India's biggest retail event is here! Big Bazaar has announced Mahabachat, a big shopping initiative, across all 357 Big Bazaar and FBB stores in the country on 9 August. With wheelchair assistance, priority counters and a sign language invite, every effort has been made to make shopping an inclusive affair.
ISLAMABAD:
For the first time, a three-member team from Pakistan would feature in the 2019 International Visually Impaired Archery Championship that is scheduled to be held from September 25 to 30 in Andorra.
पांच साल पहले घर से भागकर दिल्ली आए दृष्टिहीन मुन्ना शाह ने दिल्ली पैराओलंपिक तैराकी स्पर्धा में दो स्वर्ण और एक रजत पदक झटका। बिहार के छपरा से दिल्ली पहुंचे मुन्ना की स्वर्णिम सफलता के पीछे कड़ी मेहनत और लगन शामिल है। तैराकी प्रतियोगिता दिल्ली के रोहिणी में 4 अगस्त को समाप्त हुई। वह कबड्डी के भी बेहतर खिलाड़ी हैं। राष्ट्रीय प्रतियोगिता में इस खेल का प्रतिनिधित्व कर चुके हैं।
PATNA: A first of its kind Braille smart classroom is being created in a Begusarai school to impart reading, writing and typing education to visually impaired children.
India is home to world’s largest visually impaired population numbering over 50 lakh people According to the 2011 census, the country also tops the chart for the corneal blind in the world. This is a long way from ensuring an inclusive society for visually challenged citizens as taboos continue to exist around organ donation and corrective surgeries are still a far-fetched reality. However, a few individuals, organisations, NGOs and voluntary groups are leading the way in setting standards for their inclusion.
CHENNAI: These self-professed nerds would take up topics of international relations and economics over sports and pop culture any day. Nevertheless, no topic or team could come in the way of their thunderous win - India’s first at the World Schools Debating Championships(WSDC) 2019 in Bangkok.
Tejas Subramaniam, Bhavya Shah, Manya Gupta, Saranya Ravindran and Prithvi Arun have bagged the championship that is usually dominated by native English-speaking countries like Australia, which has won the championship the most times, followed by England.
THE BOMBAY High Court on Thursday directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file an affidavit stating reasons behind changing the features and size of currency notes from time to time.
A bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice N M Jamdar was hearing a petition filed by the National Association of the Blind (NAB), seeking directions to include distinctive features in new coins and notes for easier identification by the visually impaired.
CHENNAI: While India has always faced flak for being insensitive to the plight of the disabled, a recent allegation by a Chennai student has brought to fore the government's callous attitude towards the community.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), it is estimated that approximately 1.3 billion people in the world live with some form of vision impairment. The leading cause of this is mainly refractive errors and cataracts.
The Supreme Court (SC) agreed on Monday to consider giving an urgent hearing to petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a Maharashtra law that granted reservation to the Maratha community in education and jobs.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi took note of the submissions of a lawyer that the petitions were not getting listed for hearing.
“You give the memo. We will look into it,” said the bench.
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