Disability Rights
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As the world marks disability pride month, why is India missing?
In a society where disability is viewed as unfortunate, celebrating it instead can help create a sense of identity and belonging for those on the periphery.
Tony Kurian
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Aviation regulator issues show-cause notice to IndiGo for barring child with special needs
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation asked the airline to explain within the next 10 days why ‘suitable enforcement action should not be taken against’ it.
Scroll Staff
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Why do so many Indian drivers fail to follow the road rules?
Road accidents have claimed 1.3 million lives across the country over the past decade.
Akash V Basu & Sarika Panda Bhatt
Trending
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Why many young Muslims are leaving India
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Fifa suspends AIFF: Timeline of events that led to India’s expulsion from football’s governing body
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India at 75: What is the place of women’s writings in the historical imagination of the nation?
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Explainer: How the 11 life convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case won early release
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‘What’s behind the flag?’: India’s cartoonists prompt a laugh on the country’s 75th Independence Day
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IndiGo bars child with special needs from boarding flight at Ranchi airport
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has ordered an investigation into the matter and asked the airline to submit a report.
Scroll Staff
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Disabled elderly woman allegedly strip-searched at Guwahati airport, CISF official suspended
The woman’s daughter said that security personnel wanted proof of her mother’s titanium hip implant.
Scroll Staff
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Supreme Court allows physically disabled persons to apply for IPS, two other civil services
The interim order was passed on a petition against a notification that excludes people with physical disabilities from certain branches of the civil services.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Caught on camera: Pair of leaping dolphins appears to escort cargo ship in Florida
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Watch: Indian bride and groom play stone-paper-scissors to decide who goes first with the garland
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Watch: Hindu ascetics and Muslim priests in Bihar hoist national flag together on Independence Day
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Watch: Man swims across flooded Las Vegas street with the help of a pool float
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Watch: Jailed journalist Siddique Kappan’s daughter, 9, asks for protection of citizens’ rights
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Four ways India could help students with disabilities continue their education during the pandemic
A case in the Supreme Court asks the government to frame guidelines to ensure that students with disabilities are able to participate equally in online classes.
Shashank Pandey
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Fighting together: A blind lawyer on his journey clerking for Supreme Court Justice Chandrachud
This was an opportunity to effect meaningful changes that could make a huge difference – or at least make things somewhat better.
Rahul Bajaj
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How India’s disabled community fought to halt a legislative change amid the lockdown – and won
A government plan to dilute the Disabilities Act to enable ease of doing business was blocked even though the usual tools of protest were unavailable.
Nipun Malhotra
The Reel
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‘Between Two Dawns’ review: A gripping film about workplace ethics
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Deepa Mehta’s ‘Earth’ is a reminder of lines arbitrarily drawn between countries and hearts
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Watch: ‘Pippa’ teaser is out, release date set for December 2
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Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
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‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ trailer: Fawad Khan leads reboot of a Pakistani classic
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India wants to dilute its Disabilities Act – to enable ease of doing business
An amendment seeks to decriminalise minor offences and have some cases settled outside court.
Nipun Malhotra
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We need real action, not tokenism, to help the disabled be part of electoral processes: CEC Rawat
The Election Commission and the state commissions are finding ways to help the disabled through technology during elections, he said.
Scroll Staff
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As a paediatrician who works with disabled children, here’s what I wish more Indians understood
On International Day of Disabled Persons, a reminder that instead of trying to be politically correct, we should try to get to know people with disabilities.
Vibha Krishnamurthy
The Field
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Cricket: Ireland all-rounder Kevin O'Brien retires from international cricket
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Asia Cup: Afghanistan recalls all-rounder Samiullah Shinwari
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India tour of Zimbabwe: Shikhar Dhawan on the return of KL Rahul, competition in the squad and more
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Fifa suspends AIFF: Timeline of events that led to India’s expulsion from football’s governing body
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Cricket: Kapil Dev on rising popularity of T20 leagues – ‘ICC must protect ODIs and Tests’