IIT Madras develops country’s lightest wheelchair

IIT Madras develops country's lightest wheelchair

Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 16 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras, on Wednesday, announced the launch of YD One — India’s lightest active wheelchair and also the country’s first indigenously developed precision-built monu-tube rigid-frame wheelchair. The YD One was launched in the IIT Madras campus on Wednesday in the presence of … Read more

Gurvinder Singh: A people’s Padma journey in a wheelchair

Gurvinder Singh: A people’s Padma journey in a wheelchair

Follow Us on Google News Bhopal, May 28 (IANS) In a quiet corner of Sirsa, Haryana, Gurvinder Singh defied fate with resilience and service. In 1997, a tragic accident changed his life forever, leaving him paralysed from the waist down. What could have been a story of despair instead became one of unwavering strength. His … Read more

Denied wheelchair 82-year-old woman lands in ICU, Air India reacts

Denied wheelchair 82-year-old woman lands in ICU, Air India reacts

New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Even as the world celebrates International Women’s Day, an 82-year-old woman who was allegedly denied a wheelchair by Air India officials at the Delhi airport suffered a fall and is currently under observation in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The woman Raj Pasricha, the widow of a Lieutenant General, on … Read more

International Wheelchair Day: March breaks myths linked to disabled

International Wheelchair Day: March breaks myths linked to disabled

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) With the aim of breaking myths associated with wheelchair users and promoting accessibility, a march was organised here to mark the International Wheelchair Day 2025, an official said on Saturday. The Sugamya Yatra was organised at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, New Delhi, by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with … Read more