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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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HC seeks details of disabled candidates joining IIMs |
The Bombay high court on Monday sought details of the seats reserved for disabled candidates in Indian Institutes of Management across India and the number of such candidates admitted during the... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Govt should relax rules for physically challenged: HC |
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the government to consider treating physically challenged people at par with SC/ST candidates while granting relaxation in qualifying marks for admission in... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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SC directs Centre to appoint blind to IAS |
Three years after he cleared the civil services exams, a visually impaired man, Ravi Prakash Gupta, is all set to join the elite Indian Administrative Services (IAS) with the Supreme Court on... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Second sight: breakthrough research offers hope to millions |
EU-funded scientists have succeeded in awakening dormant vision cones, an achievement that may lead to saving millions of people from going blind. The dormant cones, which normally remain in the eye... |
Medical |
20/Jul/2012 |
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