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The new non-accessible two rupee coin |
The new stainless steel coin can be easily mistaken for a one-rupee coin, as it is round in shape and does not have sharper edges like the old two rupee coin. The new coin has the number '2' boldly... |
General |
23/Jul/2012 |
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A unique photo show that goes beyond sight |
In a first-of-its-kind programme, ‘Blind With Camera’, nine visually impaired persons learnt the art of photography. They captured sounds, voices, smells and touches through the camera.
The... |
General |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Information Communication Technology centre |
Aimed at identifying and solving the basic issues being faced by visually impaired people while using computers, a model Information Communication Technology (I.C.T.) centre will be set up in... |
Education and Employment |
23/Jul/2012 |
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A cycling challenge with a cause |
The first ever tandem bicycling event in the U.A.E. was held on 16 February 2007. The cycling challenge was organised to raise money for research into retina degeneration and hereditary eye diseases... |
Adventure and Sports |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Bionic implants |
The Argus II system uses a spectacle-mounted camera to feed visual information to electrodes in the eye. "What we are trying to do is take real-time images from a camera and convert them... |
Medical |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Karate for visually impaired boys |
Bharatiya Welfare Association for the Blind’ (Gulbarga, Karnataka) is offering karate training to visually impaired boys to equip them with self-defence skills.
The training programme was inaugurated... |
Adventure and Sports |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Silvassa makes a clean sweep at blind cricket tournament |
When openers from the National Association for the Blind (N.A.B.) team from Silvassa, making its debut at the ‘All-Gujarat Blind Peoples' Cricket Tournament’ held in Vadodara, (Gujarat) stepped on... |
Adventure and Sports |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Cell phone technology to aid visually impaired people |
The International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (I.I.I.T.-B) and Chennai-based companies, Lattice Bridge Info and Spatial Data (Spinfo), are jointly developing cellphone-based... |
Product and Technology |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Conference for blind entrepreneurs in U.S. |
More than 500 blind business people are expected to take part in this year's National Association of Blind Merchants (U.S.A.) conference on March 7 2007 in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
The annual event,... |
General |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Career counselling for blind students |
Chennai based N.G.O. Nethrodaya organised a one-day career counselling guidance session for visually impaired students appearing for class X and XII examinations.
Students from remote villages of... |
Education and Employment |
23/Jul/2012 |
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