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Visually Impaired Qualifies NET in Music
JAMMU: A visually-challenged man has cracked the National Eligibility Test (NET) and is set to become an Assistant Professor in music.
Rahul Kumar, an inmate of the residential school for blind at Roop Nagar, has qualified the NET in music. Kumar has been a recipient of 'President's Gold Medal' in BA and MA music.
Delhi: People with disabilities gear up for march on October 6
Aggrieved over “lack of action” by Delhi government on issues affecting people with disability, hundreds of disabled people plan to march towards the secretariat on October 6 to seek a meeting with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and put forward their demands. Muralidharan, convenor of the Delhi Viklang Adhikar Manch shared the plans for the march, which will be held under the leadership of 16 organisations, at a press conference Wednesday.
Disabled activist `humiliated' at IGI
NEW DELHI: Disabled rights activist Javed Abidi was forced to get off his wheelchair at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday, when despite his protests, the CISF gave him the option of either complying with their rules or missing his flight.
75 RLY STATIONS, 21 AIRPORTS TO GET DISABLED-FRIENDLY BY JULY 2016
By July 2016, the Government plans to make 75 railway stations and all 21 international airports across India disabled-friendly, as part of its ‘Accessible India’ campaign.
RANCHI TO HOST OXIGEN CUP 2015 FOR DISABLED CRICKETERS
Ranchi will play host to the fourth and concluding one-day international match of Oxigen Cup-2015, the bilateral series between specially-abled cricket teams of India and Sri Lanka. The match will be played on Friday at JSCA International Stadium Complex.
Feeling the art, this artist makes paintings even the blind can see
PUNE: "Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen," said Pablo Picasso.
Braille Tales of the Missile Man
CHENNAI: In a rare instance that gives a glimpse into the thoughts of former President of India, the late APJ Abdul Kalam, a book was launched in Braille format. Titled Kalam – Naam Ariya Pakkangal is a set of essays about Kalam written by people who knew him well, and by those who had interacted with him.
Destroying the Disability Dilemma
Working with special children for more than half of his life had made Caven S Mcloughlin ever-so-slightly nervous about having children of his own. And that is why the Professor of Paediatric Psychology at Kent State University ended up becoming a dad much later in life. Giving birth to children with a disability can be a life-changing event for any parent. Parents have to be acceptant of the fact and a lot more sensitive.
Jayalalithaa Announces Rs 1,263 Crore for New School Buildings
CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday announced a slew of measures for enhancing school education which included grant of Rs 1,263.53 crore for constructing buildings for 1,054 schools which have been upgraded as high schools during 2010-11 and 2011-12.
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