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Artificial corneas restore sight for the first time
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Artificial corneas grown in the laboratory have been transplanted into patient's eyes for the first time in an operation that offers hope to millions of partial... | 2010-08-27 00:00 |
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HC seeks govt take on admission to disabled
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The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to clarify its stand on allowing visually challenged and other disabled students from pursuing pro... | 2010-07-30 00:00 |
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IIT-Bombay tech will help blind see Taj Mahal
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A visually challenged person cannot see the beauty of the Taj Mahal. But now he will be able to ‘feel’ the beauty of the monument by touching the exteriors ... | 2010-07-26 00:00 |
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Second sight: breakthrough research offers hope to millions
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EU-funded scientists have succeeded in awakening dormant vision cones, an achievement that may lead to saving millions of people from going blind. | 2010-07-16 00:00 |
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SC directs Centre to appoint blind to IAS
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Three years after he cleared the civil services exams, a visually impaired man, Ravi Prakash Gupta, is all set to join the elite Indian Administrative Services ... | 2010-07-08 00:00 |
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Govt should relax rules for physically challenged: HC
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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the government to consider treating physically challenged people at par with SC/ST candidates while granting relaxation in... | 2010-07-07 00:00 |
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HC seeks details of disabled candidates joining IIMs
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The Bombay high court on Monday sought details of the seats reserved for disabled candidates in Indian Institutes of Management across India and the number of s... | 2010-06-30 00:00 |
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Into management institutes, with visual impairment
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Alpana Dubey, Goma Rai, and Vishal Jain are among the few people who have proven that visual impairment cannot deter them from achieving their goals. | 2010-06-25 00:00 |
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Making it to MIT against odds
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Bolla Srikanth, a visually-challenged boy, is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Sciences at the varsity. | 2010-06-21 00:00 |
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Blind scholar, guided by blind teacher, gets PhD
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Sanjay Jain was awarded PhD in law during the 97th convocation ceremony of Nagpur University on Saturday. Interestingly, Jain's guide was head of law department... | 2010-06-17 00:00 |
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Retinal Implant Restores Sight
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Lighthouse International is participating in an exciting research project that holds great promise for helping people who are blind to see. It is the only FDA-a... | 2010-06-17 00:00 |
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Woman learns Braille for daughter
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Kunwar, a woman with normal vision, is learning Braille so that she can help daughter Anita (7) cope with her studies. | 2010-06-14 00:00 |
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Darkness was no obstacle in this girl’s long trek to success
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Goma cleared the Common Admission Test, and then the 24-year-old did the impossible and said “NO” to an IIM. Her bags have been packed for the Tata Institut... | 2010-06-04 00:00 |
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Soon, radio station dedicated to visually-challenged
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The visually-challenged could soon get a 24X7 companion in the form of a radio dedicated solely to education and entertainment for the blind. | 2010-06-03 00:00 |
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Near blind girl scores 91.5 per cent in Class 12 exams
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With just 2 per cent vision in both her eyes, Aditi Shah did not let her impairment come in the way. She scored 91.5 per cent in Maharashtra's HSC (Class 12, ju... | 2010-06-03 00:00 |
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Musical talent-visual impairment link
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New research suggests musical talent and vision impairment are closely linked. | 2010-05-20 00:00 |
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Samsung Netbook at a special price for visually impaired students
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Saksham is offering Samsung N150 Netbooks for university students with blindness or low vision at a special price. | 2010-03-30 00:00 |
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Slew of measures for differently abled
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The tax-free State budget 2010-2011, presented by Tamil Nadu Finance Minister K. Anbazhagan in the recently inaugurated Assembly-Secretariat complex, contained ... | 2010-03-22 00:00 |
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Computer centre for visually challenged opened
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A computer training centre for visually challenged students was inaugurated in Berhampur by the Milton Charitable Foundation with assistance from the Ganjam dis... | 2010-01-08 00:00 |
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Equal insurance benefits for differently-abled
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The Central Government Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that equal benefits for postal life insurance will be provided to the differently-abled governmen... | 2010-01-08 00:00 |
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