New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) As Parliament prepares to deliberate on the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act proposing 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) on Tuesday called for a parallel push to ensure political reservation for persons with disabilities (PwDs). Welcoming the Centre’s move to strengthen women’s political participation, NCPEDP said the ongoing reform moment presen…
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New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Anticipating women’s quota becoming a reality soon, experts have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale to also push for political representation for persons with disabilities, an official said on Tuesday. The author of India’s first-ever handbook on disability for Parliamentarians, titled ‘Beyond the Visible: A Handbook on Disability Inclusion for Parliamentarians’, Arman Ali, NCPEDP Executive Dir…
Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) Actress Sonakshi Sinha used social media to give an elaborate list of all that was taking place in her life 10 years back in 2016.Doing the ‘2026 is the new 2016’ trend right, Sonakshi captioned all the highlights of 2016, which were as followed.”016 – LETS GOOOO!1/2 – Action movie star feels for Akira!!!3 – sang a song and shot a cool music video for Akira again.4 – secret agent in Force 2. Action saga continues!5/6 – lets get @smehraa married! P.s: kalire dont work, it to…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report stating that a 15-year-old boy from Bihar’s Kishanganj district suffered months of bonded labour after being separated from his father at Haryana’s Bahadurgarh Railway Station. According to the press report, the minor had stepped off the train to fetch water but could not reboard due to heavy crowding, following which he missed the train and was left alone at the station.The b…