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High blood pressure tied to color vision impairment |
Japanese men with higher blood pressure were more likely to have impaired color vision, a new study has found.
Researchers said that for now, it’s not clear what explains the findings.
According to... |
Medical |
02/Jul/2014 |
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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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