An eye retreat
Two women have designed a website for the visually impaired where they can make their own travel itinerary and embark on a journey of exploration
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MVD relaxes norms for driving license to differently-abled.
Kochi: The fresh norms and guidelines of the Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) to provide driving license to differently-abled citizens will come into effect from April 1, 2018. With this new circular, people having monocular vision can also apply for driving license. People with partial hearing problems and disability in legs or hands will also get driving license as per the new norms.
City advocacy group launches devices for people with disabilities
Chennai: Two low-cost devices that enable people with motor disabilities to access and use electronic and tech devices were launched by a city-based advocacy group for People with Disabilities (PwD).
Visually challenged climbers take Bengaluru to peak
Karnataka women made a clean sweep, bagging all the medals, while men secured one gold.
The Karnataka team that participated in IMF National Sports Climbing Championship
Polls for societies put on hold
Disability rights activists had protested
Following the fifth consecutive day of protests by the Joint Action Committee of the Association of Disabled, the Tamil Nadu State Co-operative Societies Election Commission put on hold the election process for the post to which a visually impaired candidate had filed his nomination in Dharmapuri. The process has been postponed until clarity is obtained, said a communication on behalf of the Co-operative Societies Election Commissioner M. Rajendran.
Defying Stiff opposition, Bengaluru Folks Help Visually-Impaired Couple Tie the Knot!
25th March 2018 marked the most memorable day in the lives of visually-impaired couple KM Kiran and Basamma B Udakari.
Kiran and Udakrai met for the first time, eight years ago when they both started working for the Samarthanam BPO run by a Bengaluru-based Samarthanam trust for the disabled. They fell in love soon after.
Despite a lack of support in their own family to take their eight-year-long relationship one step forward, the couple stood undeterred.
Nagpur University convocation: Rahul Bajaj tops medal list
NAGPUR: Rahul Bajaj, a LLB (5 Years) student of Dr Ambedkar College of Law, Deekshabhoomi was honoured with 20 medals and prizes for his achievement in the examination by Governor Banwarilal Purohit on the 105th convocation of Nagpur University at Vasantrao Deshpande Hall Civil Lines on Saturday.
Cancers might have taken her eyesight, not vision
Nagpur: Looking at her gentle smile and sparkle in the eyes, it is hard to gauge what Bhakti Ghatol, a Bachelor of Arts (BA) student from LAD College, has gone through to achieve success.
The visually impaired student, who stood first among disabled and was overall 9th topper in BA course, won four medals, including three gold and one silver, at the 105th convocation of Nagpur University on Saturday.
University for specially abled to come up soon in Rajasthan
A government-run university for specially abled persons will start functioning in Rajasthan soon to provide them with education and skills.
Seeing AI App’ to aid visually impaired
KOCHI: A seeing App that can assist the visually impaired, a tool to prevent avoidable blindness, a data cruncher that can stop school dropouts and a program to help farmers tackle the vagaries of climate change - the power of Artificial Intelligence to solve real life and large-scale problems were detailed here on Friday by a man who is in the midst of some of the most exciting innovations in technology.
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