The students of Acropolis College Indore have invented a guiding stick for the visually impaired. This electronic walking stick will help them to identify the hurdles on the path accurately and also inform different other types of changes coming on the way.

She was allegedly raped on May 5 in Karol Bagh

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Thursday said that it had granted a compensation of ₹25,000 to a visually impaired woman (20) who was allegedly raped on May 5 in Karol Bagh.

“The woman belongs to the poorest section of the society. The Commission had called for an urgent meeting and has allotted an immediate compensation to her so that the family can ensure a proper door is installed in the jhuggi immediately. Also, the DCW has approached the court, seeking compensation for the woman,” DCW said in a statement.

Ford has developed a prototype smart car window using the 'Feel the View' technology that helps blind people visualize the passing landscape. The technology, created by Ford's Italian division in collaboration with tech-start-up Aedo utilizes vibrations to chart out the outdoor view for visually impaired passengers.

Blind Graduates Forum of India is a nonprofit organization with its Head Quarters in Mumbai and a branch at Nagpur. We have been working for the empowerment of persons with blindness since its inception in 1985.  Our aim is to make the visually challenged independent and create an empowering environment by
collaborating with their stakeholders. We work with people who are visually challenged, their family members, Educational Institutions, Corporates and Government to fulfill their needs

BENGALURU: Microsoft has created a tool that lets visually impaired people code faster. 

The project dubbed CodeTalk helps such coders navigate faster on screen, offers audio cues for bugs in the program, and helps users locate and skip comments on their document. 

MUMBAI: With nearly 9,000 posts of stenographers, peons and clerks advertised in district courts, the Bombay high courton Tuesday dwelt on a question raised by National Association of the Blind whether provisions of Disabilities Act applies to courts.