A 21-year-old from Allahabad, who lost her limbs in a horrific accident, is not letting that come in the way of her dreams of becoming ...
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Yangon: In a first of its kind, Myanmar will soon hold a Miss Handicapped beauty contest in the former capital city of Yangon. The Myanmar Physically Handicapped Association (MPHA) will hold the contest at the Thuwunna Indoor stadium Aug 20. The contest is aimed at showcasing the ability and confidence of physically handicapped people and raising their moral power, a statement quoted by Xinhua said. Single female contestants - aged...
11:40 AM, Jul 28, 2011
New Delhi: Manish Arora, 18, has one dream - to be a geography professor some day. However, his career just hit a roadblock as he got to know he cannot pursue the course of his choice. And this has nothing to do with his percentage in the boards. It has to do with his physical disability. Delhi University (DU) has declared Manish 80 per cent disabled and asked him to...
04:24 PM, Jun 21, 2011
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After covering Science and Technology for five years, I recently moved to CNN-IBN's show Citizen Journalist. It is a show about citizens actively taking up ...
12:33 PM, May 30, 2011
New Delhi: There seems to be some ray of hope for the blind men who became homeless after they were evicted from the building in New Delhi where they had been staying in for the last nine years. After CNN-IBN showed the blind men had been forced to stay under appalling conditions after being evicted by the Delhi Development authority for living in an illegal building, offers of help are...
09:30 PM, Aug 14, 2010
New Delhi: Even as India gets ready to celebrate it's 64th Independence Day, a group of blind students are fighting for a place to live in the national capital. On July 26, the students who had been living in a building in Virender Nagar in West Delhi were evicted by the Delhi Development Authority officials because the hostel building they were living in for the last eight years was allegedly...
10:01 PM, Aug 13, 2010
The Samaj Sudhar Samity tied the boy to an electric pole. ...
04:04 PM, Mar 16, 2009
Naresh had been wheelchair bound since age 7; Chandrasekar, M Tech at 17. ...
09:43 AM, Jul 26, 2008
Kolkata: Bangladesh’s allrounder Shakib Al Hasan, whose 3 for 17 and 16 off 10 balls helped Kolkata Knight Riders register a five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals on Friday, said that getting the early wickets boosted his confidence. [The] early wickets boosted my confidence and helped me settle my nerves. Whenever you bowl the first over, there are butterflies in [your] stomach. This was one pitch where I needed to bowl...
10:45 AM, May 12, 2008
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has lashed out at the former chief of the ICC anti-corruption unit Paul Condon, who earlier stated that the ACU was aware that in the 1990s and in the following years, all of cricket's leading countries were involved in fixing major matches. I don't understand the purpose of his statement now. If the ACU knew that fixing was so widespread, what action did they...
12:26 PM, Mar 20, 2008
Sushila, 17, suffers from Polio but that didn't stop her from writing her class XII Board exams. ...
11:09 AM, Mar 19, 2008
New Delhi: Mumbai Indians vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala should have been discussed for all the right reasons. There was an excellent exhibition of batting and of a fearlessness that defined the game. Sachin Tendulkar's first IPL and T20 hundred came in a trademark classy style and then Mahela Jayawardene and Brendon McCullum replied with a fearlessness that was imperative to lift the team after two straight losses. But what was...
09:21 AM, Jan 16, 2008
Millions of handicapped people might now be able to enjoy computing. ...
10:12 PM, Sep 07, 2007
Santha was born without hands, she uses her feet to write. ...
03:27 PM, Jul 24, 2007
Kranti as brought a mini revolution by becoming the first women in her district to clear the Civil Services. ...
04:21 PM, May 20, 2007
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