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Now the blind in India, especially Bengal, who never got a chance to know Max Carrados, will at least get the joy of reading the celebrated Satyajit Ray series featuring the tall and intelligent south Kolkata Bengali who cracks every difficult case at the end.
This blind man fought for 3 yrs to become an IAS officer
My prolonged illness took away my eyesight forever. But it was not my biggest challenge," shares Ajit Kumar Yadav, who recently received appointment letter for the Indian Administrative Services (IAS).
Even after securing a rank of 208 among 791 successful candidates in the Civil Services examination, Ajit was denied an IAS appointment due to his blindness.
But he was not deterred by this.
He fought a three-year legal struggle to get his rightful place.
Ajit lost his vision completely at the tender age of five after suffering from acute diarrhoea.
Copyright Amendment Bill passed in Rajya Sabha
The much delayed Copyright Bill, providing for certain important amendments to the Copyright Act, was today approved by the Rajya Sabha. The bill will remove operational difficulties and address newer issues related to the digital world and Internet.
The Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010, moved by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, also seeks to bring Indian laws originally enacted in 1957 in conformity with international norms and World Intellectual Property Organisation.
Discussions with state govt to fill vacancies for specially-abled
He was speaking at the sixth anniversary of NFB held at the School for Blind here on Wednesday.
Rungta said one round of discussion has already been held with the chief secretary and he has agreed to consider the issue.
Also, he has assured that a meeting of all departments would be convened to sort out the issue.
He has said that another round of meeting would be held within eight to 10 days with representatives of NFB and discuss the stand of the state government. Rungta said the issue would be sorted out within the next month.
Smartphones Can Be Boon For Visually Impaired
iPhones and other smartphones can be a boon to those with low visions, but few doctors are recommending them to patients, according to a new study.
Among the advantages smartphones offer to people with low vision are bigger font sizes - up to 56 points - enabling such people to text and email; screens that can be brightened considerably; and global positioning system and voice features for better navigation, says senior study author Walter M. Jay of the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, US.
Nepal "blind" eatery lights way for visually impaired
A line of diners, holding on to the shoulders of the person in front of them, enters the pitch dark hall at Nepal's first blind restaurant, which treats guests to food they can smell, touch and taste but not see.
The 16-seat dining room has been heavily curtained from ceiling to floor in black, and the guests grope their way to the table, guided deftly by the waiters -- all of whom are visually impaired.
Microsoft’s hi-tech ‘Kinectacles’ to help the blind navigate better
A pair of hi-tech spectacles called Kinectacles that will help the visually challenged navigate their way and Kinect Bridge - an innovative product that will enable the speech impaired to communicate with others seamlessly using Microsoft's Kinect motion sensor that is used in its Xbox gaming device.
Centre plans to train teachers to handle special children
“Going by the 2001 census, India had 2.14 crore differently abled children whose numbers going to be around 2.45 crore by 2012. It is more than the population of many countries.
We are going to launch a big programme on teacher's training,” Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday responding to a short notice question given by BJP member Tarun Vijay.
Run for a cause on May 27
Cheshire Disability Trust (CDT) which is working for the upliftment of the differently-abled through moral support has announced its key runners for the ‘TCS World 10K Majja Run’� scheduled to be held at Kanteerava Stadium on May 27.
The team titled ‘Runability’ consists of 50 members, many of whom are young people with disabilities, spreading awareness about ‘Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disability’ and also raising funds for CDT.
DU medical board for students with disabilities scrapped
The Delhi University has made the admission process easier for physically challenged students by doing away with a medical board that used to examine such aspirants even after they produced medical certificates. "The step has been taken to do away with the hurdles for admission under the
Books at the fingertip
The ayes have it, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. This simple phrase, which ended the proceedings of the Lok Sabha on May 22 marked a momentous day for the estimated 40 million persons with print disabilities in India. At 2.34 pm, the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012 was passed by the Lok Sabha — it had earlier been passed by the Rajya Sabha — thereby ensuring that people with print disabilities can exercise their right to knowledge on an equal footing with others.
Crowd ‘steps up’ for impaired kids
About 2,000 people did step aerobics in front of Taipei City Hall yesterday to express support for visually impaired children in developing countries.
The participants wore blue and green T-shirts with a picture of an eye printed on them and made an 80m-long formation in the shape of Taiwan’s tallest building — Taipei 101 — in the plaza in front of Taipei City Hall.
After a countdown, the crowd busted out aerobic moves and started stepping on their step platforms to the music until they symbolically reached “1,001” steps.
EWS students, differently-abled, script their own success stories
They may not be toppers but they are surely achievers. Notwithstanding physical disabilities, several students fought against the odds and made their parents and schools proud.
Suffering from vision impairment, Rachit Malik of Amity International School in Noida secured 93.8% in the Class 12 science stream while Ambika Khattar from Delhi Public School (RK Puram) scored 83.8%.
Chess tourney for the blind begins
On a day when Vishwanathan Anand won the world chess championship for the fifth time, as many as 106 visually impaired players competed against one another at the all-India chess tournament here at the Devnar School for the Blind on Wednesday.
Twenty of the players are currently ranked with the world chess federation body and Darshan Patel was the top seed at this tourney as he has 1838 points.
With age being no bar, children too got into the fray in right earnest and took on much older opponents.
Visually impaired scores with letter marks in Maths
In an impressive performance as well as a huge morale booster to the differently-abled persons to pursue academic excellence, a visually impaired student of Government Ideal Blind School, Takyel scored letter marks in Mathematics in the recently declared HSLC (Cl-X) examination.
The outstanding achievement of thokchom Anjalina Devi, who scored 80 marks in Mathematics at the HSLC examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Manipur, has undoubtedly proved that with proper guidance and hard work even the differently abled persons can compete with the able-bodied.
PG medical quota for differently-abled
Under the new ruling, the differently-abled will have a three per cent reservation in select branches of the medical PG through the revised matrix at the time of the Post Graduate Entrance Test - due to be effective from this academic year.
Book released by Odisha Blind Foundation
Odisha Blind Foundation (OBF) released a book named ‘Alok Pathara Jatridala' on Friday to commemorate 44{+t}{+h}death anniversary of Louis Braille.
This book was released at a function organised on the premises of the only Braille press in Odisha, functioning in the city. It is the third book published by the OBF to make general public know about social activists of the world and our country who have played a major role to attach the visually impaired to the mainstream. The other two books published by the OBF in the past were related to lives of Louis Braille and Helen Keller.
Blind musicians lose their fear of the dark
Growing up in northern Iran, Fereshteh Khosroujerdy loved to sing. Everyone who heard her voice in the streets would hug and kiss her and tell her how beautiful it was. Everyone, that is, except her strict Muslim parents, who warned her that if they caught her singing in public – forbidden for women – they would douse her in petrol and set her alight. "It is very difficult to be born a girl," she said, "and it is disastrous to be born a girl and blind."
Metro rail readies facilities to benefit differently-abled
Perhaps, other state undertakings like TSTC, MTC and Railways can take a cue from Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) in considering the needs of the differently-abled while designing projects for public utility. The amenities proposed in ongoing metro project would definitely be a benchmark, if CMRL were to translate them into reality.
Among the long list of amenities proposed for metro stations are dedicated parking space (subject to space availability) and tactile tiles to access functional areas and platforms and non-slippery floors.
Washout gives England 2-0 win
The last game of the Twenty20 series between the England and Australia Visually Impaired cricket teams was washed out at Feckenham CC, meaning a 2-0 England victory.
Following the same fate for the first match on Sunday, the hosts won both legs of a double-header yesterday at Leamington CC to take revenge for Australia’s 3-0 one-day whitewash.
Luke Sugg, England captain for the T20 rubber, said: "I'm delighted to win the T20 series. There have been some excellent contributions throughout both series.
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