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A bank that is blind friendly |
At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is aiming at financial inclusion of all sections and the word Braille got a mention for the first time in Union Budget, students of Cept... |
Accessibility, General |
03/Sep/2014 |
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‘45 million visually-challenged people are still from India’ |
“Compared to one for every 15,000 population in the US, India has only one ophthalmologist for a population of 2,15,000 when every third blind person in the world is an Indian,” said S S Badrinath,... |
General |
03/Sep/2014 |
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St. Stephen’s students’ union president is a gardener’s son |
Probably for the first time in the history of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, a student coming from a Hindi medium background has been elected the president of its students’ union. Rohit Kumar Yadav,... |
General |
25/Aug/2014 |
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UPSC exam: Visually impaired candidates to get 40 minutes extra time per paper |
-Visually impaired candidates appearing for civil services preliminary examination will get 40 minutes extra time per paper, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said today."All the visually... |
General, Policy News, Education and Employment |
25/Aug/2014 |
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Visually-challenged minor molested |
A minor visually-challenged girl was allegedly molested by her landlord's son in Katwaria Saria, South Delhi.
A case in this regard has been registered at Vasant Vihar police station. The accused... |
General |
25/Aug/2014 |
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A risky road for blind students in Rohini |
Students at the All India Confederation of Blinds in Rohini often get knocked by cars while finding their way to the school premises. Drivers backing without warning or looking around had left three... |
Accessibility, Discrimination, General |
18/Aug/2014 |
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Visionless sports policy leaves blind cricketer in dark |
The feat of specially-abled sportspersons who get international acclaim is extraordinary not just because of the obvious physical challenge but several other great odds, such as... |
Discrimination, Adventure and Sports |
14/Aug/2014 |
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Seven from state selected to play World Cup in Cape Town |
Seven players from Gujarat have been selected as part of the Indian Cricket team for Blind for the World Cup Tournament 2014 in South Africa to be held in November. Gujarat has the largest... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
12/Aug/2014 |
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‘I don’t have both eyes, but Siddaramaiah does’ |
As the protest by gazetted probationers of the KPSC 2011 batch intensified on Saturday, 32-year-old Kempahonnaiah showed no signs of fatigue.
Selected on his second attempt at the exam, the visually-... |
Achievements, General |
11/Aug/2014 |
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Krish's Dream Fulfilled |
Director Krish Joshi of Parapancha is elated as he has managed to bring Ravindra Jain, music composer, lyricist and a playback singer, to Sandalwood.
Jain, who was born visually impaired, started of... |
General |
11/Aug/2014 |
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