Reaching out to the visually challenged
A voluntary group for providing reading and scribe services gathered for its inaugural meeting at the District Central Library on Sunday vowing to reach out to visually challenged students in the city.
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Goals in Their Sights
On a balmy August evening, a game of football is about to begin at the astroturf of the Regional Sports Centre in Kochi. Twelve boys are lined up on one side of the ground. Malaysian Loo Wai Keong, the technical advisor who monitors the game, throws the ball into the field. The game is afoot.
Foundation Seeks Quiet Achievers
CHAMARAJPET:A foundation named after a little village in central Karnataka is now active in the city. Hoovinahole Pratishtana recently honoured Saalumarada Thimmakka, Karnataka’s ‘woman of the avenue trees,’ visually impaired educationist Ashwini Angadi and poet Nagathihalli Ramesh.
They Dribble, Score Goals with Inner Vision: Blind Football
KOCHI:Players of the Indian Blind Football Team fought with the same intensity as that of professional football teams in the exhibition match held at the Regional Sports Centre here on Tuesday.
Blind Nightingale Soars With the Help of Social Media
QUEEN'S ROAD: A video featuring Tumpa Kumari singing the popular Hindi song, ‘Sun Raha Hai Na Tu,’ went viral last month and lakhs of people watched and heard this mellifluous rendition in wonder. In a true tribute to the power of social media in today’s times, people who appreciated her talent, relentlessly forwarded the video on WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube and every other medium available.
Despite Campaigns, Cases of Blindness Rising in City
HYDERABAD: In spite of various campaigns and awareness initiatives taken by the health administration, the number of people suffering from blindness is rising in Hyderabad and more than 6,000 people are waiting for corneal transplantation in the district.
Cornea intact, sight impaired pledges eye
LUCKNOW: The longing for light emanates from the most profound darkness. Turning this proverb true, a student from Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University has shown the way to fight blindness in UP. First year student in MA History, Ekta Pandey has pledged to donate her eyes to King George's Medical University's eye bank.
Defying limits and racing ahead
Motor-racing is not for the faint-hearted. But when you are deaf and blind, it takes on a different dimension.
Open to Visually Impaired Now
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Students with visual impairment in the state will be given admission to science stream in Higher Secondary classes, from this year onwards.
New Device Lets Blind Mother See New Baby
A relatively new company called the eSight Corpration has designed special glasses that allow some people who have been declared “legally blind” to be able to see pretty clearly.
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