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10 million blind in the Western Pacific |
10 million blind in the Western Pacific
THERE are an estimated 90 million people who have low vision and 10 million who are blind in the Western Pacific Region that includes Fiji.
These were... |
General, Medical |
16/Jun/2015 |
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Inducing a new wave of workforce: Project Starfish aims to empower millions of visually impaired ... read more on social.yourstory.com |
Two years back, on a very cold Boston morning, my wife and I were invited to film a job fair held for the blind,” recalls Subhashish Acharya, Founder, mentor, and trainer, Project Starfish. ... ... |
Accessibility, General |
15/Jun/2015 |
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Printing a heart-felt story |
Kavita Kanan Chandra
Achance visit to a blind school for a school project turned out to be an eye-opener for Santokh Singh and Khushwant Rai, two Jalandhar-based the class XI students of Police DAV... |
General, Science & technology, Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
15/Jun/2015 |
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Bus Runs over two Visually-impaired Cricketers |
THRISSUR: In a tragic accident, two visually-challenged cricket players were crushed to death by a low-floor AC bus of the Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation (KURTC) at the bus stand here on... |
General, Medical |
15/Jun/2015 |
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Visually impaired pelt PA’s gate with stones, continue protest |
The visually impaired people lost their patience on third day of their protest in front of Punjab Assembly (PA) on Wednesday. The protestors pelted bricks at the door of PA when the session was in... |
Achievements, Education and Employment |
11/Jun/2015 |
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HC to the Aid of Visually Challenged |
KOCHI:The Kerala High Court on Monday came to the rescue of a 47-year-old visually impaired lady advocate, by directing the Kannur University to treat her as eligible for the post of lecturer in Law... |
General, Judgments, Education and Employment |
11/Jun/2015 |
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‘Agreement reached with visually-impaired protesters’ |
LAHORE:
Law Minister Rana Sanaullah claimed on Wednesday to have reached an agreement with a group of visually-impaired job seekers who had been protesting for three days in front of the Punjab... |
General, Policy News |
11/Jun/2015 |
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This Blind Cricketer Who Won The World Cup For India Cannot Find A Job |
It's hard to imagine a successful sportsman facing obstacles when it comes to employment: And yet, Ketan Patel, who was awarded Man-Of-The-Series in the ODI and T20 cricket series in England (held... |
General, Education and Employment, Adventure and Sports |
10/Jun/2015 |
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Corneal retrieval initiative raises hopes of visually impaired |
Pune Camp: The Hospital Cornea Retrieval Programme (HCRP), launched at Sassoon Hospital in November last year, has raised the hopes of visually-impaired people. Thanks to HCRP, the availability of... |
General, Medical |
10/Jun/2015 |
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Unemployed visually impaired hold protest over demands |
Members of the unemployed wing of the Bharat Netarheen Sewak Samaj staged a protest in front of the office of the DPI, Elementary, in Phase VIII here today.
The protesters also raised slogans in... |
Accessibility, Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
09/Jun/2015 |
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