Shillong: A troupe of visually impaired musicians is hitting the right notes in this hill state, with night club owners and event managers lining up to hire them, more so after the state election department recently engaged them for pre-poll campaigns.

'Light After Dark', a musical band of five performers in their 20s, has been receiving rave reviews for its shows, not just in Meghalaya, but elsewhere in the region too, Zoma Sailo, a music teacher and the group's mentor, told PTI.
 

Candidates seeking admission to Delhi University (DU) under the disability quota are in a fix as from this year the University will accept disability certificate only from certain notified government hospitals.

Last month, the Delhi government had, designated 27 government hospitals across 11 districts to issue disability certificates under the new central Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, for 21 conditions. These are the hospitals from where the candidates must get their certificate.

Online library Vaasippom helps visually impaired people find the best of Tamil learning materials in one place

Technology may have upended traditional print media forever, but more people are into reading than ever before. Digital archiving and databases have made it possible for niche sections of the reading public, such as the visually challenged, to dip into the same pool as everyone else when it comes to electronic and audio books.

In Story of the Week, we look at the Discovering Hands programme in India under which visually impaired women are being trained to detect breast cancer lumps by touch. This year the programme is being expanded to Bengaluru and Kashmir.

Hasiba, 25 years old, had signed up for a computer training course at the National Association for the Blind Center of Blind Women and Disabilities in 2016 when she heard about the Discovering Handsprogramme that was soon to be launched.

Naina Mishra

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 11

Head held high with a gregarious demeanour, a confident Tiffany Brar walks into the room with a white cane in a hand, guided through her inner light.

Stresses on partnership for success of public health interventions

Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday said the success of public health interventions is dependent on a healthy partnership between the government, NGOs and private sectors.

Taking part in the 15th annual conference of ‘Vision 2020: The Right to Sight - India’ organised by Aravind Eye Care System, he said deliberations would bring out new ideas to increase the effectiveness of eye care service delivery models.

Over 70 million Indians have a disability, making a compelling case for financial inclusion to be built in, in every aspect of our lives. Compelling from the point of social justice as well as business sense. Yet, this doesn’t get reflected. A huge gap that needs to be addressed, as a Reserve Bank of India’s high-level committee emphasies.