AHMEDABAD: One of the largest public libraries in Ahmedabad,  the Sheth Maneklal Jethabhai (MJ) public library,  inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi with the donation of his  personal collection of 7,000 books in the 1930s—recently   recently audited the number of books it has for visually  impaired people. A report in this regard claims that some  2,500 audiobooks were recently added to the reference and  regular book stacks. The library also possesses Braille books.

It all started in 2016 at Berlin for her and she says she has not looked behind since then. She has crossed one obstacle after another and now flies to Tokyo to throw the club as far as possible to clinch the gold. The Paralympics gold.

Ekta Bhyan, a club and discus thrower, will be fighting for a podium finish at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 in Women's club throw F51.

The Hisar girl is World No 5 and started pursuing the sport at the international level in 2016.

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 12

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said that specially-abled persons can apply for the Unique Disability Identity Card (UDID) at sewa kendras, common service centres or government hospitals and online personally.

KARACHI: Ali Khan Tareen and Fizza Hussain, who are visually impaired siblings, have converted their disability into an opportunity. They are inspiring other differently-abled people to follow their passion.

The siblings, who hail from Karachi, have started selling homemade traditional and fast food. “Being disabled does not mean you should stop achieving your dreams,” Fizza Hussain said while talking to M.M News.  

Harkanwar Kaur

Chandigarh, August 3

Gaganjot Kaur, a student of Institute for the Blind, Sector 26, scored 95.4 per cent in her Class X exams, the results for which were declared by the CBSE on Tuesday.

With her determination Gaganjot showed that being visually impaired was no hurdle in achieving her dreams. “Students need to focus on their studies to accomplish their goals,” said Gaganjot.