Hyderabad: To facilitate citizens, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has decided to set up 84 mock polling centres to ensure complete awareness on the use of the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Running Blind
BENGALURU: Mala S Kolkar, 22 , a visually impaired marathoner, is working out hard at the Kanteerava Stadium to prepare for her next Bengaluru Marathon on October 21.
LUCKNOW: Visually impaired since birth, 14-year-old Kavita has visited the zoo a few times. However, her Sunday's visit was unlike any other till now. For the first time, no one had to tell her what she was looking at.
PANAJI: In June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, via video conferencing, appreciated the innovation of three students of Dr K B Hedgewar High School at Cujira. They had invented a device that automatically dims the headlight of an oncoming vehicle for a driver. Now, two Class VIII students of the same school have designed a device that can help the visually impaired detect obstructions in their path.
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Porvorim: For the first time, Goa will host international matches for visually impaired cricketers at the GCA Academy ground, Porvorim, it was announced at a press conference at the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) headquarters on Sunday.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goa-to-host-t20-tri-series-for-visually-impaired/articleshow/66112139.cms
Inclusive is a word that guides, drives and inspires art and disability expert Siddhant Shah, who specialises in bridging the gap between cultural heritage and disability through the initiative, ‘Access for All’. The 27-year-old, also a heritage architect and access consultant, with his team and experts is steadily pushing the boundaries of physical, intellectual and social access in spaces like museums, art galleries, cultural tourism sites, monuments and public spaces.
Suraj Vishwakarma from Chhattisgarh, a born blind class 7 student contacted Eyeway in July 2018. Him and his parents, a financially poor family has been totally in the dark due to unawareness and misinformation. His father does welding work and mother does sweeping in the municipality for a living. Income, resources and daily living are all issues to this family among their child’s blindness. They have but accepted their ‘present’ and want to bring some changes to their ‘future’.
Sanjay Negi from Garhwal, Uttarakhand is a 22 year old hardworking individual wanting to be independent and support his family. But sometimes the systems are too immutable to change that the poor and weaker sections will fail to catch-up, and irrespective of how hard they try. He contacted Eyeway in July 2018 and the call was regarding hostel accommodation.
Amitha Murali (name changed) from Ernakulum contacted Eyeway in July 2018, after hearing about it from the radio promotions. She contacted Eyeway seeking education related guidance. Amitha is a very ambitious girl having done her schooling and graduation with deteriorating vision with the support of friends and family. 21 year old Amitha came through a lot of struggles in education, mobility and daily living since 2rd standard when her visual impairment was identified for the first time.
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