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Union Minister Virendra Kumar to inaugurate services of CRC-Shillong for s
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar will inaugurate the services of Composite Regional Centre (CRC) for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) at Shillong, Meghalaya on Tuesday.
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The Success of Project Vidhi
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI/SRV): Aristocrat India and NABET India came together to embark on a journey to upskill 50-plus persons with disabilities (PWDs) and enable them to take on career opportunities within the IT industry.
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Launch of global participation campaign for Operation Blue Freedom - Water
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Auroville (Lakshadweep Islands) [India], December 4 (ANI/PNN): Team CLAW is a team of Special Forces Veterans from the Indian Armed Forces creating specialised ecosystems for empowering people with disabilities under their flagship initiative 'Operation Blue Freedom'.
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Women's participation in elections has exceeded that of men: Chief Electio
Updated : 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Taking note of the historical perspective of barriers and challenges faced by women in participation in elections in the country, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said that today seven decades and 17 general elections later, women's participati
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Election Commission to organize webinar for specially-abled, senior citize
Updated : 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): Election Commission of India (ECI) is all set to host an international webinar on 'Enhancing electoral participation of Women, Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and Senior citizen Voters: Sharing Best Practices and New Initiatives' on November 26, said a
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MHA issues draft guidelines for police buildings under rights of PwDs
Updated : 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday issued draft guidelines for MHA specific built infrastructure and Associated Services for Police Stations, Prisons and Disaster Mitigation Centers to ensure disabled people can access the buildings and their s
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CISF organises interaction session on provisions for security checking of
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Thursday interacted with the representatives of leading NGOs of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to address the problems of "Passengers with special needs" at airports.
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CISF DG to meet NGOs to overcome issues faced by specially-abled flyers at
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): To facilitate ease of air travel for specially-abled persons, the Director-General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) MA Ganapathy and other stakeholders of airport security will hold a meeting with around 150 NGOs working for persons with disab
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Specially-abled people are integral part of human resource: Union Minister
Updated : 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr Virendra Kumar on Thursday stated that Specially-abled people are an integral part of human resources and said that to provide the PwDs maximum accessibility is the utmost priority of the Centre government.
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High Court websites now have captchas, accessible to physically disabled p
Updated : 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): With an aim to make the digital infrastructure of the Indian judicial system more accessible, all High Court websites will now have captchas that are accessible to Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), informed the Ministry of Law and Justice on Sunday.
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Request made to prioritise persons with disabilities during COVID-19 test
Updated : 1 year ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): The Department for Empowerment of Person with Disabilities on Thursday requested the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to issue directions to the states and union territories to make a special provision in COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and treatment ce
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Microsoft, FICCI launch whitepaper on inclusion of persons with disabiliti
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Microsoft in collaboration with industry body FICCI on Monday released a whitepaper underscoring the potential of technology in accelerating inclusive growth for India with a focus on enhancing accessibility for persons with disabilities (PwDs).
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