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597 stations now disabled-friendly with lifts and escalators: RailwaysGiving a break-up, the railways in the statement said 1,287 escalators at 372 stations and 1,292 lifts at 497 stations were provided till D...17 Jan, 2024, 10.26 PM IST- Niti Aayog plans policy to push local production of assistive devicesNITI Aayog has started discussions with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), World Health Organisation (WHO) and stakeholder mini...15 Sep, 2023, 12.41 AM IST
- International Yoga Day in Hyderabad: In world-record attempt, 3,000 persons with disabilities do asanasAs many as 3,000 persons with disabilities practised yoga together here in an attempt to secure the world record at an event organised to c...21 Jun, 2023, 02.42 PM IST
- 4,798 persons with benchmark disabilities recruited in govt jobs from 2018 to 2021: Centre in Lok SabhaWith the enactment of 'The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016', 4 per cent of the total number of vacancies to be filled up by d...21 Dec, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
- Complaint filed against Aamir Khan's 'LSC' & Taapsee Pannu's 'Shabaash Mithu' for 'ridiculing' people with disabilitiesThe films allegedly violate sections of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016.24 Aug, 2022, 08.38 AM IST
- Last date to register for pick-and-drop facility for elderly Delhi voters extendedTo facilitate voters with disability, distribution of wheelchairs at polling booths is being augmented where larger number of locomotor dis...04 Feb, 2020, 03.55 PM IST
- Acid attack victims to get quota in central government jobsThe move to enhance reservation quota for those with learning disability and acid attack victims comes after passage of the Rights of Perso...28 Jan, 2018, 01.53 PM IST
- Arunachal govt to raise pension for differently abledVoicing regret over concerned government department's failure to fully implement the 5 per cent job quota for the disabled, the Chief Minis...22 Feb, 2017, 01.12 PM IST
- 3 per cent quota for differently-abled, not implemented: Government"The provision is for three per cent reservation, but it is far less," Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot said du...03 May, 2016, 03.57 PM IST
- Blind, cerebral palsy-affected candidates can use scribe: UPSC"Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers for...02 May, 2016, 04.20 PM IST
- Government planning new inclusions under Disabilities Bill, mulls including dwarfismThese include proposal for admission of special children in govt-recognised educational institutions; specific learning disability to be in...26 Jan, 2016, 05.28 AM IST
- No transfer for employees with Thalassemia, Haemophiliac kidsGovernment employees who have children suffering from Thalassemia and Haemophilia will be exempted from routine transfers and will not be a...05 Jan, 2016, 07.20 PM IST
- Access denied: How babus find ways to disable an able causeDespite being selected, she had earlier been denied a posting citing her disability and she was fighting a case in the Central Administrati...03 Dec, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
- World Disability Day: These success stories prove disability is no impediment“The prime minister says `Education for All' but it needs to be applicable to the disabled as well,“ said Ahmed, a former student of APD.03 Dec, 2015, 10.27 AM IST
- Blind, cerebral palsy-affected candidates can use scribe: UPSCCandidates suffering from blindness, locomotor disability and cerebral palsy can use scribes to write civil services preliminary and main e...21 Jun, 2015, 02.48 PM IST
- Do not transfer employees with differently abled kids: GovernmentThe word 'disabled' includes blindness or low vision, hearing impairment, locomotor disability or cerebral palsy, leprosy, mental retardati...10 Jun, 2014, 03.05 PM IST
- Government criticised for poor implementation of Disabilites ActAddressing a press conference, Pincha described the implementation of PwD Act in the state as 'alarmingly pathetic' with scope for improvem...21 May, 2014, 05.16 PM IST
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