Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], September 13 (ANI): For the first time in Siliguri, a state-level football tournament was organised for visually impaired players on Sunday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], August 29 (ANI): In a first, a charitable trust in Bhubaneswar released a Braille version of Shrimad Bhagawat Gita and Shrimad Bhagawat Mahapuran in Odiya language for visually impaired people on Saturday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 15 (ANI): Actor Gurmeet Choudhary celebrated Independence Day with several visually impaired students in Mumbai on Sunday.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 14 (ANI): In a first of its kind initiative, the Jammu and Kashmir Handicapped Association on Friday distributed sets of the Quran written in Braille system to visually impaired students in Srinagar.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 31 (ANI): With an aim to help differently-abled people, a Hyderabad-based visually impaired woman has set up an online radio platform for not just entertainment but also to give valuable information to the people.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 25 (ANI): A restaurant in Pune is the first of its kind which employs specially-abled persons to cater to its customers. The employees take orders from customers using sign language.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 7 (ANI): Music cannot be sold for money, but it is something that must be felt and taught from the heart, says B Ravi Ganesh, a visually-impaired person who has been teaching music since 1996.
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], February 28 (ANI): In a first of its kind in North Bengal, a cricket tournament for visually-impaired players was organised in Siliguri on Sunday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 28 (ANI): Central Railway's Mumbai division has introduced Braille signages at major entry points of Foot Overbridge (FOB) railings, major station offices, waiting rooms, lifts, water huts at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway statio
Amsterdam [Netherlands], December 6 (ANI): Restoring vision for visually impaired people might soon be a reality with the help of brain implants, due to recent discoveries at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN), which were published in the journal Science.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 13 (ANI): Megastar Hrithik Roshan on Tuesday penned a message of encouragement for a foundation that organized a fundraiser event to help the visually impaired and the specially-abled community.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 12 (ANI): In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of Atmanirbhar Bharat, a divyang man along with his wife started to sell Gujarati snacks after he lost his job during the lockdown.