Mar 22: NAGPUR: A blind man has moved the high court here alleging flouting of rules by Nagpur University in appointment of lecturers.

DHAKA, Mar 21: The High Court has directed the Public Service Commission (PSC) to allow candidates with disabilities to sit for the 33rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations.

Mar 20: With a view to reaching over 20,000 blind persons across the country, Reliance Foundation on Monday launched the first registered Braille Hindi newspaper in India — Reliance Drishti.

NEW DELHI, INDIA, Mar 16: Delhi University has set up a committee to look into problems being faced by its 1,000-odd students with disabilities while writing exams.

SEOUL, Mar 15: International volunteers are set to hold a mini-Olympics with people with disabilities on March 17. The sports event is to be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the House of Hope center located near Seoul’s Hwagok Subway Station.

KARACHI, Mar 14: An estimated 1.5 million people with visual disabilities in Pakistan, out of 40 to 45 million total, are causing an annual loss of Rs 63 billion in term of loss of productivity.

DELHI, Mar 13: Opening up employment opportunities denied to them for years, the Delhi High Court (HC) on Friday directed the Indian Railways, the country’s largest employer, to fill up nearly 4,100 vacancies reserved for people with disabilities within six months.

KOCHI, Mar 12: The state has miserably failed in utilising the funds allotted for availing the services of physiotherapists in the Inclusive Education for Disabled Children (IEDC) scheme, alleged the Kerala Association for Physiotherapists’ Coordination (KAPC).

MUMBAI, Mar 10: When the entire world was celebrating the International Women's day on Thursday, a Santacruz based speech therapist was working among disabled children in government special schools to uplift them and bring them into the mainstream from the 'sign languages' of special schools.

KARACHI, Mar 9: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has launched its 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility program in Pakistan with a visit to the Deaf Reach School and Training Centre in Karachi.