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Visually impaired Kannada prof receives doctorate from BU |
Bengaluru: Disability is not a reason to give up on life, but a weapon one can use to prove that nothing is impossible. Nagashetty, 37, swears by this motto. Born blind in one eye and losing sight in... |
Achievements, General |
22/Dec/2017 |
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DDA demolishes hostel for blind, 20 students left in the cold, open |
Occupants of a hostel for visually impaired students in Janakpuri’s Virender Nagar have been sleeping in the open for almost a week now, after the DDA demolished their hostel on December 15. The... |
General |
22/Dec/2017 |
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Marsha de Cordova: The government shouldn’t blame disabled people for its failings |
Afew weeks ago, Labour’s shadow disabilities minister needed to give a parliamentary response to the government’s proposals for its new work and health programme. But the MP in question, Marsha de... |
General, Policy News |
21/Dec/2017 |
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Facebook's new face recognition service uses AI to help blind users know who is in the photos in their feeds |
When Matt King first got on Facebook eight years ago, the blind engineer had to weigh whether it was worth spending an entire Saturday morning checking whether a friend of his was actually in his... |
General, Product and Technology |
20/Dec/2017 |
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SC push to public access for disabled persons |
The Supreme Court has come out with a series of directions to ensure that public infrastructure is accessible to differently-abled persons and ordered that the June 2019 deadline set by the Rights of... |
General, Policy News |
20/Dec/2017 |
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Japan to donate Braille Printers for Blind Students |
KATHMANU — Ambassador of Japan to Nepal Masashi Ogawa signed a grant contract to provide Braille printers and ancillary equipment to the Nepal Association for the Welfare of the Blind (NAWB) here... |
General, Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
19/Dec/2017 |
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Pakistani student creates a device for the visually impaired |
A Pakistani student from Peshawar has developed a device that helps people with visual impairment walk. The device, Sonic Eye, includes a white stick which has a navigation device attached along with... |
General, Product and Technology |
19/Dec/2017 |
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World’s first ever IT park for the disabled soon to come up in Hyderabad |
For the first time ever, a specially designated IT park is soon going to be established for persons with disability (PwD) in Hyderabad near the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad. Under a... |
General |
19/Dec/2017 |
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Microsoft's Seeing AI app for the blind now reads handwriting |
NEW DELHI: Apart from the Bing update and Cortanaenhancements, Microsoft also revamped is Seeing AI app for iOS. The company announced the changes at the ongoing Microsoft's AI Summit in San... |
General, Product and Technology |
15/Dec/2017 |
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Divyang centre: Injured on duty, paramilitary soldiers take on new skill sets |
Introduced by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) last year in December, the Divyang Skill Development Centre (DSDC) has started giving training in gardening and mobile repairing to develop... |
General |
15/Dec/2017 |
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