Pharma industry seeks enhanced funds for healthcare sector, ease of doing biz in BudgetThe industry is also seeking simplification of various processes in order to enhance ease of doing business for the private sector companie...
Govt proposes to set up University of Disability Studies and Rehabilitation SciencesIn a public notice issued on December 24, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), under the Ministry of Social ...
From sippers and sweaters to mail and mulaqats, how prisoners are being kept waiting for basicsMany political prisoners in Maharashtra and Delhi has been struggling for access to basic necessities these last few months. Often, it is m...
NPRD seeks NHRC's intervention to provide basic amenities to jailed activist Stan SwamyEighty-three-year-old Swamy, a jesuit priest, was arrested for his alleged role inciting mob violence in Koregaon Bhima near Pune in Mahara...
Government claim on GST benefit on disability aids incorrect, misleading: Disability organisationsDisability organisations today said aids and appliances used by disabled persons were tax free before the GST regime came into force.
When netas use disability as abuseWhat invariably gets overlooked is the thoughtless manner in which disabilities are used in election rhetoric to imply inefficiency or stup...