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.
In a first, Odisha's Bhima Bhoi school for the blind got upgraded with Vocational and Higher Secondary School. Initially, 24 visually-challenged students are enrolled in Plus II first-year in the school. Students from across the State can take admission and study +2 in Science, Arts and IT which will also have hostel facilities
A 50-bed hostel building for both boys and girls will also be constructed on its premises soon.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to consider suggestions of an expert committee appointed by Delhi High Court to make visually- challenged friendly currency notes and coins.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin M Jamdar and Justice Arif S Doctor was hearing a PIL filed by the National Association of the Blind (NAB), through advocate Uday Warunjikar, who raised the issue that people with visual impairment cannot identify the new currency notes and coins issued by the RBI.
SRINAGAR: The J&K Cricket Association for Blind in association with J&K Handicapped Association organized a cricket tournament at Bakshi Stadium Srinagar. The two-day event, sponsored by J&K Sports Council concluded on Sunday.
MADURAI: An alumnus of Thiagarajar Arts and Science College, S Maharaja has been selected to the Indian men’s cricket team, who will participate in the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games in Birmingham 2023, which will be held from August 18 to 27.
Shimla, June 18
Specially-abled Pratibha Thakur has been selected for the post of Assistant Professor (political science) in the college cadre. Born with 100 per cent visual impairment, Thakur is a PhD scholar at the HPU.
President of NGO Umang Foundation and nodal officer for disability affairs at the HPU Professor Ajai Srivastava said, “Pratibha is a very talented student. She has received national fellowship for PhD. She never considered her disability a hindrance and cleared all her
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has announced an increase of Rs 1,000 per month in pension for persons with disabilities, taking the monthly payment to Rs 4,116.
DEHRADUN/NEW DELHI: From computers to make education available in these subjects to the blind and visually impaired students in the format of .braille books so that they can mix traditional ways of learning with epublications and even audio props. Music course books for school students will also be made available in braille soon, reports Ambika Pandit .
Most things happen online, but does everyone have equal access to the ‘online’? Flipkart is one of India’s leading e-commerce websites, yet it is extremely challenging for persons with vision impairments to independently access and navigate the site. Why are we being held back from fully participating in online experiences? Despite repeated attempts to raise awareness through reviews on various platforms, we remain unheard. Sign this petition to help us amplify the cause.
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