Plan to Expand various formats of Cricket and football under Modern Pythian Games & Delhi Pythian Games Festival from December 19-21, 2023
Kanpur (UP): In a major breakthrough, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has unveiled a pioneering assistive technology aimed at revolutionising braille literacy for visually impaired and blind individuals.
Developed by Prof. Siddhartha Panda and Vishwaraj Srivastava at the National Centre of Flexible Electronics (NCFlexE), IITK, the ‘Single Refreshable Braille Cell Based Braille Learning Device with a Touch Sensitive Array’ is set to make a significant impact in the field of accessible education.
Visakhapatnam: A visually challenged girl from the tribal tracts of ASR district was part of the Indian Women Cricket team that won the championship defeating Australia, in Birmingham, UK, on Saturday.
The girl, Ravani, hails from Rangasingipadu village of Hukumpeta mandal in ASR district. Born to Gopalakrishna and Chittemma, Ravani studied at the government blind school in Visakhapatnam and later joined the same school in Hyderabad for her Intermediate.
Students with disabilities need special education and extra care which might not always be available to them. There are many challenges to this, the mindset of people, lack of awareness, shortage of trained teachers and a lot more.
Despite the challenges, there are also many opportunities to improve special education in India. These opportunities include:
KOCHI: Indian football has finally made it it to the world stage thanks to the efforts of eight visually impaired women who have achieved the feat of representing the country at the IBSA World Championship to be held in the United Kingdom from August 14 to 21.
BSA World Championship is an international multi-sport event that occurs every four years, organised by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA).
The Indian women's blind football team has qualified for the games after a 10-year-long effort put in by the Indian Blind Football Federation (IBFF).
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu graced and addressed the golden jubilee celebration of the National Federation of the Blind today (August 3, 2023) in New Delhi.
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that providing a dignified life to the persons with disabilities is the responsibility of the entire society. We have to ensure that they get proper education, employment opportunities, accessible public places, and a safer and better life.
In the past few weeks, monsoon fury has topped news headlines across different parts of India. If you google rain+news, the search throws updates of orange and red alerts in parts of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and more. Then there’s the frightful, shrieky voices of television anchors warning us about the dangerously rising levels of Yamuna and Ganga. Not to miss the conspiracy theories and political buck-passing between neighbouring states on releasing excess water.
Carmel Convent student Sharanya Jain's vision helps the visually impaired see for the first time
Carmel Convent student Sharanya Jain's vision helps the visually impaired see for the first time
Sharanya establishes Netra Foundation to help the visually impaired
Low vision aids distributed under Foundation's aegis to visually impaired
COIMBATORE: Sureshkumar, 32, picks up a mixie that a man brought to his repair shop in Coimbatore, identifies the problem and has it running again, all in 15 minutes. What's the big deal? Suresh is completely blind.
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