Chief Minister M.K. Stalin gave away assistive devices and other equipment developed by students of the Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College to beneficiaries on Saturday at the college campus.
Among the innovative projects were a smart stick for the visually impaired which is fitted with a sensor to detect hurdles, a wheelchair with a canopy which will help users stay protected from rain and sun, and a software for the visually impaired to convert speech to text as well as a text to speech convertor for hearing-impaired persons.

VIJAYAWADA: The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI)’s Indian squad for Triangular Series for the Blind 2022 has been announced. The series will be held with Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani teams. Four blind cricketers from AP have won places in the CABI team.
The CABI has picked a 17-member squad for the upcoming triangular T20 Series, which will be played in the UAE from March 13 to March 19. The Triangular Series will have a total of six League Matches and the Final will be played on March 19.

Tribune News Service

Karam Prakash

Patiala, February 6

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice of motion to the state of Punjab on the alleged non-implementation of the Punjab Divyangjan Sashaktikaran Yojana (PDSY).

The scheme was meant to empower around 6.5 lakh differently abled people in the state.

As office spaces and waiting lounges transitioned from plastic-wired chairs to comfortable cushions over the last two decades, visually challenged Maleyappa M and two of his friends have been left in the lurch.

Indore: As a relief for the visually impaired college-goers as one of its first, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) is now in planning to develop educational content for them. The varsity will also be arranging for additional resources in terms of books and even audio books for the students. At present, the visually impaired college goers are primarily dependent on recordings during their classes and their classmates. While there are audio notes available. However, those are mostly arranged by Non Profit Organizations (NGOs) and not by the varsity or higher educational institutions (HEIs).