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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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Change for the better? |
Are Indian rupee notes and coins friendly to the visually-impaired?
R. Nagaraj, a visually-impaired seller of candles and agarbattis in Ooty, is extra careful when he handles money. He feels every... |
Discrimination |
21/Jun/2013 |
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DGCA to ask airlines to allow guide dogs in air |
The government is going to make it mandatory for airlines to allow visually impaired people to board aircraft with their guide dogs.
While the directorate general of civil aviation(DGCA) had allowed... |
Judgments |
20/Jun/2013 |
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T.V. Raman’s Audio Deja Vu: From Google, a Math-Reading System for the Web |
Almost exactly 20 years ago, T.V. Raman built a system for reading math out loud as his PhD project at Cornell.
After being raised in Pune, India and becoming blind at age 14, Raman had learned to... |
Science & technology |
19/Jun/2013 |
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Blind UAE student's 90% in Grade 10 exams |
Mustafa is not excited about scoring 90 per cent in the CBSE 10th standard school results announced recently. But his family and the entire community are happy about how bravely this 100 per cent... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jun/2013 |
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AIR jockey designs chess board for visually impaired players |
That only 1,500 out of the 5,000 registered blind or partially blind chess players in India are active due to poor access to specially designed chess-boards, was a constant cause of worry for Pankaj... |
Adventure and Sports |
19/Jun/2013 |
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Activists allege move to close school for blind |
Protest eye exam for aspirants; officials scrap it, say it was to mainstream students
A proposed eye exam for aspirants to the Government Higher Secondary School for the Blind in Poonamallee was... |
Education and Employment |
17/Jun/2013 |
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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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