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Thursday, September 25, 2025
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Topic: PwDs

Invisible in Pride & policy, queer people with disabilities live at the margins twice over

Stigmatised by society & often excluded from LGBTQ spaces, queer people with disability struggle with a host of problems from inaccessibility & violence to lack of legal protection.

Disability inclusion isn’t charity. Indian universities and faculty must act

If universities ignore bias, they teach exclusion that follows students long after graduation.

DPDP Act offers no special protection for disability data. It leaves PwDs vulnerable

The crux of the problem lies in equating disability with the inability to consent. This is an erroneous assumption.

PwDs to now pay for Puja Khedkar’s actions. New rules have complicated certification process

The proposed changes reveal a misguided belief that the primary issue is the prevalence of fake certificates rather than the systemic barriers PwDs face.

Indian political parties have ignored PwDs in their poll campaigns. They’re a vote bank too

No mainstream political party in India has a disability cell. The only candidate with a disability across parties is BJP's Devendra Jhajharia.

IndiGo stops child with special needs from boarding flight at Ranchi airport

DGCA has asked IndiGo to submit a report after the airline didn't allow a specially-abled child to board a flight with his family on 7 May, claiming the boy was in a 'state of panic'.

Wearing goggles for secrecy, conjoined twins Sohna-Mohna cast separate votes in Punjab polls

The twins, who had applied to have their names included as separate persons in the electoral rolls soon after turning 18 last year, were hailed as ‘icons of voters with disabilities’.

Expanding Article 15 to include discrimination against disabled people

From GST to buses, trains and flights, policies ignoring the disabled community constitute active discrimination.

On Camera

How did Nepal become a ‘Hindu Rashtra’?

Nepal called itself ‘world’s only Hindu kingdom’ for much of the previous century. However, for most of history, the country was religiously, politically, and ethnically fragmented.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.