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Visually impaired appeal for equal job opportunities |
There is need for more advocacy to ensure people with visual impairment are not discriminated in the labour market and social protection programmes for them to avoid begging culture.
The appeal was... |
General |
22/Aug/2017 |
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Reading software to aid blind and visually impaired |
Blind and visually-impaired people in the country can now read any printed Nepali characters using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, which was launched on Monday.
The software, developed... |
General, Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
22/Aug/2017 |
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The teacher-student bond |
Let us take a look at how Hellen Keller thrived under the tutelage of her teacher Anne Sullivan
"My teacher is so near to me that I scarcely think of myself apart from her." - Hellen Keller
Mark... |
General |
22/Aug/2017 |
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Eye camp for visually impaired children |
Tribune News Service
Kullu, August 20
The District Red Cross Society organised a special eye camp for visually impaired children at the Regional, Hospital, Kullu today. The society has taken a... |
General, Medical |
21/Aug/2017 |
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HOW PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CAN ENJOY NEXT WEEK’S SOLAR ECLIPSE |
An overview of the Eclipse Soundscapes Project, a Cambridge, MA based initiative of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and NASA's Heliophysics Education Consortium by Kelsey Perrett.
Our... |
General, Science & technology |
21/Aug/2017 |
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It’s the duty of every institution to help disabled people, says Supreme Court |
It is the duty of every institution to extend a helping hand to disabled persons, the Supreme Court said on Friday.
The observation by the apex court came while hearing a thalassaemia patient’s plea... |
General, Policy News |
18/Aug/2017 |
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Engineers open the Internet to all |
BENGALURU: While the Internet has become a basic human necessity, the blind and visually impaired have little means to access it. As a way to help such people, a group of engineers from the city have... |
General |
17/Aug/2017 |
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Government institute bars visually-impaired programmer from giving exam |
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) A visually-impaired computer programmer was barred from giving a test for a government-certified programmer when the state-run institute that was conducting it sent him back... |
General, Education and Employment |
11/Aug/2017 |
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Obaseki approves special bursary for visually challenged students |
Cautions new permanent secretaries on corruption
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved the payment of special bursary for visually impaired students of the state origin studying in... |
General |
10/Aug/2017 |
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Zee to premiere 'Dangal' with Audio Description for Visually Impaired audiences |
New Delhi, Aug 9 (UNI) In a unique initiative, Zee Entertainment will premiere Aamir Khan's 'Dangal' with audio description for the benefit of the visually impaired people.
The premiere of 'Dangal'... |
General |
10/Aug/2017 |
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