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For the 1st time, car rally for visually impaired in city |
The organisers of the event call it a “rally with a difference” and indeed it is one. On March 4, Pune will witness its first car rally for the visually impaired. The rally, which will be flagged off... |
Adventure and Sports |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Egmore hospital not in list of centres performing transplants |
The Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Egmore, one of the major referral centres for eye care, has been left out from the list of recognised facilities for performing corneal transplantation in the... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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The gift of sight |
Aravind Jayabal bagged the prestigious ‘Silver Eye Award' for his short film titled “Vizhigal” on eye donation recently. Aravind is the founder and creative director of Raindropss, an NGO, comprising... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Apology demanded from Spicejet |
Taking a strong view against the off-loading of a differently-abled 42-year-old female passenger from a Spicejet flight at Kolkata airport this past Sunday, disability rights organisations have... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Access to government schemes can improve standard of living |
Can you empower a person with disability by giving him a calliper and teaching him physiotherapy exercises? It is not props, but the creation of an inclusive society that can essentially empower... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Blind women meet today |
The Asian Blind Union is hosting a three-day event at Hotel City Park in Pitampura here beginning this Monday to discuss problems faced by visually impaired women in the Asian region.
“Blind Women... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Techology that teaches |
Until a few days ago, Arjun and Althaf, Std X students of SMV School were at the mercy of their teachers to learn their daily lessons. Unlike other students of their class who had no problem... |
Product and Technology |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Visually challenged persons seek free house pattas |
Visually challenged persons marched to the Collector's office from Thangaraj Salai to draw the attention of the State government to consider their demands, which included issuance of house site... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Pension payments to be linked to Aadhaar |
The Centre has decided to link payment of pension for the elderly, widows and disabled persons to the Aadhaar to ensure timely delivery.
The decision was taken here on Tuesday at a meeting chaired by... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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SSA conducts medical camp for differently abled children |
A total of 109 differently abled children attended the medical camp organised by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Vellore at the Block Resource Centre of Madhanur on Wednesday. This was part of the... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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