Macherla-born Ajay Kumar Reddy is one of the four Andhra Pradesh cricketers who helped India win the World Cup for the visually-challenged that was held at Sharjah recently. He is hopeful that his exploits will be recognised by the sports-loving Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.
Students of the Nalgonda Blind School, run by the Development and Welfare Association of the Blind, had special visitors dropping into its campus on Tuesday.
An NRI doctor-couple G. Aruna Devi and Gopal Reddy gifted the school dual desk benches for students, a solar power set-up and a refrigerator, all together valued at ₹20 lakh.
Moved by the students’ needs, the couple assured they would direct organisations that could help out the school as part of their corporate social responsibility.
समावेशी शिक्षा के अंतर्गत दृष्टिहीन बच्चों को पढ़ाने के लिए शिक्षकों का दस दिवसीय ब्रेल लिपि प्रशिक्षण सोमवार को बीआरसी में शुरू हुआ। बीईईओ जलेश्वर साह ने इसके महत्व का वर्णन करते हुए प्रशिक्षण का शुभारंभ किया।
NEW DELHI: Beno Zephine, India's first 100% visually-impaired person to join the Indian Foreign Service in 2015, was among 111 women felicitated by President Ram Nath Kovind for their remarkable journey as "first ladies" in their respective fields.
JAGATSINGHPUR: Bajapur village under Jagatsinghpur tehsil witnessed a rare marriage on Wednesday as two visually impaired married each other. Visually impaired Dillip Sahu (35), who is also physically disabled, tied knot with 28-year-old blind girl Anita Barik of Khapuria in Cuttack.
George Abraham conceived and organised the first ever World Cup for blind in 1998 at New Delhi.
He suffered from meningitis and became visually impaired when he was only 10 months old. Yet, fighting insurmountable odds, George Abraham is today not only living a successful and wholesome life himself, but is also working tirelessly to bring hope to the lives of other visually-impaired people.
George conceived and organised the first World Cup for the Blind in 1998 to not just encourage them to have self-belief but to give wings to their dreams
George conceived and organised the first World Cup for the Blind in 1998 to not just encourage them to have self-belief but to give wings to their dreams
Despite being visually-impaired at 10 years of age, the founding chairman of the World Blind Cricket Council works tirelessly to help the visually-impaired.
ISLAMABAD: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has set up a separate counter at its main campus for differently-abled persons in an effort to facilitate them in their educational pursuits.
The AIOU provides free education as part of its policy to accommodate marginalised sections of society, according to a statement issued by the varsity on Thursday.
CHENNAI: The National Association for the Blind (NAB), O2 Health Studio and Madras Motor Sports Club, together hosted the 29th edition of the car rally for the blind. The rally, which was flagged off from Savera Hotel, saw around 45 different cars hit the road. Each car had around three to four participants, including a visually impaired partner navigating, using a braille system. “I noticed that many companies would take it up and then discontinue. Then we decided to pursue it, and for the last eight years, O2 has been partnering with NAB,” said Nina Reddy, president, NAB.
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