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Pune’s EKansh Trust to conduct contest in designing clothing for people with disabilities |
Having run contests for students of architecture, Anita Iyer Narayan, founder and managing trustee, EKansh Trust has now announced in designing adaptive clothing for people with disabilities.
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23/Jan/2019 |
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Centre proposes to hike monthly pensions for the elderly poor, disabled and widows |
Plan likely to be part of interim Budget
Ahead of the 2019 election, the Rural Development Ministry has proposed that the monthly pensions of the elderly poor, disabled and widows be increased from... |
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22/Jan/2019 |
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Braille e-reading gets easier for visually-impaired, thanks to new Kindle . |
LONDON: A British company plans to launch a Braille e-reader for blind people this year that should greatly enhance their reading experience and spare them from lugging around hefty print volumes. ... |
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22/Jan/2019 |
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Visually challenged to march past on Republic-Day in Telangana |
HYDERABAD: For the first time in Telangana, a contingent of visually challenged students will be participating in a Republic Day parade. A team of 50 visually students - 26 girls and 24 boys - of... |
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22/Jan/2019 |
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Capt orders drive to fill vacancies for persons with disabilities on priority |
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered a special state-wide recruitment drive to clear the backlog of vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the state government’s... |
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18/Jan/2019 |
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Thiruvananthapuram: Special children, teachers strike |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Special school organisations decided to intensify their protest against the LDF government’s apathy towards the demands of the schools. Over 1,200 people belonging to special... |
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18/Jan/2019 |
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Students say JNU blind to special needs |
NEW DELHI: The absence of essential tools and software in need of updates are just two of the issues faced by visually challenged students in Jawaharlal Nehru University. Source: https://... |
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18/Jan/2019 |
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Soon, Braille e-reader for the blind |
A British company plans to launch a Braille e-reader for blind people this year, which would greatly enhance their reading experience and spare them from lugging around hefty print volumes.
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16/Jan/2019 |
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Through this IIT-Delhi alumnus’ innovation, visually-impaired can see pictures and diagrams |
The device developed by a national award-winning female scientist, Ankita Gulati, faced challenges in convincing the visually-impaired and also fellow industry-players as she was often the only woman... |
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16/Jan/2019 |
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The experience of competing in the Deccan Cliffhanger Challenge |
Our Guest Columnist, Sagar Baheti talks about his experience of completing the Deccan Cliffhanger Challenge.
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out... |
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15/Jan/2019 |
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