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Study: Dactylology may open ways of computer edu for visually impaired

Varanasi: Dactylology, a language of fingers, is a quicker and more efficient input technique, s compared to Braille, claims a study conducted by the joint research team of Banaras Hindu University, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) and Case Western Reserve University, United States. Assistant professor Dr Tushar Singh and a doctoral scholar Aishwarya Jaiswal of the department of Psychology of BHU were part of the research team. Dr Singh said that the first of its kind experiment was conducted to study the use of gesture-based human-computer technique Dactylology by visually i

Visually impaired want NEP changes

Pune: Kusumlata Malik, president, National Federation of the Blind of India (NFBI), emphasised the need for a separate education model in the National Education Policy (NEP) to address academic requirements of the visually impaired.
“Unless we bring in changes in the education policy, the visually impaired will not be able to pursue education like normal people,” Malik, also a professor at Delhi University, said at an i international youth confat Alandi.

Pune: Visually-impaired girls felicitated for winning national football tournament

Pune,11th June 2022: The Hindu Mahila Sabha felicitated eight blind girls and their coach Vikram Singh who brought laurels playing for Maharashtra in the national football tournament organized by the Indian Blind Football Federation in May. The Sabha honoured the girls and the coach at Mai Bal Bhavan by presenting them with certificates of appreciation.

Telangana govt schools for visually impaired under scanner

HYDERABAD: The Telangana high court on Monday asked Advocate General BS Prasad to be the eyes of the visually impaired children studying at the government schools for blind children at Darul Shafa and Malakpet.

GSEB Gujarat Board 12th General Stream Result 2022 Live: Result out, 86.91% pass

GSEB Gujarat Board 12th General Stream Result 2022: The Gujarat Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GSEB) has released the GSEB 12th or HSC General stream results on Saturday, June 4. The GSEB Class 12 results 2022 was announced at 8 am. Students can check the GSEB HSC general stream and vocational results on the official website of Gujarat board at gseb.org.
Here's the direct link to check the GSEB HSC general stream result

Nashik: Visually impaired girl comes 2nd in her college

Nashik: Smruti Baragi, who is visually impaired, scored 83.7% in the HSC exam to bag the second position in her college in the arts stream. A resident of Nashik, Baragi is a student of the KTHM College. The youngest of three siblings now wants to appear for the competitive examination and join the civil services.
Baragi did her schooling at National Association for the Blind and scored 89% in the Class X. With both of her parents in the educational sector, Baragi said, “The cooperation of my parents, sisters and friends have helped men come out with flying colours.”

Subsidy scheme on laptops

Saksham has come up with a subsidy scheme on laptops. As a part of this programme, the model of the laptop which is being provided is Lenovo V14 having following specifications:
i3,/14'' inches screen/1TB HDD/Original Windows10 upgradable to win 11/i3-11th generation intel chip-set/8gb RAM/ original MS Office license.
The amount which would need to be contributed for getting a laptop under this scheme is Rs. 17000

PM Modi launches new series of coins with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav design

New Delhi, June 6

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a special series of coins that are also ‘visually impaired friendly’.

The coins of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10 and 20 denominations will have the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) design are not commemorative coins and will be part of circulation.

“These new series of coins will remind people of the goal of amrit kal and motivate people to work towards the development of the country,” Modi said while addressing the iconic week celebration of the Ministry of Finance.

Disabled candidates in soup over KPTCL’s stringent rule on scribes

In a move that will discourage thousands of visually and physically challenged candidates from competing for the 1,498 government jobs, KPTCL has introduced a rule that makes it difficult for such candidates to get scribes.

Officials said the stringency was introduced in the wake of the PSI recruitment scam.

I Am What IIMC Made Me Today: Visually Impaired Samyak Attributes UPSC Success To Alma Mater

Bhubaneswar: “I am what IIMC has made me today… forever grateful!”, said Samyak Jain in a Tweet after the UPSC results were declared on Monday. Jain, who secured an All India Rank of 7, attributed his success in the UPSC exams to his alma mater, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC).