The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file reply within four weeks in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the difficulty faced by blind persons in identifying currency notes and coins.

A division bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur, while hearing a petition filed by National Association for the Blind (NAB), asked the central bank to submit its response within a month and allowed the petitioner to file a rejoinder within two weeks of RBI filing its reply.
 

BENGALURU: Nearly a year after the Mysuru railway station became the first in the country to put in place facilities for the visually impaired, the Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna railway station in Bengaluru is all set to emulate it.

The same non-governmental organisation that made it possible in Mysuru will be implementing it in the City too.

BHUBANESWAR: Differently-abled students from across the State underlined the need for inclusive education in Government schools at ‘Prativa O Manthan’, a workshop organised by Swabhimaan here on Thursday.

CHENNAI: Listening to the radio, he was standing behind the counter as we stepped into his shop at LIBA (Loyola Institute of Business Administration). With just a ‘Hi' from an old student who accompanied us, this visually challenged shop owner broke into a wide smile. Ask any student from LIBA where they get their stationery from and they all say, ‘Vijay anna!'