South Korean team develops 'Iron Man' robot that helps paraplegics walkThe Exoskeleton Laboratory team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said their goal is to create a robot that...
23 Dec, 2024, 08.35 AM IST
Disabled UPSC candidate denied service despite clearing exam four timesA UPSC candidate with muscular dystrophy, Kartik Kansal, has been repeatedly denied service despite ranking in the civil services exams. Hi...
21 Jul, 2024, 10.42 AM IST
Will ask authorities to frame SoP for wheelchair-bound passengers at airports: SCThe Supreme Court, including Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, J B Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra, will ask the Centre, Airport Authority of India...
26 Feb, 2024, 08.08 PM IST
Princess Kate scores try and conversion in World Cup Wheelchair, displays rugby skills after recent injuryPrincess Kate who is destined to become the Queen of England in the future, participated in wheelchair rugby, demonstrating her sportsmansh...
05 Oct, 2023, 11.36 PM IST
HC pans IRDAI for calling disabled "sub-standard lives", says they can't be denied health coverThe court has asked the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to take immediate steps to modify the terminology "...
15 Dec, 2022, 06.57 PM IST
IIT Madras develops India’s first indigenous motorised wheelchair vehicleNeoBolt was developed by a team led by Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, and has been commerciali...
23 Aug, 2021, 03.46 PM IST
Treat disabled as most treasured passengers: High Court to RailwaysIt advised the Railways not to put special coaches at the extreme front or rear of a train as at smaller stations these would be outside th...
24 Jul, 2017, 09.22 PM IST
Where there is a will, there is a wayFrom para-badminton to wheelchair tennis, how K Gopinath turned adversity into an opportunity
23 Nov, 2016, 12.08 AM IST
Corporates' approach towards differently-abled is changingEven as the government kick-starts programme to make buildings, transport and websites accessible, Corporate India is trying to make workpl...
13 Aug, 2016, 11.07 AM IST
Toyota ties with Segway to develop advanced wheelchairsThe agreement announced Saturday gives Toyota a licence to use Kamen's technology installed in prior generations of wheelchairs for medical...
23 May, 2016, 12.31 PM IST
No queue, wheel chairs, braille ballots for disabled voters"We flagged them in the electoral rolls. Wherever they were in large numbers the returning officers are ensuring more facilities," he said.
19 Apr, 2016, 02.33 PM IST
Disability is no barrier to sucess: Just meet these peopleStephen Hawking was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at the age of 21. We all know what he has done since!
20 Oct, 2015, 05.54 PM IST
Pakistan postpones execution of disabled death row convictOrdering the postponement, a magistrate said that Basit could not be hanged in compliance with the jail manual because he is in a wheelchai...
22 Sep, 2015, 11.59 AM IST
Delhi Elections 2015: Few model polling stations fail to impress votersAt the polling station in BB Block Shalimar Bagh, disabled voters were forced to bring wheelchairs from their homes as there was no such fa...
07 Feb, 2015, 10.18 PM IST
Delhi Elections 2015: Disabled persons turn out in strength to cast vote60-year-old Ram Lal, who came on a wheelchair escorted by a youth, flaunted his inked finger after casting his ballot at a polling station ...
07 Feb, 2015, 08.19 PM IST
Lok Sabh polls: Disabled-friendly voting system to be made available, says EC to High CourtEC today informed HC that proper instructions had been issued to all state electoral officers to make necessary provisions to enable disabl...
02 Apr, 2014, 06.32 PM IST
- 'Airlines treat disabled passengers as sack of vegetables'
After SpiceJet, Jet Airways has been accused of showing apathetic behaviour towards a disabled woman.
24 Feb, 2012, 01.13 PM IST