The students of Blind Institute, Sector 26 here on Monday presented designer candles to Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj Patil at Punjab Raj Bhavan for the occasion of Diwali. Interacting with children, Patil emphasised the need for empowering the blind students by imparting them education and vocational training to enable them to live a life with pride and dignity.
Ahead of Diwali, visually impaired children in Varanasi and Guwahati have learnt the craft of making lamps and candles to showcase their capabilities and achievements in order to bring cheer to their dark world.
Ranchi: With his heavy bat and signature helicopter shot, Mahendra Singh Dhoni gives sleepless nights to many bowlers in world cricket.
Chief Minister Raman Singh celebrated the ‘International White Cane Day’ and his birthday with visually-impaired children of the State at his residence on Wednesday.
HYDERABAD : A centre for Braille learning which is being developed by Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) at the Louise Braille Park in Malakpet, would be inaugurated on October 15, International White Cane Day.
HYDERABAD : A centre for Braille learning which is being developed by Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) at the Louise Braille Park in Malakpet, would be inaugurated on October 15, International White Cane Day.
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in India have helped transform the lives of more than 80 million poor people through small loans, according to Microfinance India’s state of the sector report in 2012. But why have they remained out of reach for more than 70 million people with disabilities?
KASARGOD: Nalin Sathyan has successfully hidden his other identity --Nalin.x.Linux -- for long. He is as obscure as his home, a two-bedroom blind teacher's quarters hidden by outgrown grass on Seethangoli Road at Vidyanagar in Kasargod.
Only five persons, including his family of four, know Nalin has been participating in the Google Summer of Code (GSOC) for the past two years, winning $5,500 each season (`6.76 lakh) as stipend from the
technology giant at Mountain View, California. However, the anonymity of Nalin.x.Linux is restricted to the physical world.
KOCHI: As part of World Sight Day 2014, an All Kerala Chess Tournament for the blind is being organised by the Little Flower Hospital, Anagamaly, in association with the Kerala Chess Association for the Blind at Little Flower Ophthalmic Institute Auditorium in Angamaly on October 8 and 9.
HYDERABAD: Securing a gold medal in university is every student’s dream. Twentytwo-year-old Pavithra Molugu neither saw this dream nor claims to have worked tirelessly to attain this.
Having achieved this, however, despite being visually challenged, Pavithra generously gives credit to her family and friends who supported her all the way for her success.
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