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Louis Braille’s birth anniversary: In a first, visually-impaired man reads news on AIR Pune |
IT WAS a routine broadcast schedule for the listeners of All India Radio (AIR) on Monday morning, when presenter Manoj Kshirsagar started the regional news bulletin at 7.10 am in his distinctive... |
General |
05/Jan/2016 |
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World Braille Day: 9 facts about the Braille Code and the man behind it |
Louis Braille, the developer of Braille Code, was born on January 4 in 1809. The day is celebrated as World Braille Day.
An educator from France who had accidentally lost his eyesight at the age of... |
General |
04/Jan/2016 |
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Technology beyond Braille has come in handy for many |
While hailing the revolutionary discovery of Louis Braille as being a fundamental necessity that helped them overcome barriers, some of the visually challenged professionals in the city feel that... |
General |
04/Jan/2016 |
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Bengaluru’s first industrial Braille press in HSR Layout |
The city is all set to get its own industrial-scale Braille press in HSR Layout, which is also set to print the first Braille magazine in the State.
Mitra Jyothi, an NGO working for the visually... |
General |
04/Jan/2016 |
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WAITING FOR YEARS TO GET A BRAILLE EMBOSSER |
Computerised Braille embosser may have replaced the manual Braille typewriter bringing down the laborious work of producing a Braille book.
But at the State Central Library at Cubbon Park, armed... |
General |
04/Jan/2016 |
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Taking eye care to every corner of rural India |
Jayant Sriram explores the thriving social entrepreneurship model of Aravind Eye Care
here is a documentary video that is shown to visitors at the Aravind Eye Care headquarters in Madurai as a... |
General, Medical |
31/Dec/2015 |
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STATE HAS 12.44L DIFFERENTLY-ABLED PERSONS |
Chief Secretary AP Padhi visited and reviewed the activities of the newly-formed Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability Department on Wednesday.
Department Secretary Saswat Mishra... |
Achievements, General, Policy News, Education and Employment |
31/Dec/2015 |
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Software needed to help visually challenged’ |
Charudatta V. Jadhav, president of the All-India Chess Federation for the Blind, said on Saturday that it was essential to develop an online software to help visually challenged chess players to... |
Accessibility, Achievements, General, Product and Technology |
28/Dec/2015 |
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WILL ACT AGAINST CORRUPT BABUS WITHIN 24 HRS: MIN |
Social Welfare Minister Louis Marandi said that she will take action within 24 hours, if any official or staff of her department was found involved in any kind of irregularity.
Marandi, while... |
General, Education and Employment |
24/Dec/2015 |
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Helpline launched for people with vision disabilities in India |
NEW DELHI: Now people with vision disabilities in India can call a toll free number and get their queries addressed in their local language, thanks to an initiative launched on Monday.
Lov Verma,... |
Accessibility, Achievements |
23/Dec/2015 |
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