the CAVINKARE ABILITY Mastery Awards. Each person can be nominated for one category.
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With Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing the withdrawal of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 in circulation from the midnight of November 8 2016, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is introducing other currency notes of higher denomination.
Amarjeet Chawla from Mumbai aims to run at least 101 marathons. (Source: Express Photo)
Vidya Sagar, an organisation that works with people with disabilities, hosted a panel discussion with authors and publishers who have written and published books on children with disabilities, at the Madras School of Economics on Saturday.
“There are very few books that can be accessed by children with disabilities,” said Rajul Padmanabhan, director, Vidyasagar. “It is important to include them in the school syllabus,” she said.
Over 52000 schoolchildren from all across the country lined up to take part in the Salwan Marathon held on Sunday in New Delhi. The annual run, which has made its own mark in India's sporting calendar that aims to inspire children through the inspirational power of sports, brought together students from various schools across India, including children from regions such as North-East, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, International Film Festival of India (IFFI), has tied up with Saksham, a non-governmental organisation, to bring the magic of movies to the visually challenged.
The idea is to make movies accessible to all, and, in the process, reach out to wider audiences. Initiated in collaboration with UNESCO, the move, aimed at empowering persons belonging to marginalised sections of society, will see the visually challenged enjoy films screened at IFFI like common audiences.
Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) along with Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled is organising a South Zone event which will be inaugurated on the November 3 at Rural Development Trust grounds at Anantapur. Six teams - Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry and Telangana, will take part in the tournament.
Finals tomorrow
The finals will be held on November 4 at 11.30 a.m.
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