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GSEB Gujarat Board 12th General Stream Result 2022 Live: Result out, 86.91% pass

GSEB Gujarat Board 12th General Stream Result 2022: The Gujarat Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GSEB) has released the GSEB 12th or HSC General stream results on Saturday, June 4. The GSEB Class 12 results 2022 was announced at 8 am. Students can check the GSEB HSC general stream and vocational results on the official website of Gujarat board at gseb.org.
Here's the direct link to check the GSEB HSC general stream result

Nashik: Visually impaired girl comes 2nd in her college

Nashik: Smruti Baragi, who is visually impaired, scored 83.7% in the HSC exam to bag the second position in her college in the arts stream. A resident of Nashik, Baragi is a student of the KTHM College. The youngest of three siblings now wants to appear for the competitive examination and join the civil services.
Baragi did her schooling at National Association for the Blind and scored 89% in the Class X. With both of her parents in the educational sector, Baragi said, “The cooperation of my parents, sisters and friends have helped men come out with flying colours.”

Subsidy scheme on laptops

Saksham has come up with a subsidy scheme on laptops. As a part of this programme, the model of the laptop which is being provided is Lenovo V14 having following specifications:
i3,/14'' inches screen/1TB HDD/Original Windows10 upgradable to win 11/i3-11th generation intel chip-set/8gb RAM/ original MS Office license.
The amount which would need to be contributed for getting a laptop under this scheme is Rs. 17000

PM Modi launches new series of coins with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav design

New Delhi, June 6

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a special series of coins that are also ‘visually impaired friendly’.

The coins of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10 and 20 denominations will have the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) design are not commemorative coins and will be part of circulation.

“These new series of coins will remind people of the goal of amrit kal and motivate people to work towards the development of the country,” Modi said while addressing the iconic week celebration of the Ministry of Finance.

Disabled candidates in soup over KPTCL’s stringent rule on scribes

In a move that will discourage thousands of visually and physically challenged candidates from competing for the 1,498 government jobs, KPTCL has introduced a rule that makes it difficult for such candidates to get scribes.

Officials said the stringency was introduced in the wake of the PSI recruitment scam.

I Am What IIMC Made Me Today: Visually Impaired Samyak Attributes UPSC Success To Alma Mater

Bhubaneswar: “I am what IIMC has made me today… forever grateful!”, said Samyak Jain in a Tweet after the UPSC results were declared on Monday. Jain, who secured an All India Rank of 7, attributed his success in the UPSC exams to his alma mater, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC).

Shot in face after exposing Rs 100-cr scam, visually impaired UP officer Riko Rahee cracks UPSC

Meerut (UP), June 1

An Uttar Pradesh civil service officer who partially lost his sight and hearing after sustaining seven bullet injuries in an attack after he exposed an alleged Rs 100-crore scholarship scam has finally cracked the UPSC exam.

In the Union Public Service Commission examination 2021, Rinko Rahee, who cannot see well from one eye, has lost hearing in one ear and has a broken jaw, secured the 683rd rank.

Visually impaired teacher cracks UPSC exam top 50

NEW DELHI: When 29-year-old Ayushi’s brother broke the news to her on Monday that she had cleared the UPSC exam, it took her a minute to register it.
“Honestly, I was expecting my name in the list, but it was still a huge surprise to be in the top 50. This was my fifth attempt. In the previous attempts, I couldn’t even clear the mains. One gets demotivated as it’s a long journey. But people looked up to me with hope, and it helped me carry on,” Ayushi told TOI, a day after achieving 48th rank in the Civil Services Exam.

HOW THESE UPSC TOPPERS DEFIED DISABILITY AND POVERTY TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS

UPSC civil services 2021 rank holders are a mixed batch of bright minds from across the country. Among 685 candidates who passed India’s most prestigious exam with flying colours are Delhi’s Samyak Jain, (UPSC AIR 7) and Ayushi (UPSC AIR 48), both of them are visually impaired.

Kerala govt issues guidelines for appointments of differently-abled in aided colleges .

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government issued guidelines over the reservations for differently-abled persons in the appointments at the aided colleges.