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Visually challenged share their travails |
KOCHI: Walking by the road or crossing it is a huge task for Yeldo K Abraham who is visually challenged. He might have the iconic white cane with the red band in his hand. But it doesn’t protect him... |
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16/Oct/2019 |
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Never be defeated, Never give up’, says first visually challenged woman IAS officer Pranjal Patil |
“Never be defeated, Never give up”, said Pranjal Patil, the country’s first visually challenged woman IAS officer, as she assumed charge as the Sub Collector of Thiruvananthapuram here on Monday... |
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15/Oct/2019 |
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Pranjal Patil, first visually challenged woman IAS officer, takes over as Sub-Collector of Thiruvananthapuram |
Thiruvananthapuram: Pranjal Patil, India's first visually challenged woman IAS officer on Monday took charge as Sub-Collector of Thiruvananthapuram.
A warm reception was arranged to welcome her as... |
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15/Oct/2019 |
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No challenge too big for India’s community of runners with visual impairment |
Learn what running with vision impairment is like, and what inspires these marathoners to take it up
A 116 half marathons, 67 10Ks, five ultra marathons, and one intercity marathon. These are the... |
General |
15/Oct/2019 |
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Microsoft, IIT Delhi to hold conference to make accessible assistive tech for people with disabilities |
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... |
General |
14/Oct/2019 |
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Celebrating their abilities |
Chandran’s Yuva Foundation helps the visually challenged and hearing-and-speech impaired people stand on their own feet
It is 5:00 pm and Santhosh C has finished tailoring 50 cloth bags. He places... |
General |
14/Oct/2019 |
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Top officials discuss strategy to carry out census exercise |
2021 census to be conducted through mobile phone app
Top census officials have discussed a strategy to carry out the massive exercise to count different aspects of India’s a billion plus population ... |
General |
11/Oct/2019 |
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A new Samsung commercial called, "Caring for the Impossible" focuses on the DeafBlind in India... the product looks great, but is the commercial |
Samsung produced an ad a while ago called, “Hearing Hands.”
It was about a deaf guy in Turkey, whose community all of the sudden learned sign language to communicate with him. While I was interested... |
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11/Oct/2019 |
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Setting sight on success, visually challenged Shibli enrols for PhD |
First such research scholar in management studies in Kannur University
Twenty-seven-year-old K. Shibli, who is visually impaired since birth, is now an inspiration to several students at Kannur... |
General, Education and Employment |
11/Oct/2019 |
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Differently abled get ‘privilege cards’ |
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... |
General |
11/Oct/2019 |
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