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LS Polls: 37 visually impaired women exercise their franchise in Indore
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh)[India], May 19 (ANI): Beating all the odds, 37 visually impaired women on Sunday turned up to exercise their franchise at a polling booth in Green Field school here.
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Study highlights importance of psychological screening in paediatric kidne
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 11 (ANI): A study was presented at the 10th Congress of the International Pediatric Transplant Association on the importance of screening transplant recipients for psychological function, as after receiving a kidney transplant children may experience impaired quality
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Visually impaired Chhattisgarh student scores 82% in XII boards
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 10 (ANI): Oozing with grit and confidence, R Prajapati did not let visual impairment deter him from making his parents proud. Braving all odds, he scored a remarkable 82 per cent in CBSE Class XII board examinations despite staying away from home in D
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Collision-detecting suitcase, way-finding app will help visually impaired
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 7 (ANI): Researchers have developed a smart suitcase and an app to enable vision-impaired travellers to navigate airport terminal safely and independently.
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Work stress and trouble sleeping linked with risk of cardiovascular death:
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 28 (ANI): Stress at work and trouble in sleeping are associated with a threefold increase in the risk of cardiovascular death in employees diagnosed with hypertension, found research.
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New ankle exoskeleton fits under clothes for potential wider usage
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 23 (ANI): New ankle exoskeleton, developed by Vanderbilt mechanical engineers, is lightweight, low-profile and inexpensive which could be widely used among elderly people, those with impaired lower-leg muscle strength and workers whose jobs require substantial w
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Coimbatore: Cricket tournament for visually impaired held
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Visually impaired persons participated in a cricket tournament organised for them over the weekend in Coimbatore by the 'Tamil Nadu Cricket Association for Blind'.
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PM Narendra Modi releases visually-impaired friendly new series circulatio
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a new series of visually-impaired friendly circulation coins on Thursday.
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This Google app can translate spoken words for the hearing impaired in rea
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
California [USA], February 9 (ANI): As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 900 million people will have hearing loss by the year 2025. Google wants to make the lives of such people easier with the use of technology through smartphone apps.
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Digital transactions for blind: Court seeks RBI, Centre's reply
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought a reply from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the union government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed regarding the inaccessibility of digital financial transactions to visually impaired persons.
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Kejriwal felicitates Para Asian Games medalist Avnil Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday felicitated visually impaired para-athlete Avnil Kumar who had bagged a bronze medal in the 2018 Para Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Infertility duration may affect sperm count
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 05 (ANI): According to a research, a longer duration of infertility leads to lower sperm count and other parameters of impaired sperm production in infertile men.
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