AHMEDABAD: Such was the apathy of the state government towards the visually impaired that, when the high court ruled in favour of 11 blind candidates, asking the education department to provide jobs to them in November 2012, in February 2013, the government brought out a notification restricting the appointment. The division bench of justice Jayant Patel and justice Z K Saiyed on June 12, 2013 had taken a serious note of this notification.
KOZHIKODE:The Kerala State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed the Lottery Department to issue tickets in different colours and style every week.
SHRC member K Mohan Kumar, who considered the petition filed by lottery agent K R Harikumar, a blind person hailing from Kannur, said that the move is intended to help the visually challenged lottery vendors.
State has blind spot for visually impaired
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Health Minister V S Sivakumar will inaugurate the medical camp for children with disabilities which will be held at the Government UPS, Fort, popular by the name ‘Satram School’, on Friday. The Minister will distribute Assistive devices at the programme.
DHARWAD: The physically-challenged in Dharwad have a reason to cheer. The Union government is planning to set up a Deen Dayal Upadhyay Rehabilitation Center (DDRUC), a national sports complex and hostels for them in the district, said Thaawar Chand Ghelot, Union minister for social justice and empowerment.
PUNE: If you thought running a marathon was difficult, imagine doing it blindfolded...run a few kms with a companion as a guide, trusting his/her judgment and not getting freaked out by the vrooms and the honking.
The Sports Ministry has extended the benefits of Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) to India’s elite disabled athletes by providing them funding to prepare for next year’s Paralympic Games in Rio De Janerio.
Punjab on Sunday launched a Statewide novel campaign to motivate people in general and vehicle drivers in particular to pledge their eyes and other body parts to benefit lakhs of visually impaired people of the country and other patients in dire need of transplantation of various body parts.
Yograj Singh, a visually impaired (75% loss of vision) school headmaster of Government High School, Beerampur, in the backward Bet area of Hoshiarpur district, has cleared the UPSC with rank 1213.
A visually impaired officer has been appointed the vice-principal at the Punjab jail training school, Patiala, in an alleged violation of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA).
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