If the government decides to go ahead with colour coding in disability certification, it should be based on the level of accreditation instead of the level of disability.
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Read MoreBengaluru's Namma Yatri autorickshaw-booking app is launching Purple Rides, a service to assist individuals with disabilities. Juspay Technologies will train drivers in cooperation with EnAble India, an NGO supporting disabled…
Read MoreNamma Yatri, the Bengaluru-based community-driven auto-hailing app, has launched the “Purple Rides” initiative in partnership with EnAble India, an NGO dedicated to empowering Persons with Disabilities. The initiative aims to…
Read MoreNamma Yatri will partner with EnAble India, an NGO working with the disabled, to improve the app for visually, hearing and physically impaired users, the app announced on Thursday.
Read MoreBengaluru's Namma Yatri autorickshaw-booking app is introducing a new service called Purple Rides, specifically designed to assist individuals with disabilities. In a pioneering move for India, Juspay Technologies, the payment…
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Read MoreThe app will partner with the NGO EnAble India to enhance its service for users with visual, hearing and physical impairments.
Read MoreThe auto-hailing app Namma Yatri on Thursday launched the ‘Purple Rides’ initiative to make mobility disability friendly by enabling drivers to understand and customise their assistance for users with visual,…
Read Moreಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮೂಲದ ಆ್ಯಪ್ ಆಧಾರಿತ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಯಾತ್ರಿಯು ಎನೆಬಲ್ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಸೇವಾ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಸಹಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂಗವಿಕಲ ಸ್ನೇಹಿ ಆಟೋರಿಕ್ಷಾ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯ ಪರ್ಪಲ್ ರೈಡ್ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ ಜಾಲನೆ ನೀಡಿದೆ.
Read More‘ನಮ್ಮ ಯಾತ್ರಿ’ ಆ್ಯಪ್ ಆಧಾರಿತ ಆಟೊ ಸೇವೆಯು ಎನೇಬಲ್ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಸಹಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರಿಗಾಗಿ ‘ಪರ್ಪಲ್ ರೈಡ್ಸ್’ ಎಂಬ ಸೇವೆಗೆ ಗುರುವಾರ ಚಾಲನೆ ನೀಡಿದೆ.
Read More‘Purple Rides’ was launched in the city on Thursday. It has over 3,500 customers and more than 1,300 drivers, and has completed over 6,000 rides on a trial basis.
Read MoreRepresentatives from Juspay Technologies, the payments operating system behind Namma Yatri, and the NGO were joined by auto-rickshaw drivers and persons with disabilities at a press conference regarding the launch…
Read MoreBengaluru-based app launches disability-friendly ride option to address unique needs.
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Read MoreMarking the 2021 International Day for Persons with Disabilities, Cognizant Foundation, the CSR arm of IT service major Cognizant,
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Read MoreBrookfield Properties has partnered with EnAble India to host #ThePurpleCup, a charity golf tournament exclusively designed to raise awareness about disability inclusion and to support India’s Blind Golf Movement. Organized…
Read MoreBrookfield Properties has partnered with Enable India to host #ThePurpleCup, a charity golf tournament exclusively designed to raise awareness about disability inclusion and to support India’s Blind Golf Movement.
Read MoreShanti Raghavan is helping thousands of people with disabilities get trained, join the workforce, earn a livelihood, and live with dignity
Read MoreDecember 3 is celebrated as International Day of Persons with Disabilities every year, to mark the challenges, barriers and opportunities of those with disabilities and also as an occasion to…
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Read MorePeople with disabilities are marginalised in the best of times. Post Covid this has only grown. While the pandemic has underlined, their challenges, it has thrown up opportunities as well.…
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