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'Smart' walking stick might help visually impaired with shopping, finding
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder are using artificial intelligence developments to create a new type of walking stick for those who are blind or visually impaired.
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Researchers discover new cellular component with importance for sense of s
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at Umea University in Sweden have discovered a previously unknown cellular component, an organelle, inside neurons that we use to perceive smell. The discovery could lead to more research into impaired sense of smell, which is a common symptom of COVID-19.
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On World Braille Day, BSES introduces electricity bill for visually impair
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On the occasion of World Braille Day, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) on Wednesday came out with an electricity bill in Braille for the visually impaired.
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World Braille Day 2023: Know everything about Louis Braille's birth annive
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
World Braille Day is marked on January 4 to honour Louis Braille, the founder of the Braille system, and to recognise his contributions towards the welfare of visually impaired people.
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Researches come up with new findings on memory impairment in epilepsy
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
It is possible that retention of the exact combination of features is impaired in people with chronic epilepsy
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Visually-impaired girls blaze the ramp at Rajkot fashion show
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Seeing is not always believing, as is proven by these visually-impaired models who strutted the runway in style and garnered applause.
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National Athletics Sport Championship for Blind 2022: Karnataka lift State
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A record number of 550 visually impaired athletes along with officials from different states including Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, UP, West Bengal, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, M.P, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat. HP, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and Chandigarh participated in the championsh
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Bengaluru Airport introduces special facilities for Persons with Reduced M
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Under the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower programme, BLR Airport has introduced the Sunflower Lanyard. Any individual who may need additional support from the airport staff may opt to pick up the lanyard from the Care by BLR service kiosks. With this lanyard, such persons can identify themselv
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Delhi HC directs Kendriya Vidyalaya to provide free uniform, waive compute
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court has recently directed a Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) at Noida to provide uniforms free of cost, and waive the computer fee to a student who is 75 per cent visually impaired. The cost of transportation is also to be borne by the school.
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WeCare performs Cochlear Implant on a 6-year old Hearing-Impaired
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], December 14 (ANI/ATK): WeCare Multispeciality Hospital has performed two Cochlear implant surgeries, one of which on a six year old child from Jind with hearing disability.
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Nepal: Indian mission official hands over 950 white canes to NGO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Kumar, who is also the secretary of BP Koirala Foundation (BPKF), handed over the canes to the president of Disabled Care Nepal for further distribution all across Nepal for the aid of the visually impaired.
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J-K: Only school for hearing and speech-impaired kids cries out for funds
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The school is run by Jammu and Kashmir Samaj Kalyan Kendra, an NGO, with the help of social workers.
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