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Poll Body To Establish Over 1800 Special Polling Booths In Karnataka
The Election Commission (EC) in Karnataka has decided to establish 1,832 special polling booths to encourage different sections such as tribals, women, and persons with disabilities to participate and vote in the Lok Sabha elections.
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Childcare Leave For Women Is A Constitutional Mandate, Says Supreme Court
Observing the issue as "serious", the Supreme Court on Monday held that denying child-care leaves to a mother who is taking care of a child with disabilities, would violate the constitutional duty of the State to ensure equal participation of women.
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Delhi University Hiring Assistant Professors, Salary Up To Rs 1.82 Lakh
DU Recruitment 2023: The application fee for the general, other backward classes, economically backward class category candidates is Rs 500, while SC, ST, Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) category, and women applicants are exempted.
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Tackling Hearing Disability At The Right Age Is The Key; Hope For Those Battling Hearing Loss
The cochlear implant is an electronic device that stimulates the cochlear nerve, picking up sounds with a microphone, processing it, and transmitting the sound to the internal part of the implant.
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"Courtrooms Must Be Inclusive": CJI Calls For Equal Access To Justice
CJI DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said we must create a multitude of equitable ways for different groups -- women, members of the LGBT+ community, persons with disabilities, elderly, poor and marginalised -- to participate in the process of adjudication.
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Action On Delhi Transport Office For Denying Car To Woman With Disability
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to the city government's Transport Department over alleged refusal by a car dealer to sell a large commercial vehicle which can be modified to fit in a wheelchair to a specially abled woman.
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Winter Paralympic Games 2022, Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 Celebrated With Google Doodle
Winter Paralympic Games 2022 starts today. The world’s biggest sporting event for atheletes with physical disabilities will have several events until March 13. Russia and Belarus have been banned from this year’s games over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Google is also celebrating the start of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup wit...
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Mahindra Gives Paralympics Medallist Avani Lekhara Custom Built XUV700 Gold Edition
The special Mahindra XUV700 Gold Edition presented to para shooter Avani Lekhara, comes with a custom-made seat that offers easy access to people with disabilities.
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Anand Mahindra To Gift Gold Medallist Avani Lekhara First SUV For People With Disabilities
Anand Mahindra announced that the para shooter Avani Lekhara, who won gold in the Women's 10 metres AR Standing SH1 Final, will receive a special-designed SUV customised for people with disabilities.
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Youngest Paralympian Swims For Change In Tokyo
Tokyo Paralympics: 14-year-old Ugandan para-swimmer Husnah Kukundakwe said that she wants to change attitudes towards people with disabilities.
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Supreme Court Issues Slew Of Directions To Make Criminal Justice Disabled-Friendly
Expressing concern over sexual violence against women and girls with disabilities, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued slew of directions to make criminal justice system more disabled-friendly.
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Centre Exempts Pregnant Women, Staff With Disabilities From Joining Office
All central government departments have been asked to exempt pregnant women, persons with disabilities and those with comorbid conditions from joining offices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Personnel Ministry said on Tuesday.
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"We Want Freedom": In Kolkata, Over 2,500 March For Change
Around 2,500 people including women, tribals, students, artists, journalists and people with disabilities walked the streets of Kolkata yesterday, with their demand for peace and equality. Called "March4Change", the event brought together a myriad of voices, all against war and oppression.
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Caregiver Raped Women With Mental Disability. Both Gave Birth To Babies
The mission of the center in Fairfax County is to "employ and support" people with disabilities, but a prosecutor said a worker sexually assaulted a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome in its offices.
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Women, Dancing Can Improve Your Daily Functioning At Old Age: Here's How
The study showed that dancing was associated with a 73 per cent significantly lower risk of developing disability in walking, eating, bathing, dressing among others, in older women.
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Poll Body To Establish Over 1800 Special Polling Booths In Karnataka
The Election Commission (EC) in Karnataka has decided to establish 1,832 special polling booths to encourage different sections such as tribals, women, and persons with disabilities to participate and vote in the Lok Sabha elections.
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Childcare Leave For Women Is A Constitutional Mandate, Says Supreme Court
Observing the issue as "serious", the Supreme Court on Monday held that denying child-care leaves to a mother who is taking care of a child with disabilities, would violate the constitutional duty of the State to ensure equal participation of women.
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Delhi University Hiring Assistant Professors, Salary Up To Rs 1.82 Lakh
DU Recruitment 2023: The application fee for the general, other backward classes, economically backward class category candidates is Rs 500, while SC, ST, Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) category, and women applicants are exempted.
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Tackling Hearing Disability At The Right Age Is The Key; Hope For Those Battling Hearing Loss
The cochlear implant is an electronic device that stimulates the cochlear nerve, picking up sounds with a microphone, processing it, and transmitting the sound to the internal part of the implant.
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"Courtrooms Must Be Inclusive": CJI Calls For Equal Access To Justice
CJI DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said we must create a multitude of equitable ways for different groups -- women, members of the LGBT+ community, persons with disabilities, elderly, poor and marginalised -- to participate in the process of adjudication.
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Action On Delhi Transport Office For Denying Car To Woman With Disability
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to the city government's Transport Department over alleged refusal by a car dealer to sell a large commercial vehicle which can be modified to fit in a wheelchair to a specially abled woman.
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Winter Paralympic Games 2022, Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 Celebrated With Google Doodle
Winter Paralympic Games 2022 starts today. The world’s biggest sporting event for atheletes with physical disabilities will have several events until March 13. Russia and Belarus have been banned from this year’s games over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Google is also celebrating the start of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup wit...
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Mahindra Gives Paralympics Medallist Avani Lekhara Custom Built XUV700 Gold Edition
The special Mahindra XUV700 Gold Edition presented to para shooter Avani Lekhara, comes with a custom-made seat that offers easy access to people with disabilities.
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Anand Mahindra To Gift Gold Medallist Avani Lekhara First SUV For People With Disabilities
Anand Mahindra announced that the para shooter Avani Lekhara, who won gold in the Women's 10 metres AR Standing SH1 Final, will receive a special-designed SUV customised for people with disabilities.
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Youngest Paralympian Swims For Change In Tokyo
Tokyo Paralympics: 14-year-old Ugandan para-swimmer Husnah Kukundakwe said that she wants to change attitudes towards people with disabilities.
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Supreme Court Issues Slew Of Directions To Make Criminal Justice Disabled-Friendly
Expressing concern over sexual violence against women and girls with disabilities, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued slew of directions to make criminal justice system more disabled-friendly.
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Centre Exempts Pregnant Women, Staff With Disabilities From Joining Office
All central government departments have been asked to exempt pregnant women, persons with disabilities and those with comorbid conditions from joining offices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Personnel Ministry said on Tuesday.
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"We Want Freedom": In Kolkata, Over 2,500 March For Change
Around 2,500 people including women, tribals, students, artists, journalists and people with disabilities walked the streets of Kolkata yesterday, with their demand for peace and equality. Called "March4Change", the event brought together a myriad of voices, all against war and oppression.
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Caregiver Raped Women With Mental Disability. Both Gave Birth To Babies
The mission of the center in Fairfax County is to "employ and support" people with disabilities, but a prosecutor said a worker sexually assaulted a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome in its offices.
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Women, Dancing Can Improve Your Daily Functioning At Old Age: Here's How
The study showed that dancing was associated with a 73 per cent significantly lower risk of developing disability in walking, eating, bathing, dressing among others, in older women.
