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Railways to launch 20-coach Braille train shortly |
will launch a new train with all its coaches equipped with Braille-embedded signages on berths, toilets, wash basins and doors as part of the 100-day agenda being finalised by the national... |
Accessibility |
06/Jun/2014 |
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Visually challenged trio threaten hunger strike after being denied shelter |
Three visually-challenged persons, who failed to receive shelter in the premises of Odisha Association for the Blind (OAB), Bhubaneswar despite intervention of the High Court and direction of the... |
Discrimination, General |
02/Jun/2014 |
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1,000 visually-impaired students to get free laptops |
In a move to encourage visually-impaired students to opt for higher education, the State government has decided to distribute laptops free of cost to such students of government, aided and unaided... |
General |
02/Jun/2014 |
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CBSE results: Visually impaired twins, who've scored above 85 in other subjects, given zero in one |
Two visually impaired girls studying in the national capital have been given zero marks in one subject in their CBSE examination. Ironically they had scored between 85 and 95 marks in all other... |
Adventure and Sports |
02/Jun/2014 |
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Show leniency to visually impaired students, allow oral exams |
Given the stress and anxiety associated with board exams, psychologists and psychiatrists believe there should be some leniency in the way the papers of visually impaired students are corrected.... |
Education and Employment |
30/May/2014 |
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Customs fees on special needs equipment waived |
The Dubai Customs on Wednesday waived customs fees on eight major commodities for special needs people, a top official said.
Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Dubai Customs Director, said the list includes... |
Policy News |
29/May/2014 |
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What university is like when your eyes don't work well |
I have been in and out of hospitals more times than I can remember, having eye tests and trying to find ways to improve my ability to see. It was not that I am blind, but rather I can't see as much... |
General |
29/May/2014 |
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CNIB helps with life skills |
Gary Sandhu lost his eyesight over night two months away from his 16th birthday in 1998.
It took about eight hours for the sudden inflammation of his optic nerves to take 100 per cent of sight from... |
General |
29/May/2014 |
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App to help visually impaired detect obstacles |
In a ray of hope for visually impaired, researchers have developed an app that uses a smart phone’s camera to detect obstacles and produces a vibration or tone to alert the user. Now, they are... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
29/May/2014 |
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Ideas that change life |
Bhimavarappu Mouli Aravind lost his eyesight at a young age but he found a way to pursue legal studies at National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata
My father is a compounder and... |
General |
26/May/2014 |
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