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दृष्टि बाधितों को रास्ता दिखाएगा खास उपकरण
बोस्टन। दृष्टि बाधित लोगों के लिए एक नया सहारा बन गया है। भारतवंशी समेत वैज्ञानिकों के एक दल ने 3डी कैमरा युक्त ऐसा उपकरण बनाया है जो ऐसे लोगों को रास्ता दिखाने में सक्षम होगा। यह उपकरण कम ऊर्जा खपत वाली एक खास चिप के जरिये 3डी कैमरा के डाटा की प्रोसेसिंग करता है।
Railways' Inability to Enable the Disabled
The absence of provisions for persons with disabilities (PwD) makes it tough for them to access suburban railway stations. Except for a few railway stations like Egmore, most stations in the city and its neighbourhood lack ramps and signboards. The absence of special counters and queues for PwD only adds to their troubles.
Wanderlust Takes These German Riders on a Global Trip
KOCHI: For Patrick Kaiser and Marko Xietewordt from Germany, travelling means more than just meeting new people. That was of course one of the reasons which prompted them to cross over 12,000 kms on cycles from their hometown to the capital city
Visually Challenged Students Still Await Second Term Books
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With barely two months left for the academic year to close, the visually challenged school students in the state are yet to get most books, especially the the second term (part 2) of classes I to VIII.Only a few schools got part 2 books of classes II, III, VI and VIII, the syllabus of which changed this year.
Semi Skilled Machinist
Wearable device with 3D camera to guide the visually impaired
Boston: MIT scientists, including those of Indian-origin, have developed a wearable device, consisting of a 3D camera that could be a virtual 'guide dog' for visually impaired people navigating in real environments.
Cultural colours from the visually impaired
The visually impaired students of Devnar Foundation for the Blind mesmerised the audience with their varied cultural performances during the 24th Annual Day celebrations of the organisation held in Begumpet on Thursday.
Making parks fun for the disabled
The city has close to 1,000 parks, but only three are disabled-friendly. Ten years after throwing its gates open to what was hailed as India’s first inclusive public play space — Coles Park — the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) cannot brag about having too many of these.
WORLD CLASS INTEGRATED DISABLED REHABILITATION CENTER* *INAUGURATED BY SHRI ARUN TIWARI, CMD, UNION BANK OF INDIA*
The newly constructed world class Rehabilitation Center to provide lifelong
rehabilitation with therapy, training, gainful occupation and lifecare
National job portal for persons with disabilities
Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot launched an exclusive job portal for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) here today. The PwDs can avail the different facilities such as self employment loan, education loan, skill training, link to scholarships and information about jobs in a single window platform through this National Job Portal.
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Blind Man Car Rally on Sunday
Round Table India, a social organisation, will organise a Blind Man Car Rally here on Sunday. The rally would start from College Road (Lingraj College) and culminate after covering a distance of about 30 km to 40 km, while discovering several places around the city.
FOR A CAUSE
REC has sanctioned CSR assistance of Rs45.15 lakh to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi for ‘Distribution of 50 Laptops with customised software for visually impaired students pursuing higher education’ to provide barrier free environment for higher education and enable them to pursue professional or technical education and get employed/ self-employed to find a dignified place for themselves in the society.
BLINDS RAISE ISSUES AHEAD OF PM VISIT
To draw attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit to the State, members of the All Odisha Student Union of the Visually-Impaired discussed various issues and placed various demands at a Press conference here Wednesday.
Antarchakshu - The Eye Within
Chandigarh administration hikes pension of disabled from 500 to 2000
अशक्त लोगों को गणतंत्र दिवस के मौके पर चंडीगढ़ प्रशासन ने बड़ा तोहफा दिया है। उनकी पेंशन में इजाफा कर दिया गया है। यूटी सचिवालय में चंडीगढ़ समाज कल्याण विभाग की स्टेट एक्जिक्यूटिव कमेटी डिसएबिलटिस की बैठक हुई।
2ndIndo-US Workshop on Emerging Accessibility Technologies for the Blind and Visually Impaired (BVI)
A Glowing Light Dispelling Darkness
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Prashant Kumar Mani, a cheerful trainer for the visually challenged, never gives any hint that he was once shut out of the world for the ill-fate that had fallen upon him. Bad luck in the form of a bike accident introduced Prashant, then a bank manager, to the world of the visually challenged.

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