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Dogs, too, can experience hearing loss
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 6 (ANI): Dogs are sometimes born with impaired hearing or experience hearing loss as a result of disease, ageing or exposure to noise, just like humans, suggests a recent study.
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Kerala minister allows visually impaired student to write Board exams with
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Visually impaired Haroon Kareem TK, a tenth-grade student of Mankada Government Higher Secondary School in Malapuram district is all set to become the first student to take Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination on computers
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'Sacred Love', award-winning photographer Niraj Gera's mesmerising love st
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI): Delhi-based international award-winning photographer Niraj Gera, who is known for his photo series, did a powerful photo series this Valentine's Day, called 'Sacred Love' comprising 13 images depicting the mesmerising love story of a 21-year old visually impa
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People with alcoholic parents have impaired brain transition ability
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 16 (ANI): A recent study has demonstrated that the brains of individuals whose parents suffered from alcohol use issues are unable to switch between active and resting states. This abnormality manifests itself in the affected people regardless of their own drinking
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Daffodil Software uses AI to empower the visually impaired in RBI MANI app
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India] Feb 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Reserve Bank of India Governor, Shaktikanta Das, launched the Mobile Aided Note Identifier (MANI) app on January 1, 2020, to aid the visually impaired in identifying the denomination of Indian banknotes.
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Participants hail car rally for blind, say it will help in inclusion of vi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Participants on Sunday hailed the car rally which was organised for the visually impaired in Ahmedabad stating that such initiatives will help in inclusion of the blind in society.
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PIL in Delhi HC seeks direction to ensure online banking accessibility to
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 20 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) was moved in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the union of India to ensure accessibility of online and technology-based banking services to visually impaired people.
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Cells fight stress with adhesion: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 19 (ANI): Cell adhesion or cell to cell contact is imperative for the survival of human cells under protein-damaging and stressful conditions, according to a study. It was also revealed that cancer cells become more vulnerable to anti-cancer drugs when their cell a
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Study reflects how stress in pregnant mothers affect babies
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): Maternal stress, anxiety, and depression go a step higher if a fetus is found to have congenital heart disease. But this level of anxiety in pregnant mothers can lead to impaired development in key brain regions of the babies before they are born.
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Speech and hearing-impaired girl raped in Madhya Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): A 13-year-old speech and hearing-impaired girl was allegedly gang-raped here on Wednesday.
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Stress in pregnant mothers can affect babies' hearts, says study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): According to recent research, knowing that your unborn fetus has congenital heart disease can cause pronounced maternal stress, anxiety, and depression that can lead to impaired development in key brain regions of the babies before they are born.
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Visually impaired Tapaswini Das cracks Odisha civil service exam despite a
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Despite all odds, visually impaired student Tapaswini Das has cleared the Odisha Civil Service Examination 2018 conducted by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC).
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