Disability news stories, articles, and facts relating to health and disabilities in India and surrounding areashttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/en-usFri, 05 Jun 2026 17:27:34 GMTIndiaComprehensive documentation of Odisha's historic 2018-19 disability rights campaign reaching 20 million across 30 districts to advance inclusionhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/sashakt.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/sashakt.phpWed, 09 May 2018 12:11:00 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaDisability Ethics research paper by Rev. S. Manohar Pradeep from Bangalore India regarding well being of persons with disability for moral theologians and ethicistshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/imago-dei.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/imago-dei.phpSun, 06 May 2018 18:49:00 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaSwavlamban Health Insurance Scheme Group Mediclaim Policy for persons with disabilities in Indiahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/dis-ins.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/dis-ins.phpWed, 23 Sep 2015 08:49:37 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaTo make solving numerical problems easier for students with vision disabilities, DU is developing specialized mathematical kits to make it easier to study the subjecthttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/math-kits.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/math-kits.phpMon, 12 Jan 2015 14:06:00 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaCalendars are provided free to people with vision disabilities, all schools for the blind as well as students with vision disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/odia.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/odia.phpTue, 16 Dec 2014 08:52:23 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaFree education will soon be offered to children with disabilities 6 - 18 years old as mandated by the Right to Education (RTE) Acthttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/free-ed.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/free-ed.phpThu, 04 Dec 2014 07:49:29 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaStudy by Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researcher documents how homeless, mentally ill women in India face a vicious cyclehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/cycle.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/cycle.phpFri, 28 Nov 2014 17:10:27 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaInternational festival showcasing films and documentaries made on disability issues to be held in Delhi, Indiahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/delhi.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/delhi.phpSat, 15 Nov 2014 15:38:00 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaProposed exercise to identify persons with disabilities in India and issue them id cardshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/id.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/id.phpWed, 27 Aug 2014 15:18:00 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaResearchers found a new intervention program significantly improved patients adherence to anti-retroviral therapy and boosted their immune-cell counts and nutrition levelshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/quality.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/quality.phpSat, 22 Jun 2013 10:56:08 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaEmerging countries such as India and China expected to see rapid increase in Alzheimer cases during the coming yearshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/prediction.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/prediction.phpThu, 21 Feb 2013 12:29:12 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaWitch hunts in Jalpaiguri India fueled by tribal workers belief in existence of witches and need of poor illiterate population to make sense of rampant diseases in villages with no doctors or medical facilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/jalpaiguri-witch-hunt.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/jalpaiguri-witch-hunt.phpThu, 06 Sep 2012 08:01:00 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaFocusing the attention of the medical community on the importance of Indian adverse drug reporting to ensure maximum patient health in Indiahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/culture.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/culture.phpSun, 29 May 2011 18:32:00 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaAir conditioned Garib Rath trains have been provided with Air conditioned disabled friendly compartment and toilet in the power carshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/railway-facilities.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/railway-facilities.phpSun, 12 Dec 2010 14:46:49 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaSteps taken by the Government of India for implementing educational rights of children and the disabled section of societyhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/educational-rights.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/educational-rights.phpMon, 06 Dec 2010 10:38:17 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaPrivate sector to come forward and provide employment opportunities to persons with disabilities in their establishments and industrieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/private-sector-employment.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/private-sector-employment.phpSun, 05 Dec 2010 12:23:35 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaInformation on schemes for the welfare of persons with disabilities and concessions available to them in Indiahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/international-day.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/international-day.phpFri, 26 Nov 2010 10:28:19 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaAmended rules enable a simplified and decentralized procedure for issue of disability certificatehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/disability-certificate.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/disability-certificate.phpMon, 15 Nov 2010 10:00:03 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaIndia and Republic of Korea signed a Social Security Agreement (SSA) in Seoul todayhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/india-korea.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/india-korea.phpWed, 20 Oct 2010 13:57:45 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaPublic awareness campaign aimed to bolster the eradication of tuberculosis in Indiahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/tb-india.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/tb-india.phpTue, 05 Oct 2010 14:07:29 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaTej Kohli Foundation announced it would cover cost of monthly corneal transplants being carried out by Niramaya a Gurgaon based NGOhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/corneal-transplants.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/corneal-transplants.phpWed, 22 Sep 2010 17:05:00 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaA writing workshop was organized on disability at Marwah Studios in association with International Public Broadcasting Forumhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/marwah-studios.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/marwah-studios.phpFri, 17 Sep 2010 12:44:15 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaRabies therapy treatment took an important step forward with positive results from a Phase 1 studyhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/rabies-treatment.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/rabies-treatment.phpWed, 15 Sep 2010 08:58:39 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaReliance Industries Limited India's largest private sector enterprise in partnership with IBN18 honored 24 Real Heroes of Indiahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/indian-heroes.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/indian-heroes.phpTue, 14 Sep 2010 14:41:11 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaA decade-long study links over 20% of deaths in Bangladesh to arsenic-contaminated drinking water, emphasizing the need for urgent public health interventionshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/arsenic-bangladesh-water.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/arsenic-bangladesh-water.phpMon, 21 Jun 2010 08:26:00 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaHealth risks of arsenic contaminated groundwater across Asia and its impact on vulnerable populations like seniors and those with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/arsenic-water.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/arsenic-water.phpThu, 27 May 2010 18:35:00 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaLack of hygiene and awareness plagues the dental health of rural people of Punjabhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/dental-shambhu.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/dental-shambhu.phpSun, 23 May 2010 19:42:11 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaPeople in India have better access to a cell phone than to a toilet and improved sanitationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/phones-toilets.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/phones-toilets.phpWed, 14 Apr 2010 19:05:05 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaAn editorial about children with disabilities in India being left out of educationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/children-left-out.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/children-left-out.phpMon, 03 Aug 2009 16:07:34 GMTDisabled WorldIndiaTragedy has struck many a family in the Bakhari and Chukru, village of Jharkhand's Daltanganj district, where excess fluoride in water has left several with severe physical deformities and even paralyzed somehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/fluoride-toxicity-8758.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/india/fluoride-toxicity-8758.phpSun, 28 Sep 2008 17:04:00 GMTDisabled World