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New courses for disabled students |
To facilitate physically challenged students, who often complain of discrimination and difficulty in finding employment, Delhi University Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC) announced a new certificate... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Course in electronic media for visually impaired |
There is hope for the visually-challenged students in the field of electronic media. Department of Education, University of Pune (UoP) in association with the department of Journalism, Yashwantrao... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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I once blindfolded myself to know the life of the blind: Patil |
President Pratibha Patil had once blindfolded herself to experience the life of a visually impaired person but says she could not bear it even for an hour.
"Whenever I interacted with blind people, I... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Learning becomes easy for visually impaired |
Education for visually impaired students is now easier thanks to audio files being easily accessible on a new portable, handy, pocket-sized device called the audio book reader (ABR). Designed by... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Cricket With 20/20 Vision |
The evolution of the glorious game of cricket has seen new entrant T20 add another dimension to the sport galvanising its popularity with the mainstream masses.
Cricket in India is undeniably a... |
Adventure and Sports |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Indian blind athletes bag nine gold medals at world youth championships in USA |
A team of 8 young blind athletes from India took part in the “2009 IBSA World Youth and Student Championships” held on 17-18 July at Colorado Springs, USA and bagged 9 Gold, 1 Silver and 7 Bronze... |
Adventure and Sports |
20/Jul/2012 |
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XRCVC-Tech Mahindra Foundation Scholarships 2009-10 |
The XRCVC and the Tech Mahindra Foundation are happy to announce the Scholarships for the year 2009 - 2010. The XRCVC-Tech Mahindra Foundation Scholarship is a financial support for the visually... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Blind candidates waiting for railway posting since one year |
Four blind persons, who landed jobs with the Central Railway nearly a year ago, are still awaiting posting, and more importantly, salary cheques.
The situation has arisen because Railway apparently... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Shop is no pie in the sky for blind chef |
Blind baking is something Stanmore Bay’s Michael Erasmus, 22, does daily.
Michael is fully blind in one eye, and has 5 percent vision in the other.
But that hasn’t stopped him graduating from the... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Australia signs UN disability protocol |
People with disabilities now have another avenue to complain about being discriminated against under an agreement ratified by 40 nations.
Australia has signed up to the UN's Convention on the Rights... |
Policy News |
20/Jul/2012 |
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