| NEW DELHI: The department of personnel and training (DoPT) on Tuesday notified the policy on reservation in promotion to persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBDs) in central government posts, fixing 4% of total vacancies in the cadre strength within Group C, from Group C to Group B, within Group B and from Group B to lowest rung of Group A, for PwBDs. |
The Kerala State Information Commission has directed the Director of Health Services to take immediate steps to set up an outpatient counter at the Ernakulam General Hospital specially for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
HYDERABAD: Representatives from several organisations working among the visually handicapped said the government was not involving them while making decisions regarding the visually impaired. They demanded that the blind community at large be consulted before making any decisions for their welfare.
They were speaking at a meeting of the Hyderabad unit of the All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) with the representatives of all organisations working for the blind in the city on Saturday.
RAJKOT: “There is no light in my eyes but I have the spark that can ignite the life of our next generation.” Meet 60-year-old Mahendrasinh Zala of Rajkot who hooked a curveball that life threw at him right out of his boundary, and how.
While he had to hang his boots early on from his government job after losing 90 percent of his eyesight, Zala did not lose his vision — of mitigating the annual water scarcity problems he faced.
Ranga Rao Memorial School for Differently Abled (RMSD) has started the admission procedure for the current year. The school, run by Vasu Agarbatti Ranga Rao Memorial Trust and supported by NR Foundation, has invited applications from visually impaired girl students for Class 1 to 10 from across Karnataka for admission in the 2022-23 academic session.
Bengaluru: Narayana Nethralaya in collaboration with Acer India on Wednesday launched the PC and tablet-based software, "VisioNova" designed for children suffering from Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). This initiative by Narayana Nethralaya and Acer India aims at breaking down barriers and providing the patients with better access to treatment. Acer VisioNova, a path-breaking innovation was conceptualized as a mobile alternative to on-site therapy for CVI children that will offer them the standard care.
| PANAJI: Sakshi Kale didn’t look out of place at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim. Having travelled 40km from Usgao alone, walking through a dirt road to catch a bus and then changing it twice to reach the stadium, the 17-year-old was ready to test herself against the rest of the athletes for the 100m sprint at the SAG/GAA Mini State Athletic Championship. There was nothing unusual for the naked eye. Only that Sakshi was visually impaired and 100m sprint wasn’t her first choice. |
Visually impaired Lawyer Suraj Singh has been appointed as the Government Advocate in the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The appointment came after the lawyer sat on a protest outside the high court demanding sound implementation of disability laws in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir by the administration.
Spirotech द्वारा समर्थित नेशनल एसोसिएशन फॉर द ब्लाइंड-दिल्ली की डिजिटल लाइब्रेरी को इस पुस्तक की उपलब्धता की घोषणा करते हुए प्रसन्नता हो रही है। पुस्तक का नाम है: कस्तूरी कुंडल बसै (Kasturi Kundal Base) और लेखिका: मैत्रेयी पुष्पा (Maitreyi Pushpa)
माँ कुछ भी कहे, कस्तूरी को पढ़ना अच्छा लगता है। कलम, खड़िया, तख्ती और पोथी की फिराक में वह दिन-भर घूमा करती है, जिसके कारण घर और खेत के कामों में लापरवाही हो जाती है और वह भाई की फटकार के बाद माँ की मार खाना मंजूर कर लेती है। पढ़ाई के कलम-खड़िया जैसे साधन-प्राप्त करना कस्तूरी जैसी लड़की के न भाग्य में है, न बस में।
Mareena Damien’s life took an unexpected turn when she lost her vision due to a medicine allergy while in class 5.
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