The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed the Delhi high court that it is exploring the feasibility of developing a device for the identification of bank notes by the visually impaired.

The RBI informed a bench of chief justice Rajendra Menon and justice V Kameswar Rao that for developing an application, a presentation has also been taken from a mobile app developer, who has developed the app specifically for the identification of notes by the visually impaired.

AIPUR: His first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi was when Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat in 2012. 
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Differently-abled Kerala woman gets a shot at driving license test.

After running from pillar to post, Jilumol Mariet Thomas moved the Kerala high court, which directed the regional transport officer in Idukki district’s Thodupuzha to accept her application for learner’s licence. She will finally get her learner’s certificate next week.

Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) Minister Prafulla Samal distributed 150 laptops to blind students pursuing higher education at a special event held at the NCSCDA here on Wednesday.

Department Secretary Niten Chandra, Director Susanta Mohapatra and NCSCDA Assistant Director Ram Kishor Sharma graced as guests.

Stating that laptops with JAWS software were distributed to students, the Minister said the amount was enhanced from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 2 crore per annum from this year to provide free laptops to 250 such beneficiaries.

After years of neglect, visually impaired students will soon have full access to the required learning materials to succeed at school if national and provincial education departments adhere to an out-of-court settlement reached last week.

The government agreed that every learner is entitled to receive a textbook for each subject at the beginning of the school year. It will conduct an audit on the need for Braille textbooks and begin the process of producing and delivering study materials.

In a trendsetting initiative, a team of blind and sighted climbers from India and Israel scaled Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak of Africa.

Even after being differently able, all are putting extra efforts for making other divyangs self-reliant, is not only appreciable but also motivating for one and all, said Rajnandgaon Member of Parliament Abhishek Singh.

He was addressing the concluding session of two-day workshop as chief guest organised at local Maheshwari Bhawan, Rajnandgaon. The work was attended by differently able (blind) officers from different parts of country. The differently able were given tips on career and other success in life.