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AI language models show bias against people with disabilities: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], October 14 (ANI): Natural language processing (NLP) is a sort of artificial intelligence that allows machines to utilise written and spoken phrases in a variety of applications, such as smart assistants or email autocorrect and spam filters, to help automate and expedite
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Afghanistan earthquake response overlooks people with disabilities: Rights
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 11 (ANI): People with disabilities remain overlooked following an earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people in eastern Afghanistan on June 22, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Disabled-friendly battery-operated vehicle introduced in Hyderabad
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 28 (ANI): A battery-operated buggy has been introduced to ferry people with disabilities, elderly, women and children, within the premises of Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS), in Hyderabad, said Varaprasad, Regional Manager, Ranga Reddy, Telangana Stat
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SBI Foundation, Social Alpha launch a challenge to support assistive techn
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): SBI Foundation and Social Alpha jointly announced the launch of the challenge, Techtonic: Innovations in Assistive Technology, inviting innovators and entrepreneurs working on products and services that address the difficu
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Launch of global participation campaign for Operation Blue Freedom - Water
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Auroville (Lakshadweep Islands) [India], December 4 (ANI/PNN): Team CLAW is a team of Special Forces Veterans from the Indian Armed Forces creating specialised ecosystems for empowering people with disabilities under their flagship initiative 'Operation Blue Freedom'.
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Anand Mahindra dedicates first SUV for people with disabilities to Avani L
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra on Monday said he would dedicate the first special utility vehicles (SUV) of his company for those with disabilities to Avani Lekhara who clinched gold medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics.
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Post-Covid digital economy must include persons with disabilities: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 12 (ANI): Advances in the digital economy significantly accelerated by Covid-19 pandemic are creating unprecedented opportunities to build a more inclusive world of work for the more than one billion people with disabilities globally, according to a new report
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Inclusion in focus in cricket tournament organised for people with disabil
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 12 (ANI): Sport is known to cut across all barriers and keeping this in mind, a T10 cricket tournament was organised in Ganderbal by an NGO, Hope Disability Centre, to promote inclusion and well-being of people with disabilities.
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John Abraham urges to support people with disabilities amid COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Actor John Abraham on Friday urged people to lend a hand to those with disabilities going through difficult conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SEEDS distributes 10 lakh meals across 8 states amid coronavirus crisis
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): In its endeavour to support the most vulnerable and invisible communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) distributed 10 lakh meals in 27 days of lockdown across eight states of the cou
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Microsoft India, NASSCOM Foundation launch initiative to empower people wi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Microsoft India and NASSCOM Foundation on Tuesday launched the Innovate for Accessible India campaign aimed at empowering people with disabilities with the technology and tools required for better integration into society and access to equal opportunities.
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Effective ways to include people with disabilities in workplace
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 8 (ANI): Researchers have authored a new article that describes the practices that employers use to facilitate the inclusion of employees with disabilities in their workplaces.
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