Defence Services Staff College (DSSC)
Wellington (Nilgiris)-643231, Tamil Nadu
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.dssc.gov.in or refer to the Employment News dated 5th August 2017, page no. 44
Last date for application is: 25th August 2017
The Commandant, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington invites applications from eligible Indian citizens for the following posts:
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 for not bringing a writer with him.
Originally from West Bengal, the 26-year-old Varun Mehato had gone to give his CCC exam conducted by National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), an entity under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
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Regd. & Head Office : 24, Whites Road,
Chennai – 600 014
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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 tertiary institutions.
He gave the approval when the executive members of the state chapter of the Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB), paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Benin City.
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' is party of 'Zee for All', an initiative by ZEE to make content on television accessible for the Visually and Hearing Impaired.
'#ZEEForAll' is an effort from Zee to provide audiences who have a sensory handicap, with unparalleled access to entertainment that is currently enjoyed by millions of Indians with sight.
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Dedicated to visually impaired children of Rashtriya Blind School, Delhi, 7th Haut Monde Mrs. India Worldwide 2017 was organised at Kingdom of Dreams in Gurugram over the weekend.
This year, Neha Deshpande of Pune bagged the title of Haut Monde Mrs. India Worldwide. Shweta Dagar and Shwati Nanda won the title of 1st runner up, while Karishma Chabariya was awarded the title of 2nd runner up by the jury. This international beauty pageant, an initiative by Shri Sai Entertainments Pvt Ltd, sees the participation of Indian contestants from world over.
Going against all odds of life, these visually impaired artists of the city gave a scintillating performance before the Bhopalites. An enthralling musical evening ‘Ek Shaam Umeed Ke Naam’ was witnessed by art lovers at Bharat Bhavan on Tuesday.
ADITI MAHAVIDYALAYA
(A college 100% funded by Govt. of NCT of Delhi)
(University of Delhi)
Bawana, Delhi-110039
Advt. No. : AM/2017/01
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The last date for receipt of applications is 14.08.2017
The Federal Nigerian Society for the Blind has expressed displeasure over the inhumane treatment meted out to the visually impaired citizens in the country. Speaking at a press conference, ahead of its 12th annual White Cane day fitness walk, the group bemoaned government’s neglect towards the rights of the visually impaired citizens.
Regional Abilympic Events
National Abilympic Association of India (NAAI)!
This is regarding Call for applications of participation in Regional Abilympic Events to be organised in 2017. We would like to inform you, the forms of participants are now being accepted till 15th August, 2017.
The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is planning to complete the distribution of supportive aids to 14,500 differently-abled schoolchildren in the district by August.
A.K. Abdul Hakkeem, district programme officer, SSA, said here on Sunday that hearing-impaired and visually-impaired children were given special attention this time. “They were broadly categorised into four groups – fully deaf and partially blind; partially deaf and fully blind; fully blind; and fully deaf,” he added.
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education,
Dharamshala-176213
HB/37/Recruitment Cell/HPSC/20176652-6660
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The last date for filling online application is 15.08.2017 and the written examination will be held on 27.08.2017.
ALL INDIA MADANLAL KHANDELWAL BRAILLE ESSAY COMPETITION 2017
The number of blind people across the world is set to triple within the next four decades, researchers suggest.
Writing in Lancet Global Health, they predict cases will rise from 36 million to 115 million by 2050, if treatment is not improved by better funding.
A growing ageing population is behind the rising numbers.
Some of the highest rates of blindness and vision impairment are in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
PARLIAMENT OF INDIA
(RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT)
(RECRUITMENT CELL)
Advt. No. 1 /2017
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CLOSING DATE OF SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION: 18th August, 2017
Online applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens to fill up the following posts in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat as per tentative vacancy position given below:
The Mysuru unit of the National Federation of the Blind will organise workshops for blind women on August 12 and 18 at the Okkaligara community hall in Vidyaranyapuram. Discussions will be held on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/workshop-f...
The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has decided to allocate Rs. 100 crore from the National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) to the A.P. government towards skill development programmes. It has also agreed to consider setting up another branch of the National Institute of Mentally Handicapped (NIMH) at Amaravati, according to the Union Minister of State, Ramdas Athawale, on Monday.
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