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।

NAGPUR: Country's first-ever radio channel for the visually impaired, named 'Radio Aksh' has been launched in Nagpur, with the Blind Relief Association Nagpur and Samdrushti Kshamata Vikas Avam Anusandhan Mandal (Saksham) serving as the pioneers of the concept that will help the visually-impaired gain seamless access to education resources and audiobooks.

Tribune News Service

Saurabh Malik

Chandigarh, April 12

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State of Haryana and its functionaries to take necessary steps to comply with administrative instructions issued by the Chief Secretary’s office regarding promotion of persons with disability.
 

The instructions have been addressed to all the departments across the board in the State of Haryana.

HYDERABAD: In a ray of hope for children of two government high schools for the blind in Dar-ul-Shifa and Malakpet, the Telangana high court on Tuesday set a deadline of three days for the state to fix problems of food, beds, toilets, sanitary napkins, braille books, etc., while ordering it to improve all other facilities within one month.