{"id":33433,"date":"2014-05-25T15:56:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T10:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=33433"},"modified":"2014-05-25T15:56:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T10:26:59","slug":"sign-language-pms-swearing-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sign-language-pms-swearing-ceremony","title":{"rendered":"Sign language at PM&#8217;s swearing-in ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Around 18 million deaf Indian citizens will be able to follow all details of\u00a0Narendra\u00a0Modi&#8217;s swearing-in ceremony <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Narendra-Modis-swearing-in-ceremony.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33434\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sign-language-pms-swearing-ceremony\/narendra-modis-swearing-in-ceremony\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/Narendra-Modis-swearing-in-ceremony.jpg?fit=301%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"301,167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Narendra Modi&amp;#8217;s swearing-in ceremony\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/Narendra-Modis-swearing-in-ceremony.jpg?fit=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/Narendra-Modis-swearing-in-ceremony.jpg?fit=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-33434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Narendra-Modis-swearing-in-ceremony-300x166.jpg?resize=300%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/Narendra-Modis-swearing-in-ceremony.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/Narendra-Modis-swearing-in-ceremony.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/Narendra-Modis-swearing-in-ceremony.jpg?w=301&amp;ssl=1 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Monday with sign language interpretation facilities at the installation of a new prime minister for the first time in\u00a0India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Three sign language interpreters would be at duty to ensure that the oath-taking and other ceremonies of prime minister-designate Modi are made available to deaf citizens of India, the Disabled Rights Group (DRG) said in a statement Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;This is a historic first. 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