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Meta AI glasses pilot faces privacy scrutinyPrivacy experts are flagging significant risks with Meta's AI glasses pilot for visually impaired citizens in Gujarat. Concerns centre on p...- Quote of the Day by Helen Keller: "When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life or the life of another" shows success is not always measured by achievements or rewards, efforts matterHelen Keller’s quote offers a timeless lesson about effort, kindness, and faith. It reminds us that our actions have the potential to creat...
- Turtlemint investors IPO cash out; Ola Electric eyes Sebi settlementPeak XV and Nexus Venture Partners are set to rake in manifold returns as insurtech company Turtlemint goes public. This and more in today’...
- On This Day in History June 1: From Genghis Khan and Scotch whisky to Marilyn Monroe, Superman's debut, The Beatles and other major eventsJune 1 marks significant historical moments. From Genghis Khan's capture of Peking in 1215 to the birth of Marilyn Monroe and the launch of...
- Greenland's independence champion despised Denmark. Trump changed his mindAs Greenland grapples with its quest for independence, a wave of rethinking has emerged. The persistent calls from US President Donald Trum...
- Quote of the day by Helen Keller: “Your success and happiness lie in you. External conditions are the accidents of life. The great enduring realities are…” Life lesson on success and happiness: the power that was always yoursHelen Keller quote on success and happiness: The woman who could not see the world proved that the world you cannot see is the only one tha...
- Alice Wong, disability rights activist and author, dies at 51Alice Wong, a prominent disability rights activist and founder of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed away at 51. She was a fierc...
- Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51Alice Wong, a prominent disability rights activist and author, has passed away at the age of 51. Wong, a luminary in the disability justice...
- SC issues notice to Centre, others on PIL for effective implementation of disability lawThe Supreme Court is taking action after a PIL demanded better implementation of the 2016 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act. The peti...
- NEET exam: Challenges faced by disabled candidatesDespite being visually impaired, Lakshay Sharma passed the NEET-UG exam successfully last year. However, during the counselling process, Ra...
- Heidi Crowter, a woman with Down's syndrome, loses appeal against abortion laws in UKHeidi Crowter, 27, suffering from Down’s Syndrome, fails to win the abortion law challenge in the court of appeal. The case is about permit...
- Centre removes 4% quota for differently abled in Police forcesThe major policy decision by a government which has often highlighted its equal opportunity measures for the differently abled, came as a s...
- Disability rights activist Arman Ali to represent India at US programmeDisability rights activist Arman Ali will take part in the US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP), a st...
- 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...
- PM Narendra Modi suggests use of 'divyang' for persons with disability in his 'Mann ki Baat'The Department of Disability Affairs has already had two meetings on this with experts since the PM spoke about it first.
- Budget 2014: India should allow 100 per cent FDI in disability sector, says FMAs such disabilities across the globe has become a huge market opportunity for disabled friendly, assistive technology products and service...
- Kapil Sibal meets representatives from disability sector opposing RTE ActSibal met representatives from the disability sector opposing the amended RTE Act that provides home-based schooling to severely disabled c...
- 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...
- Disabled children not to be in 'disadvantaged' classThey are likely to get benefit of 25% quota in private unaided school.
- Children’s education bill faces protests from disability activistsThe Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2009, which is being considered by the Lok Sabha, has invited protest from dis...
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