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Government jobs for those with learning disabilities tooNine months after the enactment of Right of Persons with Disabilities Act in April 2017, the Centre has spelt out the rules for employing d...- No X-ray screening for disabled at airportsThe decision came after a meeting was held on Wednesday between officials of CISF, the airport sector, BCAS and the ministry of civil aviat...
- CISF ends taking off prosthetics, getting off wheelchairs for airport securityIn a major decision aimed at easing air travel woes of those who are disabled, the Central Industrial Security Force will use explosive tra...
- 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...
- Women's Cricket World Cup: India starts cautiously against PakistanEarlier, India won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their third Women's World Cup match
- Come April differently-abled may get equal opportunity to workEvery company and govt department will have to frame an equal opportunity policy specifying how it is employing differently-abled persons a...
- Shivpal Yadav pushes aside Akhilesh's loyalist on stageParty sources claimed Abidi's name was included in the list of speakers but whatever Shivpal did, was on the directions of party surpemo Mu...
- Department of Empowerment of Disability Affairs to incorporate the word ‘Divyang’ in Hindi and English namesOn December 3, at the launch of Accessible India, PM had suggested the same, prompting PMO and Ministry of Social Justice to begin consulta...
- Revision of building code for the disabled to focus on accessibilityA meeting of all stakeholders, including the director general of the Bureau of Indian Standards, in charge of the code revision, and expert...
- With disability bill stuck in PMO, hope fades for its passage in HouseThe new law will expand the definition of disability including 19 conditions compared to just seven disabilities in the 1995 Act.
- Accessible India: Draft building code exempts 14 places from having toilets for disabledThe disability sector has been demanding that every part of the code be reviewed keeping accessibility in mind.
- World Disability Day: Arm-twisting norms a severe letdownMany of the disabled who are selected are allocated lower services than their ranking merits on the plea that the nature of their disabilit...
- Lemon Tree Hotels partners with NCPEDP for the upcoming Helen Keller Awards in December 2015The Awards will celebrate encourage individuals and organizations working to promote equal opportunities for employment of people with disa...
- In a first, sign language to be used tooSign Language interpretation would be made available at the swearing in ceremony Narendra Modi as prime minister.
- Protest held over delay in passage of Disability Rights billThe bill, which seeks to broaden the ambit of disability from existing seven to nineteen categories is stuck owing to disruptions in Parlia...
- Budget 2013: Government asked to give adequate funds for education of differently-abledNCPEDP Javed Abidi said government must ensure higher allocation of resources for ensuring better educational facilities for differently-ab...
- Budget 2012: 30% jump in budget for disability sectorHowever, the NGOs expressed unhappiness and said the budget has left disability sector extremely disappointed and disillusioned.
- Millions of disabled missing in censusA question on disability was added in the 2001 census questionnaire for the first time since Independence ; however, being a last-minute ad...
- 'Online CAT exam discriminatory'Disabled people today raised objections to the decision making CAT exams for admission to IIMs online, alleging that the move was a "discri...
- Websites will talk to you nowWebsites will soon be accessible to the disabled, especially the visually-impaired, once the Union government makes it mandatory for all we...
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