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Students showcase app to help visually impaired

BEACONS:NCCU student Wang I-fang said the app uses Bluetooth functions to notify visually impaired people when they reach a landmark they can identify

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Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar
Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand – 246 174
( A Central University )
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Advt. No. HNBGU/Recruitment-02(A& B)/2016 (ROLLING)

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Last date of receiving the application is 15th January 2017

On winning rhythm, tabla boys conquer foreign shores

GURGAON: There are six schools of tabla and maybe it's time to add a seventh. For, yet again, the students of 'Brahmanaad' (Gurgaon's very own tabla school) have excelled on foreign shores.

HARYANA CM ANNOUNCES PROJECT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced two major projects for the welfare of persons with disabilities in the State. These included setting up of a Composite Regional Centre at Faridabad and also a manufacturing unit of aids and appliances for physically challenged persons in the district.

HARYANA CM ANNOUNCES PROJECT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

13 TS child scientists to participate

HYDERABAD: A 20-member team of Telangana chapter of National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC), comprising 13 child scientists, state coordinator and others, will be participating in the prestigious national-level event of 24th NCSC to be held at Baramati in Maharashtra from Dec 27 to 31. TS Council of Science & Technology (TSCOST) member-secretary is the state coordinator for NCSC.

Rajya Sabha passes Disabilities Bill

Forus Health puts focus on R&D to prevent avoidable blindness

There are 15 million people in India who are blind, and 80% of these cases are preventable if screened early. When K Chandrasekhar learnt about this data during his casual interaction with a senior ophthalmologist, he came up with an idea of Forus Health with a goal to prevent avoidable blindness, and to make eye screening affordable and accessible to all.

Founded in 2010, Bengaluru-based Forus Health has done 1,300 installations of its different products in 25 countries.

Lower Division Clerk

HQ Base Workshop Group EME

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Last date of receipt of aplications:06.01.2017

Direct Recruitment in Group ‘C’ Posts in the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
ISRO Satellite Centre
Bangalore-560017
ADVERTISEMENT No.ISAC:03:2016

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Last date for Online submission of Application: 06.01.2017

World Disability Day Musings

By George Abraham

Every blind Indian is potentially a part of the Human Resource of the country. They must be invested in and not merely provided for. The nation needs to realize this as much as the government, the society, the families and the blind person himself or herself needs to realize this. There is a huge potential which we need to recognize, nurture and tap into.

New currency notes a problem for visually impaired

Demonetisation has created a new demon for the city's visually impaired, who are struggling to identify the new notes on the basis of length and width

Assistant Professor

Rajiv Gandhi University
Rono Hills: Doikumh
Advt. No. Estt./Tech-142/Advt./2016

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Last date for Online submission of Application: 25.01.2017

Application in prescribed form is invited from the citizen of India for the following posts in various Teaching and Non Teaching posts of Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hilla, Doimukh, Arunachal Pradesh:

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Bangalore University denied hostel admission: Disabled students

BENGALURU: Bangalore University has allegedly denied admission to some differently-abled students at its free hostels on the Jnana Bharati campus. According to a complaint filed by six students, in the last Syndicate meeting, it was approved that differently-abled students will be admitted to post-graduate hostels, but the authorities concerned have declined them.

“The meeting gave approval to admit 10 differently-abled students, but the authorities are refusing admissions to six of us,” one of the students, Dhananjay, told Express.

LDC

Headquarters Western Command (Adm Branch)
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Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for further information and application format, kindly refer to the Employment News dated 3 December 2016, page no. 19

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: 23-12-2016

‘Project Umeed’ to provide job avenues to disabled

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 20

Visually impaired players stranded in Guwahati

A team of visually impaired players who are returning back to Manipur from Delhi after participating in the 20th All India National Blind Sports Meet is reported to be stuck at Guwahati as all vehicles have refused to travel to Imphal because of the prevailing volatile situation in the state.

Kh Premjit, Secretary, Welfare Association for Blind Manipur, Takyel has appealed to all the stakeholders, individuals and organisations to extend their cooperation in making safe passage of the players to Imphal.