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Eyes on goal, blind students score big |
Students of the Poona School and Home for Blind Boys & Girls did not just battle their disability, but also overcame several external hurdles, including delayed delivery of Braille... |
Adventure and Sports |
20/Jun/2014 |
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ndia: India Becomes Signatory To The Marrakesh Treaty For Visually Impaired |
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As per the WHO's 2012 data there are around 285 million visually impaired people around the world. Considering this huge percentage of world's population as visually impaired, it has... |
Policy News |
20/Jun/2014 |
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Visually impaired Atul Sahay joins Lions Clubs Internation |
Atul Ranjan Sahay, a visually impaired person joined as a member of Lions Club of Jamshedpur Tatanagar. Membership of Lions Club of Atul Ranjan Sahay for his Lions Club was sponsored by Rajnish... |
General |
20/Jun/2014 |
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Chelsea yoga instructors offer class to help benefit Seva Foundation |
Area yoga teachers will be offering a special class to benefit the visually impaired.
Local teachers Janine Bennett, Andrea Jennings, Nicole Tweedie, Sue Whitmarsh and Joan Wolf will be joining... |
General |
20/Jun/2014 |
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The city fails them |
In Delhi, urban transport has undergone a sea change in the last decade. But how accessible are the Delhi Metro, DTC buses and the railways to the differently abled?
Mahesh Kumar (40) takes the... |
General |
17/Jun/2014 |
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De-jargoned: Talking ATMs |
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 21 May notified all scheduled commercial banks to deploy only “talking ATMs” starting 1 July and also provide a plan to convert all the existing ATMs into talking... |
Accessibility, Policy News |
17/Jun/2014 |
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92 disabled couples tie knot at mass wedding |
For the first time in Delhi, a mass wedding for disabled couples was organized at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday. The couples, most suffering from polio, tied the knot amid much fanfare and... |
General |
16/Jun/2014 |
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Jaipur boy Gaurav Agarwal tops 2013 civil services exam |
A total 1,122 candidates have cleared the prestigious Civil Services Examination 2013, with Gaurav Agrawal, a BTech from IIT Kanpur and also an IIM Lucknow alumnus, bagging the top position. While... |
Achievements |
13/Jun/2014 |
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Blind girl from Tamil Nadu cracks UPSC |
The dream is to enter the IAS cadre and N L Beno Zephine, who is visually impaired, is holding her breath until the marks for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam results are released in... |
Education and Employment |
13/Jun/2014 |
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Auditory devices installed at 57 traffic signals: police |
The Delhi Police on Wednesday informed the igh Court that they had installed auditory devices at 57 traffic signals and identified 35 more traffic intersections for installation of the signals to... |
Accessibility |
10/Jun/2014 |
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