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Learning becomes easy for visually impaired |
Education for visually impaired students is now easier thanks to audio files being easily accessible on a new portable, handy, pocket-sized device called the audio book reader (ABR). Designed by... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Cricket With 20/20 Vision |
The evolution of the glorious game of cricket has seen new entrant T20 add another dimension to the sport galvanising its popularity with the mainstream masses.
Cricket in India is undeniably a... |
Adventure and Sports |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Indian blind athletes bag nine gold medals at world youth championships in USA |
A team of 8 young blind athletes from India took part in the “2009 IBSA World Youth and Student Championships” held on 17-18 July at Colorado Springs, USA and bagged 9 Gold, 1 Silver and 7 Bronze... |
Adventure and Sports |
20/Jul/2012 |
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XRCVC-Tech Mahindra Foundation Scholarships 2009-10 |
The XRCVC and the Tech Mahindra Foundation are happy to announce the Scholarships for the year 2009 - 2010. The XRCVC-Tech Mahindra Foundation Scholarship is a financial support for the visually... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Blind candidates waiting for railway posting since one year |
Four blind persons, who landed jobs with the Central Railway nearly a year ago, are still awaiting posting, and more importantly, salary cheques.
The situation has arisen because Railway apparently... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Shop is no pie in the sky for blind chef |
Blind baking is something Stanmore Bay’s Michael Erasmus, 22, does daily.
Michael is fully blind in one eye, and has 5 percent vision in the other.
But that hasn’t stopped him graduating from the... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Australia signs UN disability protocol |
People with disabilities now have another avenue to complain about being discriminated against under an agreement ratified by 40 nations.
Australia has signed up to the UN's Convention on the Rights... |
Policy News |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Sibal speech gets thumbs-up from disability rights activists |
Disability rights activists have welcomed Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal’s Lok Sabha speech, made before the landmark Right to Education Act was passed on Tuesday.
Mithu Alur,... |
Policy News |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Railways to run battery-operated cars at stations for disabled |
Extending a helping hand to disabled and elderly passengers, Railways have decided to operate battery-operated cars for them at major stations.
The small cars will operate round-the-clock to... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Delhi HC directs Centre to amend its insurance rules for disabled |
The Delhi High Court directed the Central government to reconsider its postal insurance rules and to treat the persons with disability at par with other people.
Appearing on behalf of the government... |
Policy News |
20/Jul/2012 |
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