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Nigeria adopts WIPO’s Copyright Treaty for visually impaired persons |
A NIGERIAN delegation on June 27, 2013, joined other International Negotiators at a Diplomatic Conference convened by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to adopt a Treaty to... |
Policy News |
31/Jul/2013 |
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Lab-made retina cells functional in mice |
Light-sensitive cells found in the retina have been grown from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and successfully transplanted into the eyes of visually impaired mice, restoring some vision.
Although... |
Medical |
31/Jul/2013 |
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Audible signals are in place at some Lyndhurst crosswalks |
You may be wondering why the beeping is going on at the crosswalks of three intersections in the city — but don’t be nervous, it’s just the among the latest improvements to help the visually impaired... |
Science & technology |
31/Jul/2013 |
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Kolkata stages chess championship for the blind |
A chess championship for the blind started off here Friday, proving that the visually impaired are just as talented as the privileged and promising exciting close finishes and hitherto unseen talent... |
Adventure and Sports |
29/Jul/2013 |
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HC lifts stay on KPSC technical, non-technical appointments |
The High Court on Friday vacated the stay on appointments to 20 KPSC technical and non-technical posts, the notification for which was issued by the KPSC on January 18, 2012.
A division Bench of... |
Education and Employment |
29/Jul/2013 |
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Make panel to ensure quota for the blind |
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed the state government to constitute a panel for monitoring and ensuring that 1% quota as provided by the rules for the visually disabled is... |
Policy News |
29/Jul/2013 |
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Blind man climbs O2 in £24k fundraiser for Greenwich blind families |
Fundraisers have smashed their target of raising £24,000 in 24 hours on July 24 for blind and visually-impaired families in Greenwich. SARAH TROTTER discovers more about the Great Greenwich Give... |
Adventure and Sports |
29/Jul/2013 |
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Differently abled fight it out ably at sports meet |
Fun and frolic marked the district-level sports meet for differently abled persons held at Anna Stadium here on Thursday.
Nearly 250 of them took part in the meet organised by the Tiruchi-unit of... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2013 |
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Blind Ph.D holder wants to help farmers |
He talks passionately about the rights of farmers on their produce, and wants to educate them on bio-privacy. The fact that he is visually impaired, he says, has never deterred him from completing... |
Achievements |
26/Jul/2013 |
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No room for disabled in Bhopal schools |
Parents of three specially-abled children have made all efforts to seek admission in local schools but to no avail.
Now, the parents are demanding justice for their children (Right to study). “I... |
Discrimination |
26/Jul/2013 |
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