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Pune: Second International Festival of Spiritual India concludes

Tue, 02/04/2020 - 10:01 -- geeta.nair

The second edition of the International Festival of Spiritual India (IFSI) was held at the Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (Yashada), Pune, from January 31 to February 2. “The festival aims to demystify the concept of spirituality and bring it to the grassroots level. It attempts to make attendees aware of what spirituality means and rediscover the deeply engraved spirituality already within them, with a union of the mind, body and spirit,” said Manjiri Prabhu, the organiser of the festival.

Listen up, Content Developers

Thu, 01/30/2020 - 15:09 -- geeta.nair

By Shruti Pushkarna

 

At the risk of sounding self-aggrandising, I’d say I’m a fairly empathetic person. Even when I wasn’t working in the disability domain, I was reasonably conscious of the different needs of people. Not like I changed anything around me or was overly vociferous on such subjects, but at least I was ‘aware’.

 

And that’s what I want to talk about. Awareness.

 

Online training in digital accessibility for visually impaired people opens doors to new job opportunities

Thu, 01/30/2020 - 10:20 -- geeta.nair

The National Association for the Blind is organising online programmes on digital accessibility training for visually impaired people. This is important given the potential growth of job opportunities companies need people who can test websites and other digital mediums to ensure they are accessible for people with disabilities.

App aims to academically empower visually impaired students

Thu, 01/30/2020 - 10:12 -- geeta.nair

Swalekhan’ will help the obviate the need for hard-to-find scribes by allowing students to type in answers

An Android-based application (App) built on the basis of a technology innovation promises to academically empower visually impaired students by freeing them of their dependence on scribes while writing exams.

SC affirms 3% quota for disabled in PSUs

Mon, 01/27/2020 - 15:31 -- geeta.nair

It applies to direct recruitment and in promotions too, says top court

A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has granted relief to persons with disabilities across the country by allowing reservation in promotion in all groups for those employed in public sector jobs.

The Bench led by Justice Rohinton F. Nariman confirmed that 3% reservation should be given to disabled persons both in direct recruitment and in promotions.

Chennai: Disabled children participate in quiz contest

Mon, 01/27/2020 - 11:09 -- geeta.nair

CHENNAI:  Picture a quiz competition for school students. Nearly 200 of them are gathered in a room; tension runs high, as does excitement; the buzz that picks up as they sort themselves into different groups keeps up all through the event; some do well and others do even better; there are some giving away the answers, others getting it very wrong.

Law does not insist on online application for disability certificate’

Fri, 01/24/2020 - 11:18 -- geeta.nair

Directs government to issue instructions to authorities to act on application filed in physical form as per law.

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed the State government to ensure that authorities are properly instructed to issue certificate of disability by processing the physical forms received and not to insist on submission of applications online as the online facility was merely an additional way to receive applications as per
the law.

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