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India Talks Diversity, But Most Companies Employ Less Than 1% People With Disabilities India’s corporate sector speaks fluently about diversity. Annual reports are dotted with pledges, panels debate inclusion, and leadership statements regularly invoke equity. Yet, step inside most offices and one truth becomes unavoidable: people with disabilities are largely missing from the workforce. Not…
Every year on December 3, the world takes a moment to observe International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The United Nations established this day in 1992 to highlight the rights, dignity, and daily struggles of more than a billion people worldwide who live with disabilities. That figure represents roughly one in six individuals, many of…
Dehradun: Visually and hearing-impaired students in Dehradun took part in the second cycle of the Uttarakhand Bird Count (UBC) 2025 on Saturday — identifying 28 bird species during three sessions held within their school campus. Statewide, 144 observers, including specially-abled participants, recorded 344 species from a checklist of 371, officials said.The children, trained over several…
Panaji: Lack of manpower is responsible for colleges not being made accessible for students with disabilities, Spandan, Inclusion Accessibility Consultancy Services, founder Neha Trivedi said on Thursday at International Purple Fest.“Teachers are definitely overworked and cannot handle inclusive education services. Inclusive education services is an activity of its own account. It’s like counselling services… you…
