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HC notice on plea to bring out Thirukkural in Braille |
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday ordered notice to various organs of the state government and the Tamil University on a plea seeking steps to disseminate ‘Thirukkural,... |
General, Education and Employment |
21/Mar/2018 |
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Disabled rights unions plan stir |
Seek action against official for ridiculing two visually impaired persons
The Joint Action Committee of the Associations for the Disabled is planning to stage an agitation on Wednesday to protest... |
General |
20/Mar/2018 |
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National blind football team comprising four players from Kerala to leave for Japan games |
KOCHI: The national blind football team, which also comprises four players from Kerala, will soon leave for Japan to participate in the IBSA Blind Football World Grand Prix scheduled at Tokyo from... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
19/Mar/2018 |
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A new 3D printed Braille Puzzle for the visually-impaired |
HYDERABAD: LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, has developed Fittle, the world’s first 3D printed Braille Puzzle. Created in collaboration with Serviceplan and educational toy company Ravensburger to... |
General, Product and Technology |
15/Mar/2018 |
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The Javed Abidi I Knew |
Javed Abidi was to the disability movement what Mahatma Gandhi was to the Indian freedom struggle and Virat Kohli is to the Indian cricket team.
Javed Abidi. Credit: Facebook/Javed Abidi
It was the... |
General |
12/Mar/2018 |
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Winter Paralympics 2018's first gold medal claimed by visually impaired downhill skiier Henrieta Farkasova |
Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova won the first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics on Saturday in women's vision impaired downhill skiing.
Farkasova and her guide Natalia Subrtova finished... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
12/Mar/2018 |
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Mobile phone distributed to visually impaired students |
MANGALBARE, ILAM — The Association of the People with Visual Impairment in Ilam has distributed Android mobile phone to the visually impaired students.
A total of 19 visually impaired students from... |
General |
12/Mar/2018 |
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Breaking through Bangkok’s sound barrier |
Visually challenged singers get ‘talent cards’ from the Thai government that allows them to perform on streets
Strumming his guitar with ease and backed by a drummer, Singhkum Boonriang belts out... |
General |
12/Mar/2018 |
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Funds crunch threatens to derail blind judo dreams |
CHENNAI: Visually impaired judokas are in search of a black cat in the darkness! Ten of them have qualified for the world championship for blind to be held in Turkey from April 19. But due to... |
General |
12/Mar/2018 |
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BRAILLE BOOK ON MENSTRUAL HYGIENE RELEASED |
Menstrual hygiene education is a basic right of every girl by virtue of her birth and, hence, all girls, irrespective of class, caste, economic condition and physical ability, should be taught on the... |
General, Medical |
09/Mar/2018 |
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