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Samsung Netbook at a special price for visually impaired students |
Saksham has been able to finalise the purchase of Samsung N150 Netbook for a special scheme for university students with blindness or low vision.
The Netbook is being purchased at the cost of Rs.... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Musical talent-visual impairment link |
New research suggests musical talent and vision impairment are closely linked. High-profile and brilliant blind musicians such as Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Andrea Bocelli have long caused people... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Near blind girl scores 91.5 per cent in Class 12 exams |
With just 2 per cent vision in both her eyes, Aditi Shah did not let her impairment come in the way. She scored 91.5 per cent in Maharashtra's HSC (Class 12, junior college) exams.
"I was expecting... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Soon, radio station dedicated to visually-challenged |
The visually-challenged could soon get a 24X7 companion in the form of a radio dedicated solely to education and entertainment for the blind. City-based Braillevani Education Radio Group (BERG) has... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Darkness was no obstacle in this girl’s long trek to success |
Even for brisk walkers, it takes a two-day trek from the Solukhumbu district headquarters in Nepal to get to Goma Rai’s village. “The walk is easier in the winter. In the summer, the rains make you... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Woman learns Braille for daughter |
She travels 85 km from her village to Bhopal to study for her blind daughter’s sake, spending Rs 250, every day — a huge amount for an underprivileged family like hers. But 29-year-old Govind Kunwar... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Retinal Implant Restores Sight |
Lighthouse International is participating in an exciting research project that holds great promise for helping people who are blind to see. It is the only FDA-approved, long-term clinical trial of... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Blind scholar, guided by blind teacher, gets PhD |
He could not see it, but the thunderous, rapturous applause that will ring in Sanjay Jain's ears for a long time told him that he had earned it. Having just won the longest ovation of the ceremony,... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Making it to MIT against odds |
Bolla Srikanth was barely few years old when many in his community counselled his parents to abandon him. The pressure was heavy on his illiterate parents, a farmer father and housewife mother, but... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Into management institutes, with visual impairment |
Many people who have a disability don't let it prevent them from leading a fulfilling life. They are an inspiration to both disabled and non-disabled people alike. Alpana Dubey, Goma Rai, and Vishal... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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