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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicPersons with Disabilities

Topic: Persons with Disabilities

India’s online classrooms are outdated for disabled kids. Covid just made it worse

Education for children with disability has mostly been seen from the point of access and hardly inclusion. But Covid-19 pandemic is an opportunity to change that.

Disabled Indians can’t be afterthought in Covid. Disability secys needed in all ministries

Most quarantine centres in India are inaccessible for the disabled. And those at home are struggling alone. Modi government needs joint secretaries for disability.

Study finds 73% persons with disabilities facing severe difficulties during lockdown in India

According to the report by the NCPEDP, financial constraints and restricted access to essential items and healthcare services are key problems faced by them.

Here’s how India can help the disabled during 21-day coronavirus lockdown

In the absence of accessible public facilities and assistive technologies, India's disabled need human assistance. But social distancing makes it difficult.

Being disability friendly a lesson in business & economics: Amitabh Kant

At Nipman Foundation’s Equal Opportunity Awards that honour firms employing people with disabilities, Kant says persons with disabilities add more efficiency to work.

Nipman Foundation awards for contributions that help people with disability today

The Nipman Foundation, instituted in 2014, annually presents the Equal Opportunity Awards that recognises private sector organisations for their efforts in making jobs and products more accessible to people with disabilities.

Why Game of Thrones makes people with disabilities both happy and sad

Modi govt definitely got the idea of calling disabled people ‘Divyang’ from Game of Thrones.

PM Modi joked about dyslexia and set back the disabled community by decades

PM Modi needs to apologise. Surely a well-travelled leader like him knows being disabled in India is a lifelong punishment.

Soon: Sign-language interpreters at all government meetings, workshops

The ministry of social justice has written to all ministries to implement the move as part of a larger push to address India’s lacking services for the disabled.

Javed Abidi didn’t seek favours, he was taking back rights for the disabled

Mr Abidi and I didn’t always agree on causes. But he was a no-nonsense guiding force for anyone who ever became complacent in the fight for rights.

On Camera

Op Sindoor awardees don’t fit traditional gallantry criteria. Redefine parameters for modern wars

The casualty list of the personnel killed or wounded during Op Sindoor has not been formally published. The public has been denied the opportunity to stand by and honour the families of the fallen.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.