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Udaan Convention 2016

With all your constant, monumental shore up, Radio Udaan feels immense to invite you to its Second convention “Udaan Convention 2016” which is going to be conducted on January 30th 2016. As part of Udaan’s mission to India, this time we are going to organize the convention at the land of 5 Rivers! The Udaan Convention 2016 is going to be at Ludhiana Punjab. The venue and the registration procedures as follows.
Venue: Braille Bhawan, Jamalpur Ludhiana.
Registration: INR. 500 per Head is for those who directly appear at the venue on January 30 2016,

First ever international film fest for persons with disabilities in December

Tue, 11/03/2015 - 10:41 -- geeta.nair

NEW DELHI: Films to sensitise society about handicapped persons would be screened in the first-ever international film festival for persons with disability next month. To be held from December 1-3, the festival would show 40 films on different categories of disabilities including 10 feature films, 16 short films and 14 documentaries in different languages. 

Call for Noiseless and Smokeless Deepavali

Tue, 11/03/2015 - 10:32 -- geeta.nair

PUDUCHERRY: Calling upon the general public to comply with the directions of the Supreme Court, on the use of crackers, the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee (PPCC), on Monday, appealed for a noiseless and smokeless Deepavali celebration.

The panel cautioned the public against bursting crackers between 10 pm and 6 am on the day of Deepavali.

Reading session links blind students with volunteers

Mon, 11/02/2015 - 12:02 -- geeta.nair

CHENNAI: When Ashok Kumar scored 1,076 in his Class 12 board exams and topped his school, it was not just his parents and teachers who felt elated but he also made another person proud, someone who had been toiling away with him in the examination centre, equally anxious to finish the test papers. It was his 63-year-old scribe T R Narayanan. 

Eye treatment can’t be considered professional expenditure: Bombay High Court

Fri, 10/30/2015 - 10:49 -- geeta.nair

Expenses incurred for getting eyes treated cannot be claimed as a professional deduction under the Income Tax (IT) law, the Bombay high court has said.

A lawyer had undergone eye treatment in the US about 20 years ago and asked IT authorities to treat it as a professional deduction. Disagreeing with him, the court gave reference of a few of its lawyers, saying though they were visually impaired they could carry out their work efficiently.

Launch of 'Dream Holiday'

Silver Linings announces the launch of 'Dream Holiday', it's   first package tour for people with and without disabilities and for single women!
 
 
Our first trip is ready to depart for the incredible destination of Goa!
 
Dates: Departure  on 28th January 2016, Thursday, Return from Goa on   31st January, Sunday!
 
Preference will be given to people with disabilities, single women and  your friends!
 
Very special rates for   our special guests below:

Assistant (A-IV) and Member Technical Support Staff (MTSS) ES-V

Thu, 10/29/2015 - 14:58 -- geeta.nair
SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS OF INDIA
(An Autonomous Society under Govt. of India, 
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology,
Department of Electronics and Information Technology)
C-21, Thejaswini, Technopark, 
Karyavattom PO, Thiruvananthapuram, 
Kerala-695581
Employment Notice: No. STPITM/Rect/01/2015
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.tvpm.stpi.in
 

Providing 'Sight' to the Visually Impaired

Thu, 10/29/2015 - 11:15 -- geeta.nair

KOZHIKODE: Utilising their technological and scientific skills, the students of National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC), are paving a path of self-reliance for the less affluent  who cannot explore the world on their own.

The students have developed the working model of a smart ‘Blind man’s stick’ to guide the visually impaired on the obstacles along their path.

Prenatal Blindness

In an interview with Bharati Sud, Dr. Mukesh Garg Ophthalmology Consultant  ( Centre for Sight Hospitals- Eye Care Centre) shares about childhood blindness. He talks about the various measures that can be taken during pregnancy to avoid blindness and the steps that are to be taken to detect if the foetus is blind.

2.8 Lakh Blind, Over 150 Register as Eye Donors

Wed, 10/28/2015 - 10:24 -- geeta.nair

CHENNAI: Over 150 people registered themselves for eye donation in Sankara Nethralaya Hospital on Monday at a function. Polycab, cables and wires manufacturers in India have taken this initiative under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity. Employees of Polycab and people from different walks of life came forward to donate their eyes on suggestion by Polycab. According to a press release, the initiative is to promote eye donation and also raise awareness among the people about this novel thing.

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