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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates private eye hospital in city |
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday inaugurated a private eye hospital in the city which is boasting of having a chain of facilities in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and one... |
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18/Jul/2012 |
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City gets country’s first ‘talking ATM’ for differently-abled |
Tarak Luhar, visually impaired since birth, was the first to withdraw money from the country’s first ‘Talking ATM’ installed by the Union Bank of India on Wednesday at the Blind People’s Association... |
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18/Jul/2012 |
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Rs. 30 lakh spent to renovate Planning Commission hq. toilets |
A day after a Right to Information query revealed that the Planning Commission had splurged over Rs. 30 lakh on renovating toilets at its headquarters in Delhi, the Commission disputed that it was... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Now, certificates for visually-impaired |
A few months ago, when Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar handed over a certificate of participation to a visually impaired student on a study visit to Parliament, she faced an innocent but important... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Demand for rights for differently-abled |
Stakeholders have opined that discriminatory attitude towards differently-abled people should be made positive as they also can perform equal to other persons if they were provided with opportunities... |
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18/Jul/2012 |
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Rally for visually impaired goes the Time Speed Distance way |
It's time for the visually impaired to prove their navigating skills when Foresight - Car Rally for the Blind 2012 gets under way on Sunday.
The Time Speed Distance rally, organised by the Bangalore... |
Adventure and Sports |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Cancer stole her vision but Bhakti remained focused |
She lost one of her eyes as an infant due to cancer and another one at the age of 14, but Bhakti Ghatole kept true to her name and never lost faith. Today Bhakti, who is from Mount Carmel (Ajni... |
Education and Employment |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Vision impaired Nagpur teen gets 94% in Class 12 board exam |
When a computer-generated voice read out the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) results to Rahul Bajaj, 17, from the board website on Friday, the significance of securing 94.83% didn't sink in... |
Education and Employment |
18/Jul/2012 |
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RTI replies now available in Braille |
The blind in the state can now get replies to their queries under the Right to Information (RTI) Act in Braille, thanks to an initiative of the state information commission with the help of the... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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A law that enables |
The National Advisory Council's suggestions for strengthening the draft law on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (PWD) is a potentially far-reaching intervention. The step is in sync with the... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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