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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... |
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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 ... |
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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... |
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11/Oct/2019 |
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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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