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Rajnath Singh visits visually-impaired BSF officer's home for lunch, lauds his service to the nation |
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday to visit the BSF Academy in Tekanpur district. He was there to attend the passing out parade of the BSF assistant... |
General |
29/Mar/2017 |
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Seva Bharati to take care of endosulfan victims |
Seva Bharati, a non-government organisation working for special children and visually impaired in the city, will start running the two day care centres for endosulfan victims from April 1. The NGO... |
General |
28/Mar/2017 |
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Access hurdles of PWDs in Smart Cities decried: Javed Abidi |
BHUBANESWAR: The Centre is not serious about accessibility hurdles which have been a long standing concern for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in India.
While there has been much hype on... |
General, Policy News |
28/Mar/2017 |
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Odisha likely to conduct fresh disability census |
BHUBANESWAR: With the Centre contemplating to broaden the criteria for persons with disabilities (PWDs), Odisha Government is likely to start a fresh enumeration of PWDs within a few months. The... |
General, Policy News |
27/Mar/2017 |
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India to redefine blindness to meet WHO stipulation |
India to redefine blindness to meet WHO stipulation
A person unable to count fingers from a distance of 6m is categorised as “blind” in India, against the WHO’s stipulation of 3m.
The government is... |
General |
27/Mar/2017 |
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Need to provide this news to potential users |
Innovators from India have created a new device that has yet again changed what we can or cannot do without seeing.
Plastic sliding calipers known as Squirrel Devices, developed by MIT grad students... |
General, Product and Technology |
24/Mar/2017 |
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Nonpayment of salaries: Visually impaired employees hold protest |
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Visually impaired employees of different government departments staged a protest demonstration on Thursday at Musharraf Chowk over nonpayment of their salaries for the last four... |
General |
24/Mar/2017 |
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Arunachal teen develops goggles to help the blind |
Innovation uses echolocation to detect obstacles
A high school student in Arunachal Pradesh has invented a unique pair of goggles that uses ultrasound and infrared sensors to help the visually... |
General, Product and Technology |
23/Mar/2017 |
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Asian chess championship for the blind begins |
First rounds games to begin today
The International Braille Chess Association (IBCA) Asian Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged-2017 was inaugurated here on Wednesday. The first round games... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
23/Mar/2017 |
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WHITE GUIDE TO HELP VISUALLY IMPAIRED WALK WITH CONFIDENCE |
For visually impaired people it is not easy to find out who and what is around them. A walking stick is the only support which can boost their morale and help them escape all the hurdles.
According... |
General, Product and Technology |
20/Mar/2017 |
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