Rajya Sabha passes bill to include disabled in RTE Act (Lead)
April 24th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A bill to include children with disabilities in the ambit of the Right to Education (RTE) Act was passed by the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.The Right ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha takes up bill to include disabled in RTE
April 24th, 2012 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A bill to include children with disabilities in the ambit of the Right to Education (RTE) was taken up by the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.The Right ... Read more...
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Government hopeful of passing important education bills
April 22nd, 2012 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) With the budget session of parliament set to resume Tuesday, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal and education officials are keeping their fingers crossed ... Read more...
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Give disabled children a choice, amend RTE: NAC
April 12th, 2012 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) wants the human resource development (HRD) ministry to amend the right to education (RTE) law to ensure ... Read more...
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Child rights body to regulate education act’s implementation
April 3rd, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The apex child rights panel National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Tuesday rolled out a fresh set of guidelines to monitor implementation of ... Read more...
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Court notice to Kendriya Vidyalayas on admitting poor students
February 9th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday issued notice to the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), the ministry of human resource development and the Directorate of Education on ... Read more...
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Schools seek government aid for educating disabled
January 30th, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Private unaided schools here have sought government aid and two years for putting in place infrastructure for teaching disabled children -- as desired by the ... Read more...
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Number of disabled kids rises in Moscow
December 21st, 2011 - 9:00 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The number of children with disabilities has been increasing in Moscow by one thousand every year, a social care official said."There are currently 28,700 disabled ... Read more...
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Nepal’s Helen Kellers, Stephen Hawkings await their rights
August 24th, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 24 (IANS) More than three years after Nepal promulgated an interim constitution that pledged free education to all children with different abilities, the country's young Helen Kellers and ... Read more...
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Court questions Delhi government on education of disabled
July 10th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has questioned the Delhi government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and a group of schools over a petition seeking facilities ... Read more...
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Music therapy for disabled children, and parents too
May 9th, 2011 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 9 (IANS) Disabled children and their parents are likely to benefit from music therapy sessions, which can improve social, motor and communication skills.
Kate Williams of Queensland University ... Read more...
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IGNOU launches disability course for teachers
March 17th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is planning to launch a short-term course to train teachers across the country in disability issues, an official ... Read more...
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Contempt notice issued to Delhi chief secretary, MCD chief
September 20th, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued notices to Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Commissioner Rakesh Mehra on a contempt petition filed by ... Read more...
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Cabinet nod to amending Right to Education Act
December 24th, 2009 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Fulfilling a long standing demand of the disabled community, the union cabinet Thursday agreed to amend the Right to Education Act to include handicapped children under its ... Read more...
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Centre to amend Free and Compulsory Education Act
December 24th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the introduction of an amendment to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 in the parliament.The Right ... Read more...
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Patna witnesses rally by specially-abled kids
December 3rd, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
Patna, Dec.3 (ANI): Hundreds joined a rally on Wednesday in Patna city to assert the rights of children with disabilities.The 'Handicapped Vigilant Rally' was held on the eve of International Day of ... Read more...
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Send disabled kids to school, government told
September 23rd, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi government to conduct a door-to-door survey to find out children with disabilities and send them to school.
A division bench ... Read more...
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Donkeys help five-year-old to “find his voice”
September 8th, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 8 (ANI): Donkeys have helped a five-year-old boy suffering from selective mutism - a severe childhood anxiety disorder in which a person who is normally capable of speech is unable ... Read more...
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Couple with 16 kids found dead in Florida murder
July 11th, 2009 - 3:20 am ICT by John Le Fevre
A mother and father to 16 children have been shot dead in a home invasion/robbery in Escambia County, Florida.Escambia Sheriff's Office say the couple, identified by a relative as Byrd and ... Read more...
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Gilly one six away from a noble cause
May 19th, 2009 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, May 19 (IANS) Deccan Chargers skipper and former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist is only one six away from a noble goal -- earning 25 modified bikes for children with disabilities.
On every ... Read more...
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Diving, rock climbing, trekking this summer, for the differently abled
May 17th, 2009 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
By Prerna Sodhi
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Nothing's going to stop a clutch of children who are visually handicapped or have multiple disabilities from going diving, trekking and even rock climbing this ... Read more...
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IPL aids South African school for children with disabilities
May 16th, 2009 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Bloemfontein, May 16 (IANS) Of the many schools who have benefited from the Indian Premier League II (IPL) being played in South Africa, the Bartimea Combined School here has probably ... Read more...
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Gilchrist bats for bikes for disabled kids
April 22nd, 2009 - 3:20 am ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Cape Town, April 22 (IANS) Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist will be hoping that he can get a start to his mission at the Sahara Newlands Stadium Wednesday to hit ... Read more...
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Octuplet mother launches online appeal for money
February 12th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 12 (DPA) Nadya Suleman, the US woman who gave birth to eight children Jan 26, has unveiled a new plan to care for her brood of 14 amid growing ... Read more...
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New technique to read people’s minds
February 10th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Feb 10 (IANS) Canadian researchers have developed a new infra-red scanning technique to read people's thoughts.University of Toronto researchers, who have developed this optical brain imaging technique in collaboration with Canada's ... Read more...
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Extremely premature infants at higher autism risk
January 30th, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): Babies born more than three months early appear to be at double or triple the risk of autism, say US researchers.
According to scientists from Boston University School ... Read more...
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Indian education cheap but professional, say foreign students
December 20th, 2008 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Many Indian students want to study abroad, paying through their nose in the process. At the same time, students from across the world are filling university seats ... Read more...
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Palestinian couple locks disabled kids for 40 years in urine-stained rooms
August 28th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 28 (ANI): A Palestinian couple locked their disabled kids in two urine-stained rooms for forty years because they were afraid the children would ruin the marriage prospects of a ... Read more...
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Disabled Asians in Britain being forced into marriages
July 28th, 2008 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) British authorities have revealed a trend among Asian families here to offload wards with disabilities by forcing them into marriages. Youths with learning or mental difficulties are considered ... Read more...
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Meira Kumar appeals for implementation of provisions of unconvention on rights of persons with disab
June 13th, 2008 - 7:35 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi , June 13 (ANI): Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar has requested all Union Ministers to ensure all due rights to persons with disabilities.In a letter ... Read more...
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Teachers must be trained to educate specially abled, says President Patil
December 3rd, 2007 - 9:59 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Dec 3 (ANI): Calling for universalisation of education for specially abled children, President Pratibha Patil today said there is a need to train teachers who provide education to children with ... Read more...
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