Sahana, helping visually impaired with patience, perseverance |
India is home to world’s largest visually impaired population numbering over 50 lakh people According to the 2011 census, the country also tops the chart for the corneal blind in the world. This is a... |
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06/Aug/2019 |
India win world school debating championships for first time, Tejas Subramaniam declared ‘Best speaker in the world’ |
CHENNAI: These self-professed nerds would take up topics of international relations and economics over sports and pop culture any day. Nevertheless, no topic or team could come in the way of their... |
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06/Aug/2019 |
What compulsion behind changing currency notes, Bombay High Court asks RBI |
THE BOMBAY High Court on Thursday directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file an affidavit stating reasons behind changing the features and size of currency notes from time to time.
A bench of... |
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02/Aug/2019 |
Handicapped? No, it’s ‘differently-abled’ |
CHENNAI: While India has always faced flak for being insensitive to the plight of the disabled, a recent allegation by a Chennai student has brought to fore the government's callous attitude towards... |
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01/Aug/2019 |
Score Foundation is giving hope to the blind to lead a normal life and see success |
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), it is estimated that approximately 1.3 billion people in the world live with some form of vision impairment. The leading cause of this is mainly ... |
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30/Jul/2019 |
Maratha quota: SC agrees to urgent hearing of petitions |
The Supreme Court (SC) agreed on Monday to consider giving an urgent hearing to petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a Maharashtra law that granted reservation to the Maratha... |
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30/Jul/2019 |
THE FEAR OF MISSING OUT AS A BLIND PERSON IN A VISUAL WORLD |
The fear of missing out or FOMO if we want to be modern, have you experienced it? I bet we all have at one point or another, whether it’s worrying about missing out on time with friends, on... |
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30/Jul/2019 |
TorchIt: A Journey Of Empowering The Visually Impaired |
Imagine that you are surrounded by a thick fog. You cannot see anything, in any direction, not even your hand right in front of you. Now imagine that you need to navigate your way through this fog... |
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30/Jul/2019 |
Rs 260.62 crore national disability fund lying unused, reveals RTI |
The RTI reply from the Ministry also stated that the certified reports of the erstwhile fund and the old fund were available but cannot be released as they are voluminous and that they can be seen in... |
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30/Jul/2019 |
Placement drive for PWD candidates tomorrow, walk-interviews |
Placement drive for PWD candidates tomorrow, walk-interviews.
As many as 95 candidates including visually-impaired and people with locomotor disability have registered to be part of the drive.... |
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30/Jul/2019 |
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