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Study finds dyslexia might cause visual disability along with reading impa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Reading [UK], November 28 (ANI): According to a new study, children who suffer from dyslexia go through visual issues as well along with dealing with reading disabilities.
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Plea in SC seeks sign language interpreters in govt press briefings
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [india], November 20 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and State governments to provide sign language interpreters in all the official press briefings conducted by the government.
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AFT grants 'war injury pension' to WWII jawan who lost his leg due to mine
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) [India], November 12 (ANI): The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has ordered the Ministry of Defence and Indian Army to give additional benefits of 'war injury pension' to World War II jawan, who lost a leg in a mine blast.
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Rights experts urge Singapore to halt execution of man with mental disabil
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts appealed on Monday for Singapore to halt the execution of a Malaysian man who has intellectual disabilities.
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Genetic brain disease reverses after birth, study finds
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 22 (ANI): Researchers at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) in Japan report that Kleefstra syndrome, a genetic disorder that leads to intellectual disability, can be reversed after birth in a mouse model of the disease.
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Adhir Chowdhury writes to PM Modi, requests him not to shift NILD from Kol
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding shifting of headquarters of National Institute for Locomotors Disability (NILD) from Kolkata to Nistar in Odisha.
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Delhi HC issues notices to Social Justice Ministry and Delhi Govt on disab
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Saturday has issued notices to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Delhi government, and others on a petition filed by a 68-year-old advocate, suffering from disability in her right hand and has no source of income curr
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Punjab extends disability schemes' benefits to Mucormycosis disabilities
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced the extension of benefits of existing schemes for persons with disability to those suffering from any disability caused by Mucormycosis, commonly referred to as Black Fungus.
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Vaccination for persons with disability kickstarts the American India Foun
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI/BusinessWire India): American India Foundation (AIF) organized a vaccination drive for the first batch of Persons with Disability at Apollo Hospital, Jasola Vihar, New Delhi on Monday, as part of its The First Million initiative to vaccinate 1 million people fr
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Differently-abled man from Mumbai donates blood for 25th time
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 16 (ANI): A 41-year-old differently-abled man from Mumbai has proved that disability is just a state of mind and has donated blood 25 times since 2002.
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Disability identification card can be used as photo ID for Co-WIN registra
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Unique Disability Identification (UDID) cards will now be accepted as Photo ID for registrations on Co-WIN 2.0, the union health ministry said on Monday.
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Global food, hunger challenges projected to increase mortality, disability
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 20 (ANI): A new study shows that climate change will increase the challenge of meeting the nutrition and food needs of a growing population, especially in Africa south of the Sahara, but policy actions initiated now could help avert this additional burden.
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