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Fatima Soriano- Living with blindness for a purpose - Interview by Monalinda Cadiz

Blind-at-birth Fatima Soriano from the Philippines was only 9 years old when her kidneys stopped functioning. Even then, it was clear to her that she was born for a purpose. The young girl believes on a higher being that is in control of all life, someone bigger than her current circumstance or the challenges she will ever face.

Fatima Soriano- Living with blindness for a purpose - by Monalinda Cadiz

Nine para-athletes included in TOPS

The Sports Ministry has extended the benefits of Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) to India’s elite disabled athletes by providing them funding to prepare for next year’s Paralympic Games in Rio De Janerio.

PUNJAB GOVT LAUNCHES MOTIVATION CAMPAIGN TO BOOST EYE DONATION

Punjab on Sunday launched a Statewide novel campaign to motivate people in general and vehicle drivers in particular to pledge their eyes and other body parts to benefit lakhs of visually impaired people of the country and other patients in dire need of transplantation of various body parts.

Visually impaired headmaster cracks UPSC

Yograj Singh, a visually impaired (75% loss of vision) school headmaster of Government High School, Beerampur, in the backward Bet area of Hoshiarpur district, has cleared the UPSC with rank 1213.

Visually impaired appointed vice-principal of jail school

A visually impaired officer has been appointed the vice-principal at the Punjab jail training school, Patiala, in an alleged violation of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA).

Supreme Court Orders Compensation of Rs. 1.8 Crore to Chennai Girl in Medical Negligence Case

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today ordered one of the largest compensations so far in the country in a case of medical negligence - R

Fourth AICB All India Madanlal Khandelwal Braille Essay Competition.

We, All India Confederation of the Blind are pleased to inform you that it has been decided that in order to popularize Braille further nationwide, we should continue to organize the aforesaid Braille essay competition for the fourth year also. As you would recall, we conduct this competition in memory of

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RAJASTHAN ELECTRONICS & INSTRUMENTS LIMITED

(An ISO 9001:2008 & 14001:2004, “Mini Ratna” Schedule ‘C’ Public Sector Enterprise, Govt. of India)

2, Kanakpura Industrial Area,

Sirsi Road,

Jaipur – 302012 (Raj.)
E-mail: persir@reiljp.com

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DISABLED POPULATION UP BY 22.4% IN A DECADE

Measures to Ensure Safe Passage for Visually Impaired'

THRISSUR:Transport Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan visited Thrissur KSRTC stand on Friday, where a bus had rammed into two blind cricketers based out of Palakkad, killing them in the process, on 14th Sunday.

Novartis introduces first app for visually impaired people for use with Apple Watch & other smart watches

Novartis Pharmaceuticals, a global healthcare company, announced the launch of new features for its ViaOpta applications, and the extension for use with smart watches.

Ibsar served 875 visually impaired persons last year

Assistant Professor

Janki Devi Memorial College

(University of Delhi)

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Marg,

New Delhi-110060

Tel: 011-25787754

Email: jdmcollege@hotmail.com

Website: www.jdm.du.ac.in

Advt. No. JDM-01/Teaching/2015

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.jdm.du.ac.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 27 June 2015, page no. 41

10 Years Age Relaxation in Central Government Jobs for Disabled People

NEW DELHI: In a big relief to people with physical disabilities, the central government has announced to allow a relaxation of 10 years in age for the visually-challenged, hearing-impaired and persons suffering from locomotor disability or cerebral palsy in case of direct recruitment to all central government posts but not in the civil services.

163 Allotted Engineering Seats from Differently-abled Quota

CHENNAI: Counselling on Monday for differently-abled candidates at Anna University saw 163 students allotted engineering seats in various colleges across the State. For the 5137 seats available under visual, hearing and orthopaedically impaired categories, the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions - 2015 received 225 applications. Five applications were rejected for not fulfilling eligibility criteria and/or failure to produce supporting medical certificates, officials said.