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Nehru's letters now in Braille |
In 1928, Jawaharlal Nehru decided to open Indira's eyes to the world. He wrote to his 10 year-old daughter from Allahabad and filled his letters with what amounted to history lessons. The batch of 30... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Himachal to get first school for visually impaired |
In a step towards empowering visually impaired persons in Himachal Pradesh, National Federation of the Blind is all set to open a school in Shimla.
The school, which was approved by the National... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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DU isn’t sensitive to differently-abled |
The Delhi University may consider itself disable-friendly, but the South Campus has proved to be insensitive to the needs of these students. Last week, Kanika Saxena, a Delhi University aspirant, had... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Now, a pen that can read Koran |
Come Ramzan and Koran is the fastest moving product. But this time round, it is going to sell in a different format.
The Koran reading pen has hit the market here and more than a month before Ramzan... |
Product and Technology |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Delhi HC allows scribes to help visually-impaired candidates |
The Delhi High Court today directed the Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to provide "scribes" to visually- impaired candidates appearing for Central Teachers Eligibility... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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‘3 per cent funds must for disabled’ |
Criminal cases will be registered against the head of departments who fail to earmark three per cent of budgetary outlay for welfare of the disabled, according to Disabilities Commissioner K V... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Blind woman wins national photo award |
A legally blind Winnipeg photographer has taken top prize in a national photo competition.
Tara Miller, 39, found out Tuesday she has been awarded the grand prize in the Canadian National Institute... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Bionic specs may soon allow the blind to see |
Scientists are developing smart and sleek bionic spectacles which they say could soon be on sale and help hundreds of thousands of blind people see. The "smart spectacles" , being developed by a team... |
Product and Technology |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Blind boy finds a place in world chess rating |
Prachurya Pradhan, a Class IX student, has become the first blind person in the state to secure a FIDE ( World Chess Federation) rating. Prachurya, a student of Bhima Bhoi School for the Blind here,... |
Adventure and Sports |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Visually impaired, but this KV teacher takes his students places |
When the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the Class XII results a month ago, S K Sharma’s students rejoiced. They had all cleared the exams with distinction.
With schools focusing... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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