HUBBALLI: The libraries in Dharwad district are getting equipped with a special screen scanner and reading device. The zilla panchayat has initiated digitisation of libraries in the district, and has installed a Kibo device.
The library provides Kibo, a screen scanner and reading device, that allows people with visual impairments to listen to books in any language.

Patna: The Patna high court on Tuesday said that depriving  the visually impaired students of their right to avail  education through specialized teachers not only violates  the National Disability Act passed by the Parliament  in 2016 but it also depicts the ‘inhumanity of the state’.   By recording such ‘considered opinion’, the high court  directed the chief secretary (CS) of state to furnish a  composite report within four weeks, depicting a ‘true and  clear picture’ about the education system imparted to all  visually impaired students up to Class XII in Bihar .

Thiruvananthapuram: As many as 15 students of government school for the visually-impaired at Vazhuthacaud have hopes sky high, with rockets made by them ready for launch on Tuesday.

‘Mission Sparsham’ would have been impossible  if not for determination of Peyyad-native Aathira  Preetharani, CEO of ExoGeo, a Canada-based defence  and space manufacturing company.