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No mountain high enough for this visually impaired Kerala girl

Mareena Damien’s life took an unexpected turn when she lost her vision due to a medicine allergy while in class 5.

India's first radio channel for visually-impaired people 'Radio Aksh' launched in Nagpur

NAGPUR: Country's first-ever radio channel for the visually impaired, named 'Radio Aksh' has been launched in Nagpur, with the Blind Relief Association Nagpur and Samdrushti Kshamata Vikas Avam Anusandhan Mandal (Saksham) serving as the pioneers of the concept that will help the visually-impaired gain seamless access to education resources and audiobooks.

Comply with Chief Secy’s orders on promotion for disabled: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Tribune News Service

Saurabh Malik

Chandigarh, April 12

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State of Haryana and its functionaries to take necessary steps to comply with administrative instructions issued by the Chief Secretary’s office regarding promotion of persons with disability.

The instructions have been addressed to all the departments across the board in the State of Haryana.

Fix all issues in 2 govt blind schools in 1 month: HC to Telangana govt

HYDERABAD: In a ray of hope for children of two government high schools for the blind in Dar-ul-Shifa and Malakpet, the Telangana high court on Tuesday set a deadline of three days for the state to fix problems of food, beds, toilets, sanitary napkins, braille books, etc., while ordering it to improve all other facilities within one month.

‘Violation’ of rights of disabled students: Umang Foundation to challenge Himachal board, CBSE rules

The Umang Foundation will challenge the rules of the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Central Board of School Education (CBSE) and state and national open schools, which violate the rights of disabled students, in the high court.
Expert member of the State Disability Advisory Board, chairman of Umang Foundation and nodal officer for Disability Affairs of the Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), Shimla, Prof Ajay Srivastava said that the rules of these educational bodies do not conform with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016.

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Vinod Kapri shares video of visually-impaired man singing Mohammed Rafi's Jaane Walon Zara. Rekha Bhardwaj reacts

Filmmaker Vinod Kapri is quite an avid social media user and his Twitter account is filled with million-dollar videos and pictures featuring aam janta. On 6^th April, he shared a delightful video of a visually-impaired man singing Mohammed Rafi’s iconic song Jaane Walon Zara. The clip has obviously gone viral online and netizens are absolutely loving it.

PU, PGIMER faculty get patent for oral healthcare education device for visually-impaired

The device, created by PU, PGIMER facult members, comprises a dental model having diseased and healthy teeth, inflamed and healthy gingival tissues and a sensor.
Panjab University’s representatives on Thursday said the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) professors have been granted a patent for an oral healthcare educational device for the visually impaired children.

GDPL of Kota facilitates voice donations to help visually impaired students read KOTA: A Government Public Divisional Library (GPDL) of Kota has taken a unique initiative of facilitating voice donations from people for helping visually impaired students a

KOTA: A Government Public Divisional Library (GPDL) of Kota has taken a unique initiative of facilitating voice donations from people for helping visually impaired students and senior citizens read books in audio.
GPDL has prepared a database of over 1000 voice donors, including library readers, voice-over artists, and theater artists. Other 40 voice donors have already donated their total 120 voice recordings for helping the visually impaired and senior citizens read books.

Students like Akshita (19) are among the beneficiary of the voice donation facility of the GPDL.

DC Impact: HC takes up plight of visually impaired kids

The HC committee for suo motu petitions took the report to the notice of Chief Justice Sharma who directed converting it as a petition.
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court took up a Deccan Chronicle report on the deplorable conditions of the two government-run schools for visually impaired children in the city as a suo motu writ petition and appointed senior counsel L. Ravichander as amicus curiae to assist the court as it dealt with the issue.