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Woman With Disability Works As Zepto Delivery Agent, Inspires Internet: "Some People Don't Just Live"
Veena Devi has been working with Zepto since June last year to support herself.
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Blue Origin to Fly First Wheelchair User to Space on NS-37 Mission
Blue Origin’s NS-37 mission is set to make history as Michi Benthaus, an ESA engineer and wheelchair user, becomes the first person with a mobility disability to travel to space. She will join Hans Koenigsmann and four other civilians on the suborbital flight. The mission underscores a growing push toward inclusive space tourism, as agencies and ...
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International Day Of Persons With Disabilities 2025: Date, History, Theme And Significance
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025: The day is observed to promote understanding of disability issues and mobilise support for their rights.
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Top Court Asks Centre To Frame Strict Law For Insults Against People With Disablities
Highlighting the need for a stringent law to protect the dignity of the disabled, the Supreme Court asked the Centre to consider framing a statute to make derogatory remarks ridiculing persons with disabilities a penal offence.
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Weighing At 8.5 Kg, IIT Madras Launches Lightest Active Wheelchair
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Wednesday launched India's lightest active wheelchair -- YD One -- weighing just 8.5 kgs.
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Samay Raina's Remarks On People With Disabilities "Disturbing": Supreme Court
Terming jokes made by standup comic Samay Raina and other comedians on persons with disabilities and those suffering from rare diseases "disturbing," the Supreme Court has said it will "scrutinise individual conduct minutely".
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Gemini on Android Will Soon Connect to Apps Even If User Disables Activity Logs, Won’t Affect Privacy
Google’s email about changes to Gemini resulted in privacy concerns and confusion among several social media users. However, it turns out that people misunderstood the message due to an overlap between two technical terms. The Mountain View-based tech giant’s new feature for the Gemini AI assistant on Android will apparently not cause any priva...
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Nitish Kumar's Big Move Ahead Of Polls, Monthly Pension Hiked To Rs 1,100
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced an increase in the monthly pension for elderly, disabled persons, and widowed women from Rs 400 to Rs 1,100.
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Ramps, Wheelchair Areas: Proposed Changes To Transport Systems For Disabled
A draft framework has proposed sweeping changes to transport systems to make them more accessible for persons with disabilities, including mandatory wheelchair space, step-free toilets at stations, level boarding ramps, and trained staff.
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Delhi-NCR Storm Fury Kills 6, Close Shave For 200 Fliers On IndiGo Plane
At least two people, including a person with disabilities, were killed and 11 others injured after a sandstorm and heavy rain hit the national capital Delhi last night. Two people died in separate incidents in Ghaziabad.
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Posts Vacant For Differently Abled, But Thousands Without Jobs In Madhya Pradesh
Thousands of differently abled people in Madhya Pradesh continue to struggle for jobs as government recruitment remains stalled. Out of 37,328 posts reserved for differently abled candidates in departments, more than 21,000 remain vacant.
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'No Discrimination': Top Court Allows Visually Impaired People To Be Judges
Supreme Court said that any indirect discrimination that results in the exclusion of people with disabilities must be interdicted to maintain fundamental equality.
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Supreme Court Orders Separate Toilets For Trans People, Specially Abled In All Courts
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the construction and availability of separate toilet facilities for males, females, people with disabilities, and transgender persons in all court premises and tribunals across the country.
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Delhi Pollution Panel Okays Vehicle Exemption For People With Disabilities
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has decided to ease restrictions under Stage-III and IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in NCR, allowing individuals with disabilities (PwDs) to continue driving their personal vehicles.
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Old Note Urging Differently Abled To "Come Upstairs" To Use Lift Goes Viral, Sparks Outrage Online
A note outside a building has left social media users baffled. The note instructs people to climb upstairs and inform a staff member that they need to use the life designed for them.
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Woman With Disability Works As Zepto Delivery Agent, Inspires Internet: "Some People Don't Just Live"
Veena Devi has been working with Zepto since June last year to support herself.
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Blue Origin to Fly First Wheelchair User to Space on NS-37 Mission
Blue Origin’s NS-37 mission is set to make history as Michi Benthaus, an ESA engineer and wheelchair user, becomes the first person with a mobility disability to travel to space. She will join Hans Koenigsmann and four other civilians on the suborbital flight. The mission underscores a growing push toward inclusive space tourism, as agencies and ...
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International Day Of Persons With Disabilities 2025: Date, History, Theme And Significance
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025: The day is observed to promote understanding of disability issues and mobilise support for their rights.
-
Top Court Asks Centre To Frame Strict Law For Insults Against People With Disablities
Highlighting the need for a stringent law to protect the dignity of the disabled, the Supreme Court asked the Centre to consider framing a statute to make derogatory remarks ridiculing persons with disabilities a penal offence.
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Weighing At 8.5 Kg, IIT Madras Launches Lightest Active Wheelchair
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Wednesday launched India's lightest active wheelchair -- YD One -- weighing just 8.5 kgs.
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Samay Raina's Remarks On People With Disabilities "Disturbing": Supreme Court
Terming jokes made by standup comic Samay Raina and other comedians on persons with disabilities and those suffering from rare diseases "disturbing," the Supreme Court has said it will "scrutinise individual conduct minutely".
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Gemini on Android Will Soon Connect to Apps Even If User Disables Activity Logs, Won’t Affect Privacy
Google’s email about changes to Gemini resulted in privacy concerns and confusion among several social media users. However, it turns out that people misunderstood the message due to an overlap between two technical terms. The Mountain View-based tech giant’s new feature for the Gemini AI assistant on Android will apparently not cause any priva...
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Nitish Kumar's Big Move Ahead Of Polls, Monthly Pension Hiked To Rs 1,100
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced an increase in the monthly pension for elderly, disabled persons, and widowed women from Rs 400 to Rs 1,100.
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Ramps, Wheelchair Areas: Proposed Changes To Transport Systems For Disabled
A draft framework has proposed sweeping changes to transport systems to make them more accessible for persons with disabilities, including mandatory wheelchair space, step-free toilets at stations, level boarding ramps, and trained staff.
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Delhi-NCR Storm Fury Kills 6, Close Shave For 200 Fliers On IndiGo Plane
At least two people, including a person with disabilities, were killed and 11 others injured after a sandstorm and heavy rain hit the national capital Delhi last night. Two people died in separate incidents in Ghaziabad.
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Posts Vacant For Differently Abled, But Thousands Without Jobs In Madhya Pradesh
Thousands of differently abled people in Madhya Pradesh continue to struggle for jobs as government recruitment remains stalled. Out of 37,328 posts reserved for differently abled candidates in departments, more than 21,000 remain vacant.
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'No Discrimination': Top Court Allows Visually Impaired People To Be Judges
Supreme Court said that any indirect discrimination that results in the exclusion of people with disabilities must be interdicted to maintain fundamental equality.
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Supreme Court Orders Separate Toilets For Trans People, Specially Abled In All Courts
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the construction and availability of separate toilet facilities for males, females, people with disabilities, and transgender persons in all court premises and tribunals across the country.
-
Delhi Pollution Panel Okays Vehicle Exemption For People With Disabilities
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has decided to ease restrictions under Stage-III and IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in NCR, allowing individuals with disabilities (PwDs) to continue driving their personal vehicles.
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Old Note Urging Differently Abled To "Come Upstairs" To Use Lift Goes Viral, Sparks Outrage Online
A note outside a building has left social media users baffled. The note instructs people to climb upstairs and inform a staff member that they need to use the life designed for them.
