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Visually-impaired students add light to Diwali dazzle

They can’t define light but that is not a deterrent for them to adding dazzle to others’ lives every Diwali.

State set for first blind women's cricket tourney

Bhubaneswar: Laxmi Barik is a 15-year-old visually impaired girl. But that has not deterred her from playing cricket. She, along with 43 other visually challenged girls, are busy practising ahead of the first ever blind women's cricket tournament of the state to begin here from Friday.

Visually challenged students get talking laptops

For the first time, more than 50 visually challenged students studying in SSLC and above were given talking laptops in Mysuru. The laptops have in-built audio keyboards that are incorporated with special software to make them user-friendly.

First ever international film fest for persons with disabilities in December

NEW DELHI: Films to sensitise society about handicapped persons would be screened in the first-ever international film festival for persons with disability next month. To be held from December 1-3, the festival would show 40 films on different categories of disabilities including 10 feature films, 16 short films and 14 documentaries in different languages.

Call for Noiseless and Smokeless Deepavali

PUDUCHERRY: Calling upon the general public to comply with the directions of the Supreme Court, on the use of crackers, the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee (PPCC), on Monday, appealed for a noiseless and smokeless Deepavali celebration.

The panel cautioned the public against bursting crackers between 10 pm and 6 am on the day of Deepavali.

Reading session links blind students with volunteers

CHENNAI: When Ashok Kumar scored 1,076 in his Class 12 board exams and topped his school, it was not just his parents and teachers who felt elated but he also made another person proud, someone who had been toiling away with him in the examination centre, equally anxious to finish the test papers. It was his 63-year-old scribe T R Narayanan.

Techies take time out to serve as scribes

After attending reading sessions for a year, a visually-impaired student of Government High School in Poonamalle scored 960 in his class 12 board examination.

Eye treatment can’t be considered professional expenditure: Bombay High Court

Expenses incurred for getting eyes treated cannot be claimed as a professional deduction under the Income Tax (IT) law, the Bombay high court has said.

A lawyer had undergone eye treatment in the US about 20 years ago and asked IT authorities to treat it as a professional deduction. Disagreeing with him, the court gave reference of a few of its lawyers, saying though they were visually impaired they could carry out their work efficiently.

Providing 'Sight' to the Visually Impaired

KOZHIKODE: Utilising their technological and scientific skills, the students of National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC), are paving a path of self-reliance for the less affluent who cannot explore the world on their own.

The students have developed the working model of a smart ‘Blind man’s stick’ to guide the visually impaired on the obstacles along their path.

2.8 Lakh Blind, Over 150 Register as Eye Donors

CHENNAI: Over 150 people registered themselves for eye donation in Sankara Nethralaya Hospital on Monday at a function. Polycab, cables and wires manufacturers in India have taken this initiative under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity. Employees of Polycab and people from different walks of life came forward to donate their eyes on suggestion by Polycab. According to a press release, the initiative is to promote eye donation and also raise awareness among the people about this novel thing.