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Gorakhpur: B.Tech students design 'Shiva Stick' to enable visually impaire
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' campaign, some girl students studying B.Tech at Gorakhpur's Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College have designed a smart stick for the benefit of the visually impaired.
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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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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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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, 2 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, 2 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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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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Value of simulation-based training for cataract surgery highlighted in new
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 23 (ANI/PRNewswire): New scientific evidence demonstrating the value of simulation-based training for cataract surgery has been showcased in a series of articles published in the peer-reviewed Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, as led by medical officers of HelpMeSee an
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7th Dehradun International Film Festival held in Dehradun
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI/PNN): The 7th edition of the of the annual film extravaganza at the capital of the Uttarakhand, Dehradun International Film Festival (DIFF) started with a very positive note on 11th November at the Silvercity Multiplex with the Ranveer Singh starrer film 8
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J-K's visually impaired youth qualifies Junior Research Fellowship exam
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Mohammad Auyob Mir, a 23-year-old visually impaired has qualified JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) exam that was recently held.
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