IEX launches Project Netra Shakti to support visually impaired youth with AI assistive devices, improving accessibility, mobility and inclusion through CSR initiatives.

Indian   Energy   Exchange (IEX), India’s premier   electricity   exchange, through its  CSR  initiative Project  Netra Shakti, aims   to empower   visually   impaired   individuals   by   enabling   access   to   advanced   assistive   technology.

Woman becomes first visually impaired person in state to complete PhD
In a significant feat, Dr Muskan Negi, Youth Icon of the Election Commission of India, who is also an accomplished singer and an Assistant Professor, has become the first 100 per cent visually impaired woman from the state to be awarded a PhD by Himachal Pradesh University (HPU).

Five-km route completed in around 45 minutes on steep hills, rubble, and sharp slopes under guidance of bikers honking to alert them

PUNE: Lt Col C Dwarakesh's journey is a testament to an extraordinary will that refuses to yield to adversity. After losing his eyesight in a work-related accident in 2014, most would have expected his military career to end. Instead, he scripted history and became the first officer in the Indian Armed Forces to continue in active service despite total blindness.

The top court mandated that every UPSC examination notification must include a clear provision permitting eligible candidates to request a change of scribe up to at least seven days before the examination.

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea which said the authorities have effectively extinguished the concessional Goods and Services Tax benefits on the purchase of cars by persons with disabilities.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued notices to the Centre and others, including the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, seeking their replies on the plea within four weeks.
Issue notice, returnable within four weeks," it said while hearing the plea filed by a 100 per cent visually-impaired man.