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Blind Pakistani reporter dreams of peace |
Sania Zaidi sits in the R. Premadasa stadium press box as the World Cup drama unfolds beneath her.
Nothing unusual about that except the 28-year-old Pakistani journalist has been blind since... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Visually impaired radio jockey reaches out through his voice |
He cannot see but has always wanted to reach out to people through his voice. Now Rishi, 21, is doing just that, thanks to Panjab University's community radio Jyotirgamaya that gave him a chance to... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Visually impaired radio jockey reaches out through his voice |
He cannot see but has always wanted to reach out to people through his voice. Now Rishi, 21, is doing just that, thanks to Panjab University's community radio Jyotirgamaya that gave him a chance to... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Facilities for differently abled at heritage sites |
The differently abled people have a reason to cheer as the Centre has approved a grant of Rs.5 crore to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to make five of its World Heritage Sites — the Taj... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Draft leaves many questions unanswered |
Doubts over what the government, the legislature and the new disability law drafting committee are doing about discrimination we hear from various quarters are raised every now and then. Are people... |
Policy News |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Stem cell therapy helps man regain vision |
In what was termed a first of its kind in India, doctors used stem cell therapy to restore the vision of an NRI whose condition was claimed to be irreversible by American doctors, here on Tuesday.... |
Medical |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Revolutionary bionic eye gets green signal |
A bionic eye that allows the blind to see has been approved after thorough testing.
Tests have demonstrated that the device is safe, which could mean that it eventually becomes routinely available on... |
Product and Technology |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Society has to come to terms with PwD |
Nasscom Foundation’s CEO, Rita Soni, and vice-president, research, Sagarika Bose, are optimistic that the foundation’s Persons with Disabilities (PwD) employment fair will prove to be a medium for... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Government should commit to “inclusive education” of visually impaired children |
Participants at a day’s forum in Ho on Wednesday urged government to demonstrate commitment to “inclusive education” for children with visual impairment.
They said few children with disabilities who... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Enabling the Disabled |
IMAGINE you are arriving late at night in Singapore. You check into one of the most modern hotels there but you are not able to get to your floor because you (being vision-impaired) can’t navigate... |
Product and Technology |
19/Jul/2012 |
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