From advocates to artists, from lawyers and models, from doctors to judges, it is time to realise that people with disabilities are so much more! Here is Newz Hook’s list of the 20 Disabled People with a Global Voice you must follow.
Greta Thunberg, Disabled climate change advocate
A National Sample Survey Exercise pointed out that about 5% of the total population in India sleeps without two square meals a day. The Public Distribution System (PDS) later revamped to the Targeted Public Distribution System (TDPS) aimed at providing food and grains to the needy. To make the TPDS more beneficial and more focussed towards the right category of population, the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) was launched in December 2000. AAY is the Government scheme that was launched to provide highly subsidised food to one crore poorest of the poor families in India.
Antyodaya Anna Yojana Apply | अन्त्योदय अन्न योजना ऑनलाइन आवेदन | अन्त्योदय अन्न योजना लाभार्थी सूची | Antyodaya Anna Yojana In Hindi
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to promote social harmony, Odisha Government has decided to give cash award of Rs 2.5 lakh to a normal person for marrying a Person with Disability (PwD). The Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) department has floated a new scheme that promises an incentive of Rs 2.5 lakh to be provided for the wedding between a normal person irrespective of category of disability and a PwD so as to mainstream the latter in the society.
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, December 31
Member of Parliament Santokh Singh Chaudhary on Thursday gave a cheque for Rs2 lakh to cricket player Tejinder Pal Singh, who was part of the Indian team that won the Blind Cricket World Cup held in South Africa. The Indian team had brought home the world cup trophy after defeating Pakistan in the final.
World Braille Day 2021: When he was at France's Royal Institute for Blind Youth Braille started working on a system so that visually impaired people can read and write easily.
New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: World Braille Day is observed on January 4 every year to mark the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille language. Born on January 4, 1809 in France, Braille is credited for developing Braille language for blind and visually impaired people.
New Delhi, December 26
The government has proposed to set up a "first of its kind" university covering the entire gamut of disability studies and rehabilitation sciences in an accessible environment.
In a public notice issued on December 24, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, has invited comments from stakeholders on a draft bill to set up the university.
A special educator at the Government Boys Higher Secondary School at Nambiyur here has received the “Best Teacher Award 2020” from the State Government for his service towards the differently abled students.
J. Manjunathan, serving in the school since 2009, is one among the three teachers in the State who received the award from the Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on the occasion of International Day of Disabled Persons on December 21 in Chennai.
HYDERABAD: Education of children with disabilities (CWDs) was among the most-affected segments of life during various phases of the Covid-linked lockdown, a study by an independent agency in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala has found.
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