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96.7%: city boy shows vision more important than sight |
Anuj Goel’s eyes hurt. But he kept pushing himself, trying to prove that he could do it. It wasn’t easy sitting in the front row for the visually impaired student — he strained his eyes to make out... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Stem cells restore sight, almost miraculously |
Stem cells cultured by researchers on a simple contact lens miraculously restored sight to sufferers of blinding corneal disease.
The simple and inexpensive procedure, considered a breakthrough,... |
Medical |
20/Jul/2012 |
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MCD schools must have teachers for disabled students: HC |
For 12-year-old Avinash, a visually impaired student of an MCD school in Jahangirpuri, it was smooth sailing from classes I to IV.
But since two years, he has been stuck in Class V, as his promotion... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Disabled persons urge new Orissa govt. to fulfill poll promises |
Disabled persons in the state have urged the BJD government to fulfill its promises in the election manifesto of forming a state level commission to look into their demands, after winning its third... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Seeing with your tongue: BrainPort device brings sight to the blind |
Roger Behm lost his sight at 16, the victim of an inherited disease that destroyed his retinas. Both of his eyes were surgically removed.
Now 55, Behm has made himself at home in a sightless world.... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Stem cells from single cornea of dead now treating many |
Patients suffering from blindness now need not wait for donors as doctors have found a way to treat many with the stem cells derived from the cornea of a dead body.
Doctors at the AIIMS and a private... |
Medical |
20/Jul/2012 |
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New software for visually challenged students at DU |
Adding another feature to its effort for making the admission process a lot more student-friendly for the differently-abled candidates, Delhi University this year has introduced JAWS computer... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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The Big Turnoff: Furor Over Kindle Audio Puts Random Between Rock and Hard Place |
You shall not curse the deaf nor place a stumbling block before the blind.
Leviticus 19:14
I realize it's unfashionable to feel sorry for Random House, but I think they're getting the rotten end of... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Visually challenged assumes charge as Munsif court judge |
A visually impaired person on Monday took charge as the judge of a Munsif Court in the city, claimed to be the first in Tamil Nadu, perhaps in India.
The 41-year old T T Chakravarthy, native of Arcot... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Punekar brings carrom to the blind |
A Puneite has developed what is probably the world's first carrom board for the visually challenged. Madan Purandare, who tweaked a normal carrom board to create this special one, claims this is the... |
Adventure and Sports |
20/Jul/2012 |
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