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Nepal's differently-able weightlifter fights for national recognition
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The 27-year-old, right-leg amputee earlier this year had secured third position in the international strength lifting and Inclined bench press championship under the 69+ KG physically challenged category.
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Five most common misconceptions about Prosthetic Legs
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): Missing a limb can be a traumatic experience for anybody but having to live with a heavy, uncomfortable artificial limb that doesn't fit well can also be very painful for the amputee. Prosthetic limbs, particularly artificial legs, need to fit
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Nepal's amputee climber eyes Everest next season
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 9 (ANI): What was once a dream, is now slowly turning out to be true for former British Gurkha, Hari Budha Magar, who was to climb Mount Everest.
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Chhattisgarh's double leg amputee mountaineer creates history as he climbs
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], August 26 (ANI): Chhattisgarh's specially-abled double leg amputee mountaineer Chitrasen Sahu scripted history as he climbed Mount Elbrus which is at a height of 5,642 metres.
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India's first Amputee clinic launched in Chandigarh
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 2 (ANI): An 'amputee clinic', the first of its kind in India, with the aim of improving amputation patient care by providing a collection of services under one roof with significant coordination was launched in Chandigarh.
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MEA, BMVSS agreement for 'India for Humanity' project extended till March
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): The agreement between the Ministry for External Affairs (MEA) and the Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) for 'India for Humanity' project has been extended till March 2023. Under the project artificial limb camps are organised across the globe.
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Amputee girl in Udupi stitches masks for SSLC students
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mangalore (Karnataka) [India], June 25 (ANI): A 10-year-old amputee girl from Udupi has emerged as the rare achiever amid the pandemic as she managed to stitch as many as 15 masks with her single hand. Sindhuri does not have her left hand below her elbow, by birth.
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Nine-year-old double-amputee walks runway at NYFW
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 13 (ANI): A young girl just proved that disability cannot stop anyone from achieving their dreams as the nine-year-old double-amputee stole the show at the New York Fashion Week (NYFW) runway.
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Since 1944, Artificial Limb Center offers possible rehabilitation to amput
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar. 03 (ANI): With the backdrop of World War II, an Artificial Limb Center (ALC) has been functioning in Maharashtra's Pune city since the year 1944, with an aim to provide best possible solutions and comprehensive rehabilitation to the amputee soldiers.
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Nepal bans specially-abled climbers from Everest
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 31 (ANI): The Nepalese Tourism Ministry on Saturday banned solo climbers, double amputees and blind persons from climbing Mount Everest under its new rules.
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'Visiting Ujjain's Mahakal Temple was more painful than scaling Everest'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Dec 26 (ANI): Arunima Sinha, first woman amputee to scale the Mount Everest, on Tuesday said the Ujjain's Mahakal Temple authorities mocked at her disability during her visit there.
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'Well-defined goal, focus are key to achieve life's goals',
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): Believing in the adage 'where there's a will there's a way', Arunima Sinha made the impossible possible and became the first female amputee to summit the Mount Everest. She made India proud by hoisting the country's flag at the highest mounta
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