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Technical reasons deny pension to disabled man |
CHENNAI: On Monday at 10am, Kader Basha and his 31-year-old brother, Jankir, headed to the Chennai collectorate to submit a grievance petition to the district revenue officer.
Everything will be... |
General |
19/Feb/2019 |
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You need vision, not sight |
This woman shows grit is all it takes to surmount odds
Lack of eyesight has never been a worry for me all my life, probably because I do not know what it is like to have eyesight, says S. Pavunthai,... |
General |
18/Feb/2019 |
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More community radio licences for the most disadvantaged areas of India #TheRadioFestival Delhi |
“It is rare to find public, private and community radio working together, but they are doing so for this radio festival,” said UNESCO representative Al-Amin Yusuph, opening the Delhi Radio Festival... |
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18/Feb/2019 |
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An exhibition shares how the visually challenged pioneer of modern Indian art, Benode Behari Mukherjee saw the world |
Related News An exhibition to mark Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary focuses on works created in his later years A Pale View of Hills V-C’s gherao withdrawn, Registrar says ‘even militants... |
General |
18/Feb/2019 |
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Review petition challenging 50% vision, hearing disability limit for judge's post to be filed next week |
The Supreme Court bench order stipulating a 50% disability limit in hearing and vision impairment for the post of civil judge is all set to be challenged.
Next week, Advocate V Surendra Mohan plans... |
Judgments |
15/Feb/2019 |
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First ever sound ball tennis workshop in Mumbai for people with visual impairments |
What is sound ball tennis you may ask? Well, it is a sport for people with visual impairments. Similar to tennis and played with a modified ball.
Sound ball tennis is played indoors using rackets and... |
Adventure and Sports |
15/Feb/2019 |
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Disability rights body seeks Health Minister's intervention to overturn guidelines that discriminate against MBBS aspirants |
Angered by the Medical Council of India (MCI) callous and discriminatory attitude towards disabled medical aspirants, the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), has written a strong... |
Discrimination |
15/Feb/2019 |
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Look Out, Look Within - in Print, Braille and Sign language |
Mumbai: White Print, India’s first English Lifestyle Magazine in Braille launches ‘Look Out, Look Within’ – a story book in print, braille and sign language.
“Through White Print and Tactabet, we’ve... |
General |
14/Feb/2019 |
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IIT Bombay alumni launch Tactopus – one of its kind ‘smart’ audio-tactile learning resources for visually impaired children |
Tactopus brings to the world accessible interactive tangible learning
experiences for children.
Bengaluru: Co-founded by Chandni Rajendran and Saloni Mehta, designers from IIT Bombay, Tactopus rings... |
Product and Technology |
14/Feb/2019 |
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A device to aid visual, hearing and speech impaired people |
Visually impaired, hearing impaired and speech impaired persons now have help in hand by way of a novel device — BDD (Blind-Deaf-Dumb) Assist.
The device has been developed by Rochana HM, a student... |
Product and Technology |
14/Feb/2019 |
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