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TopicDivyang

Topic: Divyang

SubscriberWrites: ‘Divyang’ and Politics of Naming —Rethinking Language for Persons with Disabilities

Calling persons with disabilities ‘Divyang’ may sound noble, but critics say it romanticizes struggle, masks barriers, and risks replacing real rights with token symbolism.

Raipur to host 17th Divya Kala Mela

The week-long fair will showcase products created by 100 Divyang artisans, artists, and entrepreneurs from over 20 states and union territories.

CRPF personnel who lost limbs are training as ‘cyber warriors’, para athletes at this institute

The National Centre for Divyang Empowerment in Hyderabad has brought in domain experts to train personnel in AI, cyber security and para sports.

Yogi says he will not let UP become ‘divyang’. He just reinforced a disability stereotype

Has the re-christening of people with disability as ‘divyang’ helped people with disability and how they are treated and perceived in India?

Disabled Indians have climbed the Mount Everest, but still struggle to enter temples and mosques

It is sad that barriers are built on the basis of a person’s disability- especially in India where the Ashtavakra Gita is based on a person with 8 physical disabilities

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.