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2 Teachers Jump Off State Secretariat In Mumbai, Saved By Safety Net
Two teachers seeking funds for divyang schools attempted suicide by jumping off the second floor of Mantralaya, the state secretariat building in south Mumbai, on Wednesday, police said.
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Disabled LLB Student Conferred 20 Awards In Convocation, Including 13 Gold Medals
Sharing his opinion on how the disabled should be treated, Bajaj said that words like "divyang" (the government's term for the disabled), differently abled and specially abled should not be used as it led to "otherisation" and "alienated" them.
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35 Students With Special Needs Forced To Sit Near Toilet In Mumbai School
Thirty-five students of a school for children with special needs, whose classes are run on the premises of another school in Mumbai's Borivali, are sitting on a corridor outside a toilet after the bigger school's management allegedly stopped cooperating with them.
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Lower Berth In 3AC Reserved For Persons With Disabilities, But Questions Remain
New Delhi: The Indian Railways has fixed a quota of seats for people with disabilities that guarantees them a lower berth seat in the third AC (3AC) coach of mail and express trains. Last month, wheelchair-bound para-athlete Suvarna Raj was denied a berth convenient for people with disabilities in the Nagpur-Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express despite r...
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Railways To Introduce Special Bogies For Persons With Disabilities
The Railways will make 3,000 special bogies for "divyangs" (persons with disabilities) by 2018 to make their travel comfortable and hassle-free, an official said today.
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Schools Asked To Make 'Divyang-Friendly' Facilities: Prakash Javadekar
The centre will make a slew of provisions for students with physical disabilities in the upcoming education policy and has already asked schools to provide adequate facilities to them, Education Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.
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150 'Divyangs' To Participate In Yoga Day Celebrations In Chandigarh
'Divyangs', a term coined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the differently abled, are being imparted special training for the mega yoga event on June 21 in Chandigarh, which will see as many as 150 of them take part.
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Government Considering Increasing 'Divyang' Categories To 19: Thawar Chand Gehlot
The government is considering a proposal to increase the number of categories of physical disabilities from seven to 19 to enable more such people to avail facilities under various schemes, Union minister Thawar Chand Gehlot has said.
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2 Teachers Jump Off State Secretariat In Mumbai, Saved By Safety Net
Two teachers seeking funds for divyang schools attempted suicide by jumping off the second floor of Mantralaya, the state secretariat building in south Mumbai, on Wednesday, police said.
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Disabled LLB Student Conferred 20 Awards In Convocation, Including 13 Gold Medals
Sharing his opinion on how the disabled should be treated, Bajaj said that words like "divyang" (the government's term for the disabled), differently abled and specially abled should not be used as it led to "otherisation" and "alienated" them.
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35 Students With Special Needs Forced To Sit Near Toilet In Mumbai School
Thirty-five students of a school for children with special needs, whose classes are run on the premises of another school in Mumbai's Borivali, are sitting on a corridor outside a toilet after the bigger school's management allegedly stopped cooperating with them.
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Lower Berth In 3AC Reserved For Persons With Disabilities, But Questions Remain
New Delhi: The Indian Railways has fixed a quota of seats for people with disabilities that guarantees them a lower berth seat in the third AC (3AC) coach of mail and express trains. Last month, wheelchair-bound para-athlete Suvarna Raj was denied a berth convenient for people with disabilities in the Nagpur-Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express despite r...
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Railways To Introduce Special Bogies For Persons With Disabilities
The Railways will make 3,000 special bogies for "divyangs" (persons with disabilities) by 2018 to make their travel comfortable and hassle-free, an official said today.
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Schools Asked To Make 'Divyang-Friendly' Facilities: Prakash Javadekar
The centre will make a slew of provisions for students with physical disabilities in the upcoming education policy and has already asked schools to provide adequate facilities to them, Education Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.
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150 'Divyangs' To Participate In Yoga Day Celebrations In Chandigarh
'Divyangs', a term coined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the differently abled, are being imparted special training for the mega yoga event on June 21 in Chandigarh, which will see as many as 150 of them take part.
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Government Considering Increasing 'Divyang' Categories To 19: Thawar Chand Gehlot
The government is considering a proposal to increase the number of categories of physical disabilities from seven to 19 to enable more such people to avail facilities under various schemes, Union minister Thawar Chand Gehlot has said.
