Tag: disabilities

More than half of the District Court complexes in the country do not have ramps, only 25.2% have availability of wheelchairs, and just 5.1% have tactile paving to assist persons with visual impairments in navigating the court building, said a recent report by the Centre for Research and Planning ...

NEW DELHI, Dec 30: The Government has released draft guidelines on accessibility of railway stations, facilities there and in trains for people with disabilities, highlighting the need for integrating technology-enabled features such as text-to-speech and user-friendly pictograms.The Department of the People with Disabilities (PwDs) has asked stakeholders and the ...

He said the UN was able to step up delivery of basic supplies into and across the Gaza Strip during the week-long pause in fighting, primarily through the Egyptian and Palestinian Red Crescent Societies.This included 630 metric tonnes of flour for 224,000 people in the south, and 63,000 blankets ...

Sitting in the classroom one day, listening to her science teacher, something just clicked in 14-year-old Aisha Ali-Khan's brain. It was a discussion about genetics and an explanation of how genes are passed from parents to their children; how some genes are dominant and some recessive and the risks ...

Srinagar’: In a significant move, the administration of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir has constituted district- level committees on disability to advise the district authorities on matters relating to rehabilitation and empowerment of persons with disabilities. The Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, M. Iqbal Line on Friday ...

Govt mulling to engage interpreters at govt events to promote sign language Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir administration is contemplating to engage interpreters at all government functions to promote sign language, a senior government official said on Saturday, as the Union territory organized several functions to mark International Day for ...

Lt Governor with Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities. Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 18: Iqbal Lone, Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities today called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and presented an Action Plan for the implementation of the various measures enshrined in Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.Lone discussed with ...

Raouf Dar Srinagar Sep 13 (KINS): As Covid has taken a toll on people’s lives, at least 1.20 lakh children with disabilities suffer silently in Jammu and Kashmir. Life has been disturbed across the world due to the Covid. At the same time, at least 1.20 lakh children with disabilities ...

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Author: Tue, 2022-05-03 21:37 QUETTA: At Haroon Razzaq’s tailor shop in Quetta, there is little chatter. Workers are busy completing orders and only the whirring of sewing machines fills the space. Many of them, including the master outfitter, cannot hear it. Born deaf, Razzaq learned his profession at the age ...