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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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Techies take time out to serve as scribes |
After attending reading sessions for a year, a visually-impaired student of Government High School in Poonamalle scored 960 in his class 12 board examination.
This was an eye-opener for S.N. Barath.... |
General |
02/Nov/2015 |
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Eye treatment can’t be considered professional expenditure: Bombay High Court |
Expenses incurred for getting eyes treated cannot be claimed as a professional deduction under the Income Tax (IT) law, the Bombay high court has said.
A lawyer had undergone eye treatment in the US... |
General |
30/Oct/2015 |
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Providing 'Sight' to the Visually Impaired |
KOZHIKODE: Utilising their technological and scientific skills, the students of National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC), are paving a path of self-reliance for the less affluent who cannot... |
General, Product and Technology, Education and Employment, Adventure and Sports |
29/Oct/2015 |
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2.8 Lakh Blind, Over 150 Register as Eye Donors |
CHENNAI: Over 150 people registered themselves for eye donation in Sankara Nethralaya Hospital on Monday at a function. Polycab, cables and wires manufacturers in India have taken this initiative... |
Achievements, General, Medical |
28/Oct/2015 |
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