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Blind chess player to compete at the World Individual Championships |
“I am equal to any sighted person on a chess board,” said blind chess player Chris Ross. He will take part in the World Individual Championships next year in Mumbai, India after retaining his title... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Talking billing machine speaks aloud the bill amount |
Visually impaired persons will no longer have to depend on their family or friends to read out the bill at a telephone booth. A machine manufactured by Tata Indicom reads aloud the bill amount. After... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Rainbow Melody’ initiative promotes employment for blind |
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Education and Employment |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Blind voters gain new option in Vermont |
Richard Erickson, a resident of Burlington, Vermont, USA, is delighted. He is legally blind, but the next time he goes out to vote, he will not need to rely on a member of his family to read out the... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Plans to make Lucknow city disabled-friendly |
In a novel gesture, the Uttar Pradesh government has initiated a long-term strategy to develop all urban pockets in a disabled-friendly manner. To start with, the new civil structures comprising easy... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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New discovery may lead to treatment of certain types of blindness |
Scientists have discovered how to make cells sensitive to light. The research was published in the science journal, Nature. A team of experts, led by Dr. Rob Lucas, from the University of Manchester... |
Medical |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Touch-screen voting machines to make voting easy and private |
Visually impaired voters of Citrus County, Florida, will be able to vote in private and without assistance. The AccuVote-TSX touch screen voting machines feature a standard telephone keypad with a... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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New hope for those with age-related macular degeneration |
Acuity Medical has successfully completed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) complied clinical trial of its TheraMac device. This would treat dry age-related macular degeneration (A.M.D... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Blindness control grants decentralised |
The Central Government has announced decentralisation of grants being given to N.G.O.s for blindness control programmes. On the occasion of, World Sight Day the Minister for Health and Family Welfare... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Sight Savers launches massive campaign to save Bangladeshi children from cataract |
In a campaign launched to mark World Sight Day, Sight Savers International, a U.K.-based charity, aims to track down and save Bangladeshi children in need of cataract surgery.
Since last year, Sight... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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