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Rally for visually impaired goes the Time Speed Distance way |
It's time for the visually impaired to prove their navigating skills when Foresight - Car Rally for the Blind 2012 gets under way on Sunday.
The Time Speed Distance rally, organised by the Bangalore... |
Adventure and Sports |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Cancer stole her vision but Bhakti remained focused |
She lost one of her eyes as an infant due to cancer and another one at the age of 14, but Bhakti Ghatole kept true to her name and never lost faith. Today Bhakti, who is from Mount Carmel (Ajni... |
Education and Employment |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Vision impaired Nagpur teen gets 94% in Class 12 board exam |
When a computer-generated voice read out the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) results to Rahul Bajaj, 17, from the board website on Friday, the significance of securing 94.83% didn't sink in... |
Education and Employment |
18/Jul/2012 |
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RTI replies now available in Braille |
The blind in the state can now get replies to their queries under the Right to Information (RTI) Act in Braille, thanks to an initiative of the state information commission with the help of the... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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A law that enables |
The National Advisory Council's suggestions for strengthening the draft law on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (PWD) is a potentially far-reaching intervention. The step is in sync with the... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Blind Olympic torch bearer to run using only smartphone as guide |
"If you had asked me three years ago if training alone was possible while being blind I would have said no," Mr Wheatcroft told FOXNews.com. "Now I do it and ... I realize perhaps a lot of things are... |
Adventure and Sports |
18/Jul/2012 |
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NAC for tax benefits to private employers of disabled persons |
The National Advisory Council (NAC), chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has recommended giving tax benefits to private employers of disabled persons, in a set of measures to enable their... |
Policy News |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Efficiency, hallmark of BPO run by visually challenged persons |
“Sir, vanakkam sir….. Madam, vanakkam madam….,” the hall reverberates with voices of young men and women at this BPO run by visually challenged people.
Located on the premises of the Indian... |
Education and Employment |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Holding up the sky |
“We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.”–Helen Keller
A trauma counsellor, corporate trainer, writer, aerobics trainer, public speaker and director of Silver Linings Human Resource... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Disabled to get preference in house allotment |
Persons with disabilities would now be given preference in allotment of industrial housing units, sheds and plots in Delhi as a policy in this regard has come into force with immediate effect.
This... |
Policy News |
18/Jul/2012 |
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