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Blindness In India Reduced By 47 Per Cent Since 2007: Report |
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... |
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11/Oct/2019 |
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Diabetes leading to blindness: Survey |
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... |
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11/Oct/2019 |
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World Sight Day: Does India have the vision to tackle blindness? |
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.
Globally, 2.2 billion people are... |
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10/Oct/2019 |
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Air travel for passengers with disabilities remains stressful |
MUMBAI: Not being assured of airline assistance for boarding and de-boarding at airports, especially foreign ones, can make air travel quite stressful for visually impaired solo travellers.Read more... |
General |
10/Oct/2019 |
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Coming soon, a cheap kindle for visually impaired |
A kindle for visually impaired students is expected to hit the markets in six months — one that wouldn’t cost a bomb. The International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru (IIIT-B), has... |
General, Education and Employment |
10/Oct/2019 |
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Disabled Moms Interview Project: DeafBlind Mom Lisa Ferris |
DeafBlind Mom: Lisa Ferris
I am super happy to meet Lisa Ferris through this interview.
I love her sensibility, practicality, and humor.
I’ll bet you will, too.
** This interview with Lisa Ferris is... |
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09/Oct/2019 |
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AIIMS, Health Ministry launch ‘eDantSeva’ website and app |
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the digital platform will provide oral health information gathered from authentic scientific resources and connect the people to timely advise for managing... |
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09/Oct/2019 |
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University of Mumbai student is India’s first blind woman with PhD in German studies |
When it was time for Sunil and Shubha Jangam to enrol their daughter Urvi, who was born without sight, into school, they took her to a school for the blind. At the time, they’d thought Urvi’s... |
General, Education and Employment |
07/Oct/2019 |
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Shaastra ’20 to focus on visually impaired |
Shaastra 2020, to be held in January, will focus on impacting the lives of visually challenged persons through its campaign — Blink.
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04/Oct/2019 |
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insight-vision loss support group in pune |
Tanya has launched a vision loss support group in Pune & had been actively working for uplifting the blind community in her own unique ways.
Circulating her message below on Insight & Do... |
General |
04/Oct/2019 |
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