A 116 half marathons, 67 10Ks, five ultra marathons, and one intercity marathon. These are the numbers of 63-year-old Amarjeet Singh Chawla, a runner with 100% vision loss. He’s just one of India’s community of marathoners, that is visually impaired.
Microsoft India is partnering with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi to host the second edition of Empower, a conference that will bring together researchers, technologists and policy makers to discuss actionable steps in creating and making available assistive technologies.
Top census officials have discussed a strategy to carry out the massive exercise to count different aspects of India’s a billion plus population and run the entire process seamlessly, the Home Ministry said on Friday.
Samsung produced an ad a while ago called, “Hearing Hands.”
Twenty-seven-year-old K. Shibli, who is visually impaired since birth, is now an inspiration to several students at Kannur University.
On World Sight Day on Thursday, Shibli, who is the first visually challenged student to enrol as a PhD scholar in business management at the university, stood as a role model for many differently abled.
Rajan Eye Care Hospital launched an initiative to distribute ‘privilege cards’ to differently abled persons. The event was organised as part of World Sight Day, observed on the second Thursday of October every year, said Mohan Rajan, the chairman of the hospital.
There are around 180 to 200 million blind people all over the world. The theme for this year is vision first, he said.
NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (PTI): The prevalence of blindness in India has come down by around 47 per cent since 2007, according to a government survey released on Thursday, indicating that the country is close to achieving the WHO”s goal of reducing it to 0.3 per cent of the total population by 2020.
Fast growing diabetes is leading to blindness and visual impairment due to poor blood sugar control among patients. According to the diabetes and diabetic retinopathy survey by the AIIMS conducted between 2015 to 2019, one in eight persons above 50 years in India is a diabetic.
One in every 46 diabetics is blind and one in seven diabetics has some form of impairment in their vision due to high blood sugar levels
World Sight Day logo. World Sight Day is observed on October 10th annually – offering an opportunity to remember the burden of visual impairment throughout the world.
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