A principal scientist with a disability, who works at the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) and has been asking for a transfer to the environment technology division since October last year, has finally won his battle after staging a protest in front of the institute on Monday morning.
BENGALURU: If visually impaired radio jockeys are rare today, they were unheard of when K Srikanth tried his hand at it two decades ago.
Over the years, India’s first visually-impaired RJ has worked on All India Radio and BBC programmes.
CHENNAI: She was an author, political activist and lecturer whose story is known around the world. A person with hearing and visual disability from the age of 19 months, the life of this ‘miraculous worker’ who broke the isolation of being different has inspired many and is a tale that spreads optimism among people.
In a warning to those who sleep with their devices next to them, researchers have found two women who were affected by transient smartphone “blindness” – a condition where they went blind in one eye after gazing at smartphones in the dark.
HYDERABAD: For the younger generation, the role of Sehri wakers might be irrelevant. But these selfless people have been going around the streets in the wee hours, braving rains, to wake up people for Sehri during the holy month of Ramzan.
Students with disabilities must come forward to make use of the opportunities provided by the Government and other sectors, and come up in life, said A.V.D. Narayana Rao, Assistant Director, Disable Welfare, Krishna district.
A “sea of humanity” came together in the national Capital on Tuesday to make the second International Yoga Day a great success. While foreigners and diplomats practiced yoga at various locations in the city, a group of blind children from Karnataka showcased yoga and wowed the audience.
BENGALURU: AMID showers early on Tuesday, about 10,000 people from all walks of life celebrated the second International Yoga Day at Sri Kanteerava Stadium. The programme was organised by the state government. The participation of the chief minister and cabinet ministers along with Bollywood actor Bipasha Basu added colour to the event.
Jaipur: When polio crippled Krishna Kumar as a child, he could not go to school till his younger brother, Basant, was old enough to be enrolled along with him.
BENGALURU: An app that would help the visually impaired catch buses on their own was the highlight of a hackathon held in the city this weekend.
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