Updated:
Share Article
AAA
The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry on Tuesday launched an application for the public to submit complaints and feedback about accessibility of public and private buildings across the country.
The Sugamya Bharat app, developed by the Ministry’s Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), would help in crowd-sourcing information to enhance accessibility, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot said while launching it at a virtual event. The Android version of the app was launched on Tuesday and the iOS version would be available by March 15, the Ministry said in a statement.
The app will allow users to submit complaints of inaccessibility as well as give examples and best practices worth emulating, it said. The app itself has accessibility features like adjustable font size, colour contrast options, text-to-speech and integrated screen reader in Hindi and English, the Ministry said. The app is available
The third edition of the Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary, which is set to be released on Wednesday, will have 10,000 terms of daily use as well as academic, legal, administrative, medical, techn
Indian Sign Language dictionary with 10,000 terms released
Updated:
Updated:
Terms like momos, break-up, live-in relationship, block on social media included in 3rd edition
Share Article
AAA
Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot released the Indian Sign Language dictionary on February 17, 2021. Photo: Twitter/@socialpwds
Terms like momos, break-up, live-in relationship, block on social media included in 3rd edition
From names of banks, political parties, websites and apps to fast food dishes like pani puri and momos, the third edition of the digital Indian Sign Language dictionary launched on Wednesday included 10,000 terms across six categories.
The dictionary, prepared by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre under the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry, included terms of daily use, academic, legal and administrative, medical, technical and agricultural terms, SJE Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot said releasing the dictiona
2017–19: ಡ್ರಗ್ಸ್ ಸೇವನೆಯಿಂದ 2,300ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮಂದಿ ಸಾವು prajavani.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prajavani.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Unauthorised and hazardous cleaning of septic tanks has been a practice. Representational Image | Photo Credit: Times Now
New Delhi: Unauthorised and hazardous cleaning of septic tanks has been a practice that has failed to stop completely despite several laws, promises and tall claims of advancements and development in this regard.
And this rampant practice of humans being used for cleaning sewers has been claiming hundreds of lives every year, lives that are just numbers after their deaths.
At a time when deaths of manual scavengers are reduced to mere numbers and data in government’s records, there’s a need to look into this issue with compassion and more diligence.