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PhonePe launches diversity and inclusion charter
Updated : 3 days, 16 hours ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 5 (ANI): Digital payments platform PhonePe on Friday announced its diversity and inclusion charter with the first phase focusing on gender, sexual orientation and people with disability.
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Tabebuia Open 2021: Wheelchair tennis tournament to kick off from
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 25 (ANI): Tabebuia Open 2021, the first official ranked tennis tournament for people with physical disability since COVID time, will kick off on Saturday. The tournament will see 38 players from across the country competing for the top position in sing
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NBCUniversal announces to include actors with disabilities in audi
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): In an effort to increase and improve disability representation on screen, American mass media and entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal has announced that it will be auditioning actors with disabilities for each new studio production.
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Delhi HC adjourns hearing on student's plea seeking admission in m
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing to January 28 on a plea of a medical aspirant challenging a certificate, which bars her from taking admission in medical courses under the disability category.
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HC issues notice to Centre on medical aspirant's plea over admissi
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the central government and others on a medical aspirant's plea challenging a certificate barring her from taking admission in medical courses under the disability category.
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G Kishan Reddy inaugurates Centre for Divyang empowerment at CRPF
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Rangareddy (Telangana) [India], December 10 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Thursday inaugurated Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) National Centre for Divyang Empowerment (NCDE) at Rangareddy district in Telangana, which is a centre to skill and re-skill the s
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Wheelchair cricket match held in Indore to mark World Disability D
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 3 (ANI): On the occasion of World Disability Day on Thursday, a wheelchair cricket competition was held in Indore among the teams from Indore, Ujjain and Bhopal.
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CAB announces insurance for differently-abled cricketers
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 3 (ANI): The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Thursday observed World Disability Day 2020 with their current crop of differently-abled cricketers at Eden Gardens before the start of the day's play in the ongoing Bengal T20 Challenge.
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On World Disability Day, Rani Mukerji speaks on need of inclusive,
Updated : 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Marking World Disability Day, actor Rani Mukerji who had portrayed the role of a specially-abled girl in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Black,' on Thursday spoke upon the need to make India "an inclusive, empowering society".
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Specially-abled woman defied all odds to become Sarpanch of two vi
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], November 24 (ANI): 34-year-old Kavita Bhondwe did not let her physical disability to stop her from serving the people of two villages in Dindori Taluka, Nashik district.
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Anne Hathaway apologises to limb difference community after 'The W
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 6 (ANI): Oscar-winning actor Anne Hathaway on Thursday (local time) apologised to the limb difference community after her latest film 'The Witches' received an online backlash from the community.
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Warner Bros. issues apology after Anne Hathaway's 'The Witches' fa
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 5 (ANI): After Warner Bros' latest release 'The Witches' received online backlash from the disability community, the studio has issued a statement that said they regret "any offense caused" by a character design in the film.
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