Visually impaired back 20mph limit
REDUCING speed, banning cars from the pavements and overhauling the shared space crossing are among concerns for visually impaired people navigating Commercial Road.
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DiwaliFor All: Visually impaired children make lamps, candles to spread light this Diwali
Ahead of Diwali, visually impaired children in Varanasi and Guwahati have learnt the craft of making lamps and candles to showcase their capabilities and achievements in order to bring cheer to their dark world.
Nepal, UK set for visually impaired women’s cricket
KATHMANDU, OCT 22 - Nepal, who claim to have formed the first visually impaired women’s cricket team in the world, is set to play the United Kingdom in the Best of Three Twenty20 cricket series here at the Pulchowk Engineering college grounds on October 26-19.
Visually Impaired teen in WC Squad
Ranchi: With his heavy bat and signature helicopter shot, Mahendra Singh Dhoni gives sleepless nights to many bowlers in world cricket.
Assistants
The New India Assurance Company Ltd.,
Regd. & Head Office: New India Assurance Bldg.,
87, M.G. Road, Fort,
Mumbai-400001
Website : www.newindia.co.in
REF.NO.: CORP.HRM/ASSISTANT/2014.
REF.NO.: CORP.HRM/ASSISTANT/2014.
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.newindia.co.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 18 October, page no. 17
Online Registration 18.10.2014 to 10.11.2014 (Both dates inclusive)
Masters in Computer Science, English and Assistant Labour Commissioners
Union Public Service Commission
Advt.No. 17/2014
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.upsconline.nic.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 11 October, page no. 57
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF ONLINE RECRUITMENT APPLICATION (ORA) THROUGH ORA WEBSITE IS 23:59 HRS ON 30.10.2014
VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN PRESENT ORCHESTRA ON CM’S B’DAY
Chief Minister Raman Singh celebrated the ‘International White Cane Day’ and his birthday with visually-impaired children of the State at his residence on Wednesday.
T.G.T. (Hindi)
Vijay Jyoti Co-Ed Middle School
(Govt. Aided)
Vijay Colony,
New Usmanpur,
Delhi-110053
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for further information and application format, kindly refer to the Employment News dated 11 October 2014, page no. 35
The last date of application is 31.10.2014
Applications are invited for the following post:
Stenographer/Junior Stenographer (Hindi & English)
Government of India
Ministry of Railways,
Railway Recruitment Boards,
Centralised Employment Notice No. 03/2014
For various posts of Ministerial, Isolated Categories and Teachers
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.rrbahmedabad.gov.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 11October, page no. 8
The last date of application is 10.11.2014
Meeting employment needs for visually impaired
AHEAD of International White Cane Day tomorrow, and with support from the NSW Disability Services Minister John Ajaka, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT is today launching its ‘Have cane, am able to work’ employer awareness campaign.
The campaign aims to get more people who are blind or vision impaired into the workforce.
Lower Division Clerk
Government of India
Ministry of Defence (DGQA)
Senior Quality Assurance Establishment (Electronics)
Commissariat Road,
Hastings PO, Kolkata-700022
Email: sqaelkolkata-dgga@nic.in
Tel.No. 03322230657
Fax: 03322230921
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for further information and application format, kindly refer to the Employment News dated 11 October 2014, page no. 63
The last date of application is 31.10.2014
Walk for the visually-impaired tomorrow
HYDERABAD : A centre for Braille learning which is being developed by Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) at the Louise Braille Park in Malakpet, would be inaugurated on October 15, International White Cane Day.
Walk for the visually-impaired tomorrow
HYDERABAD : A centre for Braille learning which is being developed by Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) at the Louise Braille Park in Malakpet, would be inaugurated on October 15, International White Cane Day.
3000 scholarships for Students with Disabilities for the Academic year 2014-15
National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC), for and on behalf of Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India, invites applications from Students with Disabilities for award of Scholarship under the following two Scholarship Schemes :-
1. Scholarship Scheme (Trust Fund) :
Associate Professor
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT)
( f o rm erly D elh i In st it u t e o f T e ch n o lo g y)
An Autonomous Institute of GOVT. OF N. C. T. OF DELHI & Affiliated to University of Delhi , Delhi
Azad Hind Fauj Marg, Sector – 3, Dwarka,
NEW DELHI – 110 078.
Tel: 25099037-42 and 25099050
Fax – 2509 9022
Website: http://www.nsit.ac.in
Recruitment Notice No. NSIT/FACULTY/2014/1
Visually impaired and blind workers: undervalued, underemployed
Lauren Henley has developed superhero-like powers as she navigates the world of work.
Blinded when she was 20, Ms Henley uses a form of "echo-location" - clicking her fingers or tongue to produce echos much like a bat's navigation - to find her way around a new office and a new city.
Now a smartphone app for the visually impaired
A smartphone mobile application has been recently launc
Major blindness causing conditions are preventable
There are 4.5 million visually impaired people in the world and in 80% cases blindness was caused by a condition that was completely preventable. Around one third of the world's visually impaired population is in India which makes it important for the country to check its national burden of blindness. A huge contributor to the problem is lack of proper facilities and expertise in rural India.
Quikr & Blind Relief Association Marks the Successful Collaboration to Empower the Blind
Mumbai: Quikr, India’s number one online classifieds company and Blind Relief Association, Delhi (BRAD), a premier NGO serving in the field of education and training of the blind, today announced a long term collaboration to support the visually impaired people by offering them training opportunities with Quikr. According to the agreement signed on the World Sight Day, the selected trainee-agents will contribute to the company’s day to day operations.
Blindness shouldn't be a barrier to banking: ending discrimination in India
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in India have helped transform the lives of more than 80 million poor people through small loans, according to Microfinance India’s state of the sector report in 2012. But why have they remained out of reach for more than 70 million people with disabilities?
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