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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
TopicPersons with Disabilities

Topic: Persons with Disabilities

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.

Since 2015, Modi govt has kept no data on persons with disability seeking jobs, RTI shows

There were 6.89 lakh disabled job-seekers registered on the live register of Employment Exchanges in 2015. Data after this period is 'under process'.

India’s online classrooms are outdated for disabled kids.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.

On Camera

Russia’s super-missile test shows a new, expensive technological race—with dire outcomes

The test raises a question. Why have Russian nuclear strategists now invested in the Burevestnik, when the US abandoned nuclear ramjet propulsion in 1964?

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

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.