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Visually impaired Chennaiite explains how he cracked the UPSC code |
CHENNAI: Beno Zephine broke the glass ceiling last year when she fought against all odds and became the first ever Indian Foreign Service officer with 100 per cent visual impairment. Now, following... |
Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
11/May/2016 |
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A helping hand for the visually-challenged |
Students of Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science (MITS), Madanapalle, have designed a system called ‘Blind Vision’ that helps the visually-challenged to tread easily even in crowded spaces... |
Accessibility, General, Product and Technology |
06/May/2016 |
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Centre planning online recruitment for government jobs |
NEW DELHI: Let's face it, few people look forward to interacting with government officials even if they want to join the ranks of the sarkari workforce themselves.An online recruitment plan in the... |
Achievements, General, Policy News |
05/May/2016 |
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App for Visually Challenged |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF), the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Amway India, has launched a mobile application - Accessible Reader - for the benefit of the visually... |
General, Education and Employment |
04/May/2016 |
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Providing audio books for the blind |
A visually impaired English teacher has embarked on a project of converting books into audio files for benefit of the blind. Sandeep Trivedi, no stranger to the challenges faced by the blind, said he... |
General, Education and Employment |
03/May/2016 |
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HT Special: Kaithal DC beats blindness with can-do spirit, vision |
When IAS officer Ravi Prakash Gupta (44) was posted as deputy commissioner of Kaithal district six days ago, nobody quite knew what to expect from him. There was no dearth of naysayers in the... |
General, Education and Employment |
03/May/2016 |
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Life as you Know is not the Same for the Disabled |
CHENNAI: It is just 15mm of difference that could be the deciding factor: can I manage on my own or do I need assistance? Can the wheelchair manoeuvre over the step or does it need to be manually... |
Achievements, General |
02/May/2016 |
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Students of Red Cross School for the Blind achieve cent per cent result |
For the 33rd consecutive year, the students of Red Cross School for the Blind in Berhampur of Odisha have achieved cent per cent pass result in Class X board examination conducted by the Odisha Board... |
Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
28/Apr/2016 |
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AP’s visually challenged students miss the bus |
Visually impaired students in Andhra Pradesh are unable to make use of an opportunity to educate themselves with financial aid provided by an offshore NRI donor organisation. The reasons attributed... |
Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
28/Apr/2016 |
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IIT-Hyderabad Lads Create Social Innovations |
HYDERABAD: With so many universities and institutes in Hyderabad, it has become a common thing to see students coming out with some latest innovations and apps. But, very rarely do we get to see... |
General |
25/Apr/2016 |
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