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2000 Scholarships under Two Schemes to be Given to Students with Disabilities in 2013-14 |
National Handicapped Finance & Development Corporation (NHFDC) is implementing two Scholarship schemes (1) 1500 Scholarships under Trust Fund and (2) 500 Scholarships under National Fund, under... |
Education and Employment |
03/Jul/2013 |
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‘Miracle at Marrakesh’ to help visually impaired read |
The treaty will make access to books for the visually impaired, blind and print disabled easier
On Friday, in the same city that established the World Trade Organisation nearly two decades ago,... |
Policy News |
01/Jul/2013 |
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Every step is a struggle |
Right from architectural barriers in hospital buildings to inaccessible medical equipment, from insensitive doctors to negligent authorities, access to healthcare facilities for the huge invisible... |
General |
28/Jun/2013 |
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Stevie Wonder urges UN forum to ‘sign, seal, deliver' treaty for visually impaired |
Music icon Stevie Wonder, last week lent his weight to a video appeal about a famine addressing more than 600 delegates gathered at a United Nations forum in North Africa. But it wasn’t the sort of... |
Product and Technology |
27/Jun/2013 |
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Miracle In Marrakesh: “Historic” Treaty For Visually Impaired Agreed |
The mood was one of celebration at the Marrakesh Palais des Congrès to greet the success of World Intellectual Property Organization negotiators in their attempt to produce a draft treaty text... |
Policy News |
27/Jun/2013 |
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LSR plans special resource centre for disabled students |
Lady Shri Ram College for Women is coming up with a resource centre for its disabled students as part of its equal-opportunity centre, Swavalamban.
"It is a state-of-the-art facility equipped with... |
Education and Employment |
26/Jun/2013 |
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The Royalty Lectures - Right, Copyright |
Coplyright:
Seek written permission, aka ‘consent forms’, before recording audio, video or taking photos
Agree beforehand on whether the recording can be shared, either with a class, or the... |
General |
25/Jun/2013 |
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US film industry tries to weaken copyright treaty for blind people |
Treaty to make copyrighted works available for visually impaired people – 90% of whom live in global south – coming up against film lobbyNegotiators from 186 countries are in Marrakech this week ... |
General |
25/Jun/2013 |
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Blind students from districts say no to city school |
The students say their agricultural-labourer parents cannot afford to send them to Chennai and support their educational needs
On Monday, the first day of the new academic year for class XI at the... |
Education and Employment |
25/Jun/2013 |
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A night of melody in Mumbai |
Here' some interesting news for music connoisseurs. Ability of Disability- A Night of Melody will showcase performances by disabled artistes as well as various singers including Abhijeet Sawant.
The... |
General |
24/Jun/2013 |
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