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How to make blind people ‘see’ films: it’s really not that hard |
The air was truly awesome at a special screening of a recently released Hindi movie at a suburban preview theatre in Mumbai. A mostly visually impaired audience sat through a show of the March 18... |
General |
31/Mar/2016 |
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Microsoft outlines intelligence vision for Windows 10 |
Microsoft’s India-born CEO Satya Nadella on Wednesday outlined the technology giant’s vision to combine the power of human language with advanced machine intelligence as he announced new updates to... |
General, Science & technology, Education and Employment |
31/Mar/2016 |
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Disability certificate: New criteria, software glitches mar process |
At 19 years of age, Datta Baban Gawli, a vendor earning his living in local trains at Daund, suffered an accident and it led to the amputation of both his legs. Not one to give up, he got a tricycle... |
Accessibility, General, Policy News, Medical |
31/Mar/2016 |
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The new Persons with Disability Bill 2016 would be tabled in the monsoon session of Parliament. |
Varanasi: Chief commissioner for persons with disabilities Kamlesh Kumar said that the new Persons with Disability Bill 2016 would be tabled in the monsoon session of Parliament.Kumar also informed... |
Accessibility, Achievements, General, Policy News |
29/Mar/2016 |
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Braille Leads Teams to a Hidden Treasure |
BENGALURU: What if you are chasing a treasure by road and all the directions are written in Braille?
In a fundraiser event held in the city on Sunday, visually-impaired persons directed seasoned... |
Achievements, General, Adventure and Sports |
28/Mar/2016 |
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ADAPTING HOMES FOR THE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED’ IN HARYANA |
To facilitate persons with disabilities, Haryana Government has launched a new scheme-- ‘Adapting Homes for the Differently-abled’, under which pension of six months would be given in advance to them... |
General, Policy News |
28/Mar/2016 |
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Sharing the joy of Holi with a touch of gulal |
Although colours have no meaning for them, students of a residential school for blind girls in Berhampur of Odisha celebrated Holi on Thursday with colours of joy.
This festival of colours was... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
25/Mar/2016 |
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80 schemes implemented by govt. for welfare of people with disabilities’ |
A number of schemes are being implemented for the welfare and benefit of the people with disabilities by the Union and state governments. But lack of awareness has been a major hurdle in implementing... |
Achievements, General, Policy News |
22/Mar/2016 |
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A ‘Walk in the Dark’ to combat blindness |
The India Vision Institute in partnership with the Australian Consulate General, Mumbai, has organised a ‘Walk in the Dark’ at Worli Sea Face on Sunday morning between 7.15 am and 8.30 am, to raise... |
General |
21/Mar/2016 |
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What If We Were All Colour Blind? |
Was the dress blue and black, or white and gold? As a pop-culture enthusiast, I pride myself on the fact that I am up to speed on trivial phenomena that shake the new media. To me, it is amateurish... |
General, Medical |
21/Mar/2016 |
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