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Stimulating Ideas |
The past few years have seen several attempts to bring sight to the blind by fitting them with artificial retinas. These implanted devices turn incoming light into electrical signals and pass those... |
Medical |
13/Jun/2013 |
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DU pioneers Math, Science curriculum for visually impaired |
The proposed FYUP (Four Year Undergraduate Program) by the Delhi University mandates that every student study foundation course each in basic Mathematics and Science in the first year. This is a... |
Education and Employment |
12/Jun/2013 |
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Unhelpful helpdesks make disabled students run around |
The decentralizing of admissions for SC/ST and persons with disability (PWD) categories essentially a move towards greater inclusion of these groups hasn't worked quite as well as the university... |
Education and Employment |
11/Jun/2013 |
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Life is an opportunity |
Nandini K is a visually impaired girl, but for her that’s is no excuse to not pursue her dreams. This young girl, a beneficiary of Samarathan Trust, has been selected to star in an upcoming Tamil... |
Achievements |
11/Jun/2013 |
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Odisha: Taxi driver arrested for raping, killing a visually impaired minor girl |
A taxi driver was arrested in Puri on Saturday for allegedly raping and murdering a visually impaired minor girl, police said.
Banamali Barik, 35, who was arrested, is a drug edict and has a criminal... |
General |
10/Jun/2013 |
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New bionic eye to help visually impaired |
A new bionic eye being developed at Monash University will help thousand of blind people to see light and shapes for the first time.
World-first wireless technology and a computer processor,... |
Medical |
10/Jun/2013 |
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Car rally for the visually impaired on 9th |
People find it difficult to drive on city roads with their eyes wide open. But, 154 visually-impaired men and women have registered to take part in a rally to be held in the city on Sunday. The... |
General |
10/Jun/2013 |
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Strong link exists between blindness and poverty: Mukherjee |
Visual impairment has a very debilitating effect on the family and the economic condition of those suffering from it, President Pranab Mukherjee today said and called for use of latest technology to... |
General |
10/Jun/2013 |
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Separate guidelines for eye transplants |
India will soon have separate guidelines for eye donations and transplantation. The Union health ministry, in its bid to augment eye donations in the country, has set up a committee, headed by the... |
Medical |
10/Jun/2013 |
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Visually impaired girls show way, score first division in Class XII |
Living in a city far from home was the least of the problems Shravali Bhagwat Kalyankar, Suchitha Shirode and Varsha Veer had to face. And for Usha Garware, taking care of household chores as her... |
Education and Employment |
07/Jun/2013 |
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