Melodious notes greeted shoppers who were cashing in on the Pongal shopping frenzy at CMR Central on Saturday. Inquisitive visitors jostled through the crowd to catch a glimpse of the artist on stage and were surprised when they found that the beautiful voices belonged to visually challenged singers.
All thanks to the Madras High Court’s direction to UGC for providing Braille question papers to candidates who are visually impaired, Miranda Tomkinson, an aspiring college lecturer, and those of his ilk came one step closer towards the dream of becoming a lecturer by appearing for the National Eligibility test (NET) conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Sunday.
Here's a unique and socially conscious move by Chinese restaurant Chungwa. The eatery has introduced a copy of its menu in Braille in an attempt to provide independence of choice to its visually challenged customers.
The menu has been launched as part of Mirchi Cares, a CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiative by FM station Radio Mirchi. As part of it, a special copy of the menu in Braille has been launched at Chungwa, located at the Greater Kailash 2 market in south Delhi.
The Eastern Regional Conference of the International Council on Education of Persons with Visual Impairment concluded on Tuesday at the Ravenshaw University here. It was attended by more than 1,000 delegates from across the State and eastern States like West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
Among the voters who turned up at a polling station in Balli Maran constituency on Wednesday to cast their vote, two siblings stood out in their determination to be a part "in fulfilling a citizen's duty".
Visually impaired Priyanka Singh (33) was accompanied by her brother Goldie Singh (30), who was using crutches to support his fractured leg, as the siblings made their way to cast vote in Delhi's electoral battle.
Accompanied by their mother, the siblings braved two flights of stairs and a rickshaw ride through the congested Delhi-6 lanes to exercise their franchise.
Vision loss was not a deterrent for more than 17,683 visually impaired voters who turned out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. As many as 943 visually impaired, cast their votes by making use of Braille signage facilities, while 16,740 voted by using a companion.
Participating in an Exhibition, organised with the support of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, under the aegis of National Conference on Harnessing Technology for the Empowerment of person with Visual Impairments, Oxigen Services India Pvt. Ltd, India’s pioneering payment solutions provider launched an initiative to support people with visual impairment to enable them to avail banking services that they otherwise till now have been eluded from.
About a year ago the Senate fell five votes short of ratifying an international treaty that would improve protections for the disabled. It was an ignoble spectacle as the opponents rebuffed Bob Dole, a former colleague and disabled veteran, who came to the Senate floor to lobby for it. The Senate now has a chance to redeem itself.
At her death, Adrienne Asch was the director of the Center for Ethics and the Edward and Robin Milstein professor of bioethics at Yeshiva University in Manhattan.
Delhi Police is now in the process of making arrangements for the physically challenged at all police stations and unit offices. The department is in talks with the Ministry of Social Justice and
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