Concerned over jokes on social media ridiculing people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, SC says it may direct the government to frame guidelines for all media platforms.
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.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
I used to watch India’s Got Latent and recall seeing several disabled individuals participate on the show. What set the panel apart was their willingness to do something many others shy away from: treat these contestants as equals. Some might disagree with the show’s style of humour or its approach to roasting, but it never resorted to patronizing or demeaning the disabled participants.
That, to me, is what made the show unique. I appreciated that it respected the dignity of its contestants by not handling them with kid gloves.
The disabled participants were always in on the joke, and Samay supported their careers—several of them even went on to win the show.
Punishing the creators for upholding the autonomy and agency of these individuals would be a true injustice.
I used to watch India’s Got Latent and recall seeing several disabled individuals participate on the show. What set the panel apart was their willingness to do something many others shy away from: treat these contestants as equals. Some might disagree with the show’s style of humour or its approach to roasting, but it never resorted to patronizing or demeaning the disabled participants.
That, to me, is what made the show unique. I appreciated that it respected the dignity of its contestants by not handling them with kid gloves.
The disabled participants were always in on the joke, and Samay supported their careers—several of them even went on to win the show.
Punishing the creators for upholding the autonomy and agency of these individuals would be a true injustice.