DifferentlyAbled

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Electronics Sector Skills Council of India (ESSCI) to provide job opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). The MoU signed on March 8, will provide PwDs with the necessary skills …

Social Justice Ministry to skill differently-abled in electronics sector Read More »

The Barrier-free Kerala programme of the government is progressing. It aims to make all public buildings, PSUs and parks, disabled-friendly. The state government plans to establish a sports academy for the differently abled, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. He was addressing a gathering of differently abled organised as part of Mukhamukham, an interaction programme …

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Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla while speaking as the Chief Guest during the Silver Jubilee function of Chetna organization at Vijaypur in Bilaspur district today, lauded its efforts towards welfare of specially abled and empowering women. The Governor said that the organization was instrumental in empowering the disabled, bringing qualitative change in their lives through various …

Governor Shukla lauds efforts of CHETNA, an NGO for inclusive development of specially-abled children Read More »

Photo Credit: ptinews Aamir Hassan had to learn quite early in life that left is right for him. He didn’t really have a choice. Fingers of his right hand had to be amputated when he was just an infant after burn injuries caused by an accident deteriorated into severe infection. But life wasn’t done testing …

Challenged by life in more than one way, Kashmir’s differently-abled cricketers shine Read More »

The BMC informed the Bombay HC that it will rectify in 3 months the discrepancies in the distance between bollards that makes footpaths inaccessible to differently abled persons and senior citizens on wheelchairs. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Wednesday, informed the Bombay High Court that it will rectify within three months the discrepancies in …

Mumbai: BMC To Rectify Footpath Accessibility Issues For Differently-Abled, Senior Citizens In 3 Months Read More »