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A.P. govt. exempts visually-impaired staff from facial attendance

Mon, 01/23/2023 - 10:48 -- geeta.nair

The State government exempted all the visually-impaired employees from marking attendance through the Facial Recognition Based Attendance System (FRBAS) until the attendance systems are made accessible to them.

The Chief Secretary K.S. Jawahar Reddy, through G.O. M.S. No. 1 on Friday, from the Department for Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citizens, had issued instructions to all concerned officials in the State to follow the new guidelines for this section of employees. 

Proposal for separate Dept for PwDs on lines of MP, Raj and Maha

Fri, 01/13/2023 - 10:11 -- geeta.nair

PANJIM: The State Commission for Disabilities Rights has proposed before the government to set up a separate department for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) on the lines of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. 

State Commissioner Guruprasad Pawaskar informed that with the addition to the types of disabilities, the number of PwDs has increased to nearly 90,000 in the State. 

Blind tribal schoolgirl Madhi Rathwa strikes gold with javel .

Wed, 01/11/2023 - 10:49 -- geeta.nair

blind tribal school girl madhi rathwa strikes gold with javelin – 

Congratulations are pouring in for Madhi Rathwa, a visually impaired person from a small village, who won gold at the National Athletics Championships held in Delhi.

He said on his social media website: I am thrilled that I have won the gold medal in the javelin throw category at the National Athletics Championship. I threw 15 meters in javelin throw in visually impaired category. This is considered my greatest achievement and pride. My thanks to our school and my sports coach.

Home for blind to come up in Kakinada

Tue, 01/10/2023 - 10:35 -- geeta.nair

Kakinada: Kakinada district collector Kritika Shukla has instructed officials to identify a site for construction of a home for the blind in Kakinada. She also ordered that the new building being built for the deaf and dumb school be completed at the earliest.

The department for welfare of the disabled is running a disability training and production centre, a hostel for disabled, and a home and school for the blind.

BSES begins power bills in Braille for visually impaired

Tue, 01/10/2023 - 10:22 -- geeta.nair

BSES also launched its upgraded and voice-enabled mobile apps -- the BRPL Power App for residents of south and west Delhi, and BYPL Connect for those residing in east and central Delhi.

Power distribution companies BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) on Wednesday launched electricity bills in Braille as part of their outreach to the visually impaired.

KU starts free on-campus e-vehicle service for differently abled students

Tue, 01/03/2023 - 10:32 -- geeta.nair

The vice-chancellor of the university, Som Nath Sachdeva flagged off two electric-operated vehicles for transporting differently abled students free of cost on the campus. KU started free on-campus e-vehicle service for differently abled students.

The Kurukshetra University (KU) on Monday started free on-campus e-vehicle service for differently abled students.

The vice-chancellor of the university, Som Nath Sachdeva flagged off two electric-operated vehicles for transporting differently abled students free of cost on the campus.

Vision-impaired student seeks help to achieve his dreams

Wed, 12/28/2022 - 11:06 -- geeta.nair

KOCHI: Being 80% visually impaired never stopped Arjun K Kumar, a native of Viyyur in Thrissur, from dreaming to become a law academician. He not only pursued a degree in Law from Thrissur Law College with high marks but even got admission to LLM under the special reservation category at the Ernakulam Law College.

Special movie screened for visually-impaired

Mon, 12/26/2022 - 10:20 -- geeta.nair

Chandigarh: Chandigarh Club Sector-1 on  Sunday organised a unique Xmas celebration  for the visually impaired by screening of movie 83 in audio   described format. This had explanatory audio commentary in  segments that had only ambience sounds.
‘Divine Eyes,’  a music group of visually impaired artists, also enthralled   the audience. The event also signalled the start of  Countdown 2023 – the Club’s Xmas and New Years celebration. 

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