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11-year-old visually-challenged Ibin conquers Periyar in the company of his teacher |
They covered the 600 m of the deepest stretch of the river, which has a maximum depth of 30 feet at one point, in 22 minutes flat
Swimming across the deepest stretch of Periyar on Thursday morning, ... |
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06/Mar/2020 |
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Differently abled write to CJ for 4% job quota |
Differently abled write to CJ for 4% job quota.
Tribune News Service
Shimla, March 3
Qualified visually impaired and other disabled candidates have sought four per cent reservation in employment. In... |
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04/Mar/2020 |
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Samarthya 2020 awards to honour 9 outstanding achievers with disability |
Every year the Collective Action for Basic Rights Foundation (CBRF) recognises and celebrates the achievements of nine people with disabilities from all around India. The aim is to create awareness... |
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03/Mar/2020 |
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Janni Lehrer-Stein writes in the NyTimes: What It’s Like to Use Facebook When You’re Blind |
For years, that was essentially my experience on Facebook, and it
remains that way for me on other social media platforms and the
internet at large. You see, I am blind. I rely on a screen reader to... |
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03/Mar/2020 |
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This visually impaired Kerala man is a telephone directory of voices |
KOCHI: The person sitting at the telephone desk inside the public relations officer's room at the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) office might appear to be a nondescript man. But he is... |
General |
28/Feb/2020 |
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Visually impaired students bag first three ranks of BSW |
In a rare feat, three visually impaired Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) students of Alva’s College, Moodbidri, who passed out during 2018-19, have bagged the first three ranks in the final examination... |
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28/Feb/2020 |
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What’s with the shallow news coverage on disability? |
Last week, two headlines on the digital platforms of leading dailies caught my attention. One read, “Two blind HSC students find writers at the 11th hour”. And the second stated, “HSC exams: Finding... |
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27/Feb/2020 |
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Assistive technology experience & resource centre for visually impaired people opens in Delhi |
The National Association for the Blind in New Delhi is opening Beyond Eyes, a first of its kind
assistive technology experience and resource centre for visually impaired people. The centre aims to... |
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27/Feb/2020 |
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Row over new norms on exam writers for visually impaired |
Tribune News Service
Shimla, February 21
Visually impaired students of the HPU are in fix as the institute is flouting the Centre’s guideline regarding writers for such students during examinations.... |
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26/Feb/2020 |
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students approach HPU VC |
The Disabled Students and Youth Association (DSYA) has urged the Vice Chancellor of the Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) to immediately withdraw “wrong and misleading” guidelines for conducting... |
General |
24/Feb/2020 |
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