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.

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.

Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed an SSLC student   from Mysuru who secured 514 marks with 92 marks in Kannada  even though she hails from Uttarakhand during his 89th  episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’.

KOCHI: The life of Saly KP, 58, a blind woman from Ernakulam is quite inspiring. When her husband suffered a stroke and went into a coma, she was forced to take care of her entire family, which includes two daughters. But fate didn’t stop with its cruelty there. Soon, Saly became partially blind, and eventually, she lost her eyesight completely. But she didn’t flinch or give up. She started indulging in palliative care and caring for those in need, free of cost. The state vice-president of National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is still ready to offer help to anyone who needs it.

DEHRADUN: Citizens group 'Been There Doon That (BTDT)'  organised a heritage and nature walk for students of   National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with  Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD) and Bajaj Institute of Learning  (BIL). The walk was held at the campus of the Wildlife  Institute of India (WII) at Chandrabani to mark  International Biodiversity Day on Sunday.