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Three Indians won Queen’s exceptional youth award |
Three Indians, including two women, have won an inaugural award set up by Queen Elizabeth II to recognise exceptional youths who are transforming the lives of others and making a difference in their... |
Achievements, General, Education and Employment, Adventure and Sports |
24/Jun/2015 |
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Measures to Ensure Safe Passage for Visually Impaired |
THRISSUR:Transport Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan visited Thrissur KSRTC stand on Friday, where a bus had rammed into two blind cricketers based out of Palakkad, killing them in the process, on... |
Achievements, General, Policy News, Medical |
23/Jun/2015 |
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Visually Impaired boy Sets Record by Swimming Across Periyar |
KOCHI: At a time when open water swimming has turned out to be a daunting challenge for many of us, a vision impaired 12-year-old student has set a unique record by swimming across the Periyar river... |
Achievements, General, Adventure and Sports |
23/Jun/2015 |
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More Exam Aid for People with Disability |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: People with disability can now take the help of a scribe, a person to read out aloud or a lab assistant, to help write exams. The decision was shared in a press statement issued... |
Achievements, General, Policy News, Education and Employment |
22/Jun/2015 |
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New device lets blind ‘see’ via their tongues |
A new device that allows blind people to process visual images with their tongues can help them identify location, shape and size of various objects.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has... |
General, Product and Technology |
22/Jun/2015 |
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UPSC Allows Scribe for Blind and Cerebral Palsy-affected Candidates |
NEW DELHI: Candidates suffering from blindness, locomotor disability and cerebral palsy can use scribes to write civil services preliminary and main examination, the Union Public Service Commission (... |
Achievements, General, Policy News, Education and Employment |
22/Jun/2015 |
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Visually impaired students receive call centre training |
In an effort to create skilled workforce by providing necessary supports, visually impaired students were given PABX and call centre training aiming to involve them in mainstream of development to... |
General, Education and Employment |
22/Jun/2015 |
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DoPT felicitates visually impaired girl joining IFS |
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Dr. Jitendra Singh on Thursday felicitated Beno Zephine, the young girl from Tamil Nadu, who has made history as a fully visually challenged... |
Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
19/Jun/2015 |
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Kenya: Tech to deliver education to visually impaired students |
A total of 356 blind and visually impaired students at St. Oda Primary and secondary School for the Blind – Gem District, Siaya County will benefit from assistive learning technologies through an... |
General, Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
18/Jun/2015 |
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Visual impairment ain’t disability for him |
He may be visually impaired, but this ain’t a disability for Umesh Lubana of Himachal Pradesh University, who qualified the University Grants Commission’s National EligibilityTest (NET) for... |
General, Education and Employment |
18/Jun/2015 |
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