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ACCESSIBILITY ACCORDING TO ACTUAL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES |
If you have a disability, what’s the hardest thing about browsing the web?” The answers to Safia Abdalla’s tweet are truly eye-opening and shows us what web accessibility should really be about.
In... |
Accessibility, General |
10/Jul/2017 |
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GST rates:Tax on devices for disabled actually lower, says Hasmukh Adhia |
NEW DELHI: The government has clarified its decision to levy 5% goods and services tax on assistive devices for the physically challenged, rejecting Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s allegation... |
General, Policy News |
07/Jul/2017 |
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CR TO BEGIN SMS HELPLINE FOR HANDICAPPED PASSENGERS |
The Central Railway plans to start a new helpline system to redress the grievances of the handicapped passengers and cancer patients. Following complaints from handicapped passengers that they were... |
General |
07/Jul/2017 |
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Lifestyle App for Disabled Launching on 8th July |
India is home to over 100 million persons with disabilities as well as 100 million elderly people. Despite of knowing these facts and figures, there’s little that’s being done to cater to the special... |
General, Product and Technology |
06/Jul/2017 |
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Devices for disabled taxed at discounted 5% rate: Govt |
New Delhi, July 4
The central government on Tuesday refuted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's charge of GST rates being "insensitive" to the disabled, saying a discounted 5 per cent levy will bring down... |
General, Policy News |
05/Jul/2017 |
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Visual impairment no hurdle for him |
Never-say-die attitude is what made them winners
BENGALURU: It was no easy journey for Sheikh Tanveer Asif to success in UPSC exams. Overcoming numerous odds, this candidate from Kalaburagi secured... |
Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
05/Jul/2017 |
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Visually-impaired student tops IIIT-B |
At the 17th convocation of the International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIIT-B) held on Sunday, 269 candidates were part of the graduating batch.
Vidhya Y., a visually-challenged... |
General |
04/Jul/2017 |
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Titration ColorCam is an app to help colour blind, visually impaired students |
Indian scientists have developed a smartphone app that helps colour blind and visually impaired students detect color changes in a routine lab experiment, thereby ensuring their active participation... |
General, Science & technology, Product and Technology |
04/Jul/2017 |
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Not Just Seeing Is Believing, Accessible Audio Books & a Library for Visually Impaired Are Here |
Books have been in existence forever, but recent advancements in technology have provided us with various other alternatives to choose from besides the physical form.
These include electronic books... |
General, Education and Employment |
03/Jul/2017 |
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Maids Matter -An article on challenges of a visually impaired parent. |
“It is time to celebrate with a Chocó cone!” Both Mother and son sit at the dining table around 10 in the night and thank God for the end of May and the beginning of June as they count their... |
General |
03/Jul/2017 |
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