Delhi Assembly Polls: Voter-friendly measures in place for smooth polling on Feb 5, says Chief Electoral OfficerAround 1.56 crore voters in Delhi are set to cast their votes on February 5 for the Assembly election. Voter-friendly measures include ramp...
31 Jan, 2025, 05.39 PM IST
Star Health Insurance launches Industry-first Braille Policy and flexible career options to support visually- impaired individualsStar Health Insurance launches 'Special Care Gold', India's first health insurance policy in Braille, in collaboration with NAB. The initia...
28 Oct, 2024, 11.22 AM IST
Star Health launches insurance policy in BrailleStar Health Insurance has launched an industry-first insurance policy in Braille, aimed at visually-impaired individuals. The 'Special Care...
04 Sep, 2024, 06.06 PM IST
ICMR releases National List of Essential Assistive ProductsThe NLEAP is a list of 21 assistive products and technologies that are deemed essential for individuals with functional impairments to impr...
16 Sep, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
GST on mobility devices: How do we break shackles of policy, says Supreme CourtA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna was told by advocate Jai Dehadrai that the matter was listed earlier on October 26, 2020,...
22 Jul, 2022, 09.07 PM IST
India's general election most inclusive poll: UN conference toldThe 2019 Indian general election was held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19. The poll results were declared on May 23.
12 Jun, 2019, 10.56 AM IST
CBSE moots sign language, Braille as subjects for special kidsCBSE has written to all states and other stakeholders for their comments on the policy draft which the ministry of human resource developme...
19 Sep, 2018, 10.14 AM IST
RBI to make it easier for visually impaired to identify bank notesUsually banknotes and coins have distinguishable identification features for the convenience of the visually-impaired.
06 Jun, 2018, 04.25 PM IST
Disabled demand rollback of GST on aidsFor disabled people like Ahmed, the 5% GST on basic aids and appliances like calipers, Braille writers and cochlear implants is an addition...
07 Jul, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
CitiusTech sets up Healthcare innovation Fund with SINETo start with, this is a five year commitment with an increasing annual contribution which could be extended at the end of the initial five...
01 Dec, 2016, 05.07 PM IST
No queue, wheel chairs, braille ballots for disabled voters"We flagged them in the electoral rolls. Wherever they were in large numbers the returning officers are ensuring more facilities," he said.
19 Apr, 2016, 02.33 PM IST
Centre to invest Rs 1,700 crore for NISH: Thawar Chand GehlotCentre will invest Rs 1,700 cr in phases to transform NISH here as the National University for Rehabilitation Sciences and Disability Studi...
29 Nov, 2015, 03.51 PM IST
Start-ups coming up with new applications for the visually impairedThe puzzle pieces are individual letters of the object name, whose contours will highlight the shape of the object when the pieces are put ...
29 Jul, 2014, 01.58 PM IST
The Budget has got investors confidence back on track: Piruz Khambatta"If the main focus of the Budget was to get confidence back on track, we have achieved it. At least we will see more investments from India...
10 Jul, 2014, 08.32 PM IST
Govt tries to reach out to electorate ahead of Lok Sabha polls 2014, okays 30 proposalsThe Cabinet, chaired by PM Manmohan Singh, raised the dearness allowance to 100% of basic salary from 90%, benefiting 50 lakh central gover...
01 Mar, 2014, 11.47 PM IST
Muthoot enters White-Label ATM space, to invest Rs 300 crMuthoot Finance entered into the White-Label ATM space by setting up its first such unit, and plans to invest Rs 300 crore in the next thre...
04 Feb, 2014, 03.11 PM IST
How entrepreneurs like Shilpi Kapoor, Ferdinand Rodricks are making technology, information more accessible to differently-abledBarrierBreak runs a website signntalk.com, which helps the hearing impaired communicate with the rest of the world using sign language.
21 Feb, 2012, 01.32 AM IST