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Legally blind woman can see clearly for the first time |
ALTOONA, Iowa —An Altoona woman who has been legally blind since birth can now see for the first time, thanks to a new high-tech tool. And 45-year-old Mindi McDonald is the first person in Iowa to... |
Achievements, General, Medical |
19/Nov/2015 |
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All for a good cause |
Extending a humane gesture, a few restoratives and organisations have come forward to help underprivileged children and visually impaired artists by offering financial aid through a play. A popular... |
Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
19/Nov/2015 |
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PM TO CONFER AWARD ON HOSHANGABAD COLLECTOR |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confer national award to Hoshangabad Collector Sanket Bhondve for excellent works for rehabilitation and upliftment of disabled persons. The award will be conferred... |
Accessibility, Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
17/Nov/2015 |
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VISUALLY IMPAIRED GIRLS SEEK BLESSINGS OF CM |
The visually impaired girls who have been selected for a singing competition to be organised by Doordarshan titled 'Meri Aawaz Suno' on Monday called on Chief Minister Raman Singh at his residence... |
Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
17/Nov/2015 |
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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.
The 154 visually-impaired kids at the Institute of Blind in Sector 26, work overtime... |
Achievements, General, Product and Technology |
10/Nov/2015 |
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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... |
Achievements, General, Adventure and Sports |
09/Nov/2015 |
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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... |
Accessibility, Achievements, General, Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
04/Nov/2015 |
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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,... |
Achievements, General |
03/Nov/2015 |
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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... |
General |
03/Nov/2015 |
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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... |
General, Education and Employment |
02/Nov/2015 |
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