Source: Business Line
NEW DELHI, JAN 16: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has directed Prasar Bharati to have a sign language interpreter during the telecast of the Republic Day ceremony.
Prasar Bharati will have an inset box on TV screens for a sign language expert to give the hearing-impaired access to the parade proceedings. This will be available on three of its all-India channels as well as DD Urdu, DD Bharati and DD News.
The move comes after the I&B Minister Manish Tewari received a representation from the National Association of the Deaf.
meenakshi.v@thehindu.co.in
(This article was published on January 16, 2014)
Source link: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/republic-day-parade-telecast-to-have-sign-language-interpreter/article5582528.ece
NEW DELHI, JAN 16: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has directed Prasar Bharati to have a sign language interpreter during the telecast of the Republic Day ceremony.
Prasar Bharati will have an inset box on TV screens for a sign language expert to give the hearing-impaired access to the parade proceedings. This will be available on three of its all-India channels as well as DD Urdu, DD Bharati and DD News.
The move comes after the I&B Minister Manish Tewari received a representation from the National Association of the Deaf.
meenakshi.v@thehindu.co.in
(This article was published on January 16, 2014)
Source link: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/republic-day-parade-telecast-to-have-sign-language-interpreter/article5582528.ece
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