By directing the Union to establish mandatory accessibility standards, the Supreme Court elevated accessibility from an aspiration to a constitutional imperative.
For persons with mobility impairments, particularly those with cerebral palsy, locomotor disabilities, and high support requirements, air pollution is a logistical nightmare.
The video—in which Harbhajan, Yuvraj, and Raina were limping and mocking disabled persons—has been pulled down. Harbhajan has apologised, but it is too little, too late.
TDP minister responded despite him yet to take over portfolio. A government order allowing revised memos to be issued facilitating admissions was released within a week.
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities working with expert committees to simplify norms. Activists raised concern over existing process, wanted issuing of UDID expedited.
This is to ensure that more women with disabilities get benefits of various govt schemes. Activists, experts appreciate the initiative, but also urge govt to fast-track implementation.
Vivek Rae committee highlighted the deficiencies that persist even today: Fragmented authority, weak accountability, and the absence of dedicated acquisition cadres.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
In a chat with ThePrint newsroom, French Ambassador Thierry Mathou indicated talks are on between French firm Safran & Indian govt for joint design & manufacture of AMCA engine.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
Dosen’t His Honour know how to keep himself in the news?! Advocating for all private homes to be designed or levelled such that they are suitable for his daughters, i.e., his…no…I mean, the disabled.
I read that he had even made a statement recently about freedom of speech being non-negotiable. Indeed!
There must be something which compels some powerful public figures to discover the need for civil rights, and develop concern for the ordinary citizenry when they step down from office, and walk out to breathe the air which is also breathed by those obscure masses. It must be a novel experience. Like it is for foreign tourists when they visit Dharavi. The latter can’t ever seem to have enough of it.
His Honour’s honourable predecessor was denied the striking experience after stepping down since he then had to step straight away into the equally rarified atmosphere of our Rajya Sabha.
Not even a moment of respite! Such are the unceasing demands made by the country of its exceptional sons. His Honour’s honourable predecessor must be toiling away now on a draft by correcting the gross editorial snafus that our insufferable founders made when they were adapting the Manusmriti as our constitution.
I am glad His Honour has been afforded some time before he is given the burden of his next sinecure.
Dosen’t His Honour know how to keep himself in the news?! Advocating for all private homes to be designed or levelled such that they are suitable for his daughters, i.e., his…no…I mean, the disabled.
I read that he had even made a statement recently about freedom of speech being non-negotiable. Indeed!
There must be something which compels some powerful public figures to discover the need for civil rights, and develop concern for the ordinary citizenry when they step down from office, and walk out to breathe the air which is also breathed by those obscure masses. It must be a novel experience. Like it is for foreign tourists when they visit Dharavi. The latter can’t ever seem to have enough of it.
His Honour’s honourable predecessor was denied the striking experience after stepping down since he then had to step straight away into the equally rarified atmosphere of our Rajya Sabha.
Not even a moment of respite! Such are the unceasing demands made by the country of its exceptional sons. His Honour’s honourable predecessor must be toiling away now on a draft by correcting the gross editorial snafus that our insufferable founders made when they were adapting the Manusmriti as our constitution.
I am glad His Honour has been afforded some time before he is given the burden of his next sinecure.