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Notes of empathy |
CHENNAI: In January 2017, when we met Vasanth Raghuvir, managing trustee of the Shakti Foundation ahead of their 27th annual fundraiser concert, she shared a positive observation with CE, “The ‘pity... |
General |
28/Jan/2019 |
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Sports Day for Handicapped: Min encourages children |
Minister for Religious Trusts and Endowments, Public Relations, Law and Legislative Affairs, Science and Technology and Aviation, PC Sharma boosted children in Sports Day Progarmme organized for... |
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28/Jan/2019 |
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TouchVision brings pictures alive for people with visual disabilities |
From poorly trained teachers to lack of accessible reading materials, the exclusion faced children who are visually impaired is evident in multiple ways.
It also denies them the freedom of pursuing... |
General |
25/Jan/2019 |
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Punjab: Visually impaired students set to march in Republic Day parade |
As many as 27 students, and a visually impaired teacher, Pooja, who leads them, are part of the special marching contingent of the Patiala School for Blind.
As the command of “Dahiney dekh’ (eyes... |
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25/Jan/2019 |
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Paytm modifies app to make it accessible for blind, low vision users |
Be it booking a cab to ordering your weekly supply of vegetables, Paytm is used by many people in India, and has emerged very quickly as one of India’s leading mobile payment companies. It's tagline... |
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24/Jan/2019 |
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Soon, voter enrollment form to come in braille |
Ever hear of an application forms for voter-list enrollment in braille? As part of its accessible election drive, the Election Commission (EC) will soon launch braille versions of electoral list... |
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24/Jan/2019 |
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IIT Ropar launches Android App to help visually impaired recognise currency |
It is often difficult for the visually impaired people to identify the denomination of the currency note. To assist them easily determine denomination of INR currency notes, a team from IIT Ropar,... |
General, Product and Technology |
24/Jan/2019 |
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Now, an app to help the visually impaired |
In a bid to assist visually impaired people to easily determine denomination of currency notes, the Indian Institute of Technology at Ropar in Punjab has developed an Android App “Roshni”, using... |
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24/Jan/2019 |
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NEET 2019: Time running out, disabled medical aspirants remain in dark over eligibility criteria |
The panicky father of a 40 per cent visually impaired boy arrived in the national capital from Kaithal in Haryana Tuesday morning to meet disability rights activists. Unwilling to give out his name,... |
General |
24/Jan/2019 |
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Stipulating 50% Disability Limit In Hearing Impairment Or Visual Impairment For Post Of Judicial Officer Legitimate: SC [Read Judgment] https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/stipulating-50-disability-limit-in-hearing-impairment-or-visual-impairment-for-post |
A judicial officer in a State has to possess reasonable limit of the faculties of hearing, sight and speech in order to hear cases and write judgments and, therefore, stipulating a limit of 50%... |
General |
23/Jan/2019 |
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