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State disability certificates to have women combatants in its Mount Everest isn't actu-
to be valid across the ranks. ally the tallest mountain
country
More than 2,000 rail sta- All of those that have bravely climbed
Disability certificates issued by state tions lack minimum Mount Everest might have done so in
authorities may soon be valid across amenities vain they weren't climbing the world's
the country, according to the draft of highest mountain after all, according
Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill, As many as 2,376 out of 8,472 railway to scientists. The Himalayan Mountain
2014, which has been sent to the stations lack minimum essential ameni is actually beaten by Chimborazo, in
Prime Minister's Office for consult ties for passengers, the government Ecuador. But Everest still wins on the
ation. said. The government has increased traditional metrics: it's nearly 9,000m
the budgetary allocation for providing above sea level, thousands more than
AIIMS to put up unidenti- such facilities, minister of state for rail any of its closest rivals.
fied patients' name on ways Manoj Sinha told the Lok Sabha.
website But it's not actually the furthest up, or
'Divyang' objection from the closest to space. Ecuador's mountain
AIIMS will upload on its website details disability right group tops it on that measure, and it's all be
of unidentified patients brought to its cause of the Earth's funny shape. Everest
emergency ward to help relatives A disability rights group has objected only wins when measured from sea level.
trace them. Director M. C. Mishra said to the use of the term "divyang" to But if instead measured out from the
the process of publishing the patients' address people with disabilities and has centre of the Earth, Chimborazo wins
photos in newspapers and then wait written to the Prime Minister urging easily and Everest wouldn't even get
ing for a response took a long time. him to withdraw the notification re into the top 20 mountains.
naming "viklangjan" as "divyangjan" in
SSB to deploy more the Hindi nomenclature of the depart Attitude key to conflict
women personnel ment of empowerment of persons with resolution, says Modi
disabilities.
Border force Sashastra Seema Bal Warning that global warming and ter
(SSB) is planning to deploy more "Disability is not a divine gift. And the rorism have become the world's biggest
women personnel at its forward posts use of phrases like ' divyang' in no way concerns, Prime Minister Narendra
on the Nepal and Bhutan frontiers, ensures destigmatisation or an end to Modi said shedding the "holierthan
chief Archana Ramasundaram has said. discrimination on grounds of disability," thou" attitude is the key to overcoming
The SSB is the first paramilitary force the group said in its letter. these issues and resolving conflicts.
"News is what somebody, somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising."
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