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Banks are cutting credit card perks quietly; Learn how to get more value from your walletMany banks have recently reduced credit card rewards, cashback limits, and perks, prompting cardholders to reassess their spending strategi...
SC seeks Centre, NCERT's response on plea against CBSE's 3-language rule for Class 9 studentsThe Supreme Court will review a plea challenging the CBSE's new policy for Class 9 students. This policy mandates studying three languages,...
Supreme Court to hear plea against CBSE's policy making three-language study compulsory in Class 9 next weekThe Supreme Court will hear a plea next week challenging the CBSE's new policy. This policy makes studying three languages compulsory for C...
Something is going seriously wrong with the US Navy: After the USS Gerald Ford fire comes another crisis — Navy warship Higgins goes dark for hoursAfter the Gerald Ford Fire, the USS Higgins goes dark, and the US Navy's crisis deepens. A guided-missile destroyer loses all power and pro...
Hypertension called lifestyle disorder to deny disability pension; Delhi HC rules in favour of retired Air Force officerThe Delhi High Court ruled in favor of a retired Air Force officer, stating that hypertension cannot be dismissed as a mere lifestyle disor...
Panel to examine medical grievances in adoption casesThe Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has constituted a medical grievance committee to address recurring complaints about the heal...
"Completely antithetical, reeks of ableism": SC orders revision of "both hands intact" rule for MBBS admissionThe Supreme Court has ordered revision the 'both hands intact' requirement for aspiring doctors, deeming it discriminatory against persons ...
NITI Aayog plans policy to push local production of assistive devicesThe Indian government is developing a policy intervention to promote the mass manufacturing of assistive devices. The aim is to incentivize...
Discus thrower Vinod loses Paralympics bronze, declared ineligible in classification reassessmentThe 41-year-old BSF man, whose Army man father was injured during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, produced a best throw of 19.91m to finish thi...
- Sensory loss linked to greater risk of death
New York, Oct 8 (IANS) A natural decline of the five classical senses - vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch -- can predict a number of ...
- New robotic device may improve stroke survivors' mobility
Seoul, June 11 (IANS) Researchers have developed a new robotic tool that may in combination with standard rehabilitation programme improve ...
Government starts 'On-line On-Site' to aid persons with disabilitiesThe 'On-line On-Site' beneficiaries registration system is an initiative taken up by ALIMCO, as part of the Digital India campaign.
National Institute of Speech and Hearing partners with Federal Bank to set up ATCNISH has partnered with Federal Bank to set up an Assistive Technology Centre for enhancing higher education possibilities for people with ...
Make DDRCs fully functional to tackle JE, AES cases: J P Nadda to statesThe minister emphasised that all stakeholders should do everything in their means to prevent deaths due to JE and AES.
- Rs 68 lakh given to Salman Khurshid's trust on basis of forged letter
This was in addition to Rs 71 lakh that the trust got from the Union ministry also, allegedly, on the basis of forged letters in 2009-10.
- Income Tax Department to pay Rs six lakh to road mishap victim
Income Tax Department has been ordered by a road mishap tribunal to pay over Rs six lakhs as compensation to a photographer who suffered pe...
- Cos need to enable equal options
It isn’t easy for a person with disabilities to get even a toehold at times in a company.