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Topic: visually impaired

Delhi HC seeks Centre’s response as plea questions exclusion of visually impaired from vehicle GST relief

Currently, this benefit is only extended to persons with orthopaedic physical disabilities having a benchmark disability of 40 percent or more.

For the visually impaired, entering medical and legal fields in India is like navigating a maze

ThePrint looks at the case of visually impaired judicial candidate Sravya Sindhuri & speaks with Satendra Singh & Prannv Dhawan who are at forefront of fight for equal opportunity.

A blind bank manager was transferred 6 times for lack of assistive tech. Then he moved Delhi HC

Rahul Kumar contends bank had failed to create an enabling work environment by denying him a screen reader. His frequent transfers were also a violation of his rights, he asserts.

Chhonzin Angmo becomes first-ever visually impaired Indian woman to scale Mt Everest

The 29 year old hailing from a remote village in Himachal Pradesh recently hoisted the Tricolour atop the highest mountain peak in the world, becoming the 5th person ever to do so.

How visually impaired candidate won 16-year legal battle for civil service appointment

Pankaj Srivastava, appointed as information officer, is among a number of civil Services qualifiers denied appointment due to delays in implementation of disability reservation laws.

After 16 years, SC comes to rescue of visually impaired CSE 2008 candidates, directs appointment

SC was hearing batch of appeals by Union govt challenging judgment by Delhi HC. Respondents were differently abled persons who participated in Civil Services Examination selection process.

‘Dr Nilkanthrai’s Braille’—this Gujarati surgeon made Devanagari blind-friendly

Dr Chhatrapati made a proposal to Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda about teaching the visually impaired. Gaekwad gave him Rs 300.

Chennai visually impaired lawyer creates history by clearing Supreme Court’s advocate-on-record exam

N.Visakhamurthy, a patient of Retinitis Pigmentosa with Macular degeneration, is among 26O candidates to clear exam held in December last year. He had earlier cleared TNPSC & UPSC.

How do visually challenged Indians confirm they voted on right button? EVMs need upgrade

In EVMs, there is no way of knowing if the assisting person has cast a vote for the candidate picked by the visually challenged person.

Why the visually challenged are signing petitions addressed to apps such as Zomato, Swiggy

Recent Change.org petitions have drawn attention to the problems visually challenged users face while using popular delivery apps such as Dunzo, JioMart, Grofers and others.

On Camera

Tact, TACO, Time — 3Ts India must rely on to force Trump to back off for good

India has adopted a level-headed approach to Trump’s tariff rollercoaster — focusing on reaching an agreement over engaging in shenanigans.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.