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India's World Cup win sends Harmanpreet Kaur’s brand pull into overdriveIndia World Cup Win: A historic World Cup victory has significantly boosted interest in women cricketers, with captain Harmanpreet Kaur's e...
Who was Dianne Feinstein? Longest serving women senator whom US President Joe Biden fondly remembers as friend?Democrat leader Dianne Feinstein served as a Senator for 30 years and became the longest-serving women senator in American history. But her...
'It's never too late to become a mother.' Naomi Campbell welcomes second child at 53British supermodel Naomi Campbell, aged 53, has announced the birth of her second child, a baby boy. Campbell shared the news on Instagram,...
Harry Belafonte passes away: Tim Cook says world has lost a 'true giant', Oprah calls him a 'trailblazer'Harry Belafonte, a singer and actor who introduced a Caribbean flair to US music, has passed on at the age of 96. He was known to fans as t...
SBI, RIL, Infy among top listed companies to hire differently abledWhile the number of PWDs employed by Nifty-50 companies during the Covid-impacted year of 2021-22 was 10.6% higher than the preceding year ...
Johnny Depp, Jack Harlow make a mark at MTV Video Music AwardsDepp floated from the ceiling while wearing the iconic astronaut outfit.
Virgil Abloh's final creations to be on public display at New York expoThe exhibit comes after a February Sotheby's auction raised $25 million from the sale of some 200 Abloh Air Force One sneakers.
Arooj Aftab, the Grammy-winning Pakistani singer makes her debut at Coachella music festivalThe 37-year-old sees a revolution in popular music, with artists sailing freely past genre and borders.
It's a baby girl! Naomi Campbell welcomes her first childIn 2017, the 50-year-old model had said that she thinks about having children all the time.
US President Joe Biden nominates 2 women Generals to lead Military CommandsUS Air Force General Jacqueline Van Ovost, who is the only woman currently to have reached the rank of four-star officer, has been nominate...
Janet Yellen set to lead Biden's barrier-breaking economic teamFormer Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen will be nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to head the US Treasury. Yellen is one of the many...
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope passes critical milestone
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) NASA's James Webb Space Telescope -- the world's premier infrared space observatory of the next decade -- has suc...
How tech is making life easier for differently-abledAssistive technology designed to help people with disabilities with their daily tasks is a huge and untapped market in India largely becaus...
This app plans to hook visually impaired to Rio ParalympicsNewz Hook is the first ever mobile news application designed to provide easy access to news for the deaf and the blind. From current affair...
Government can achieve 50% of target by deploying assistive technology at varsities: BarrierBreakIt involves making railway stations, airports, public transport, government websites and buildings across 50 cities disabled-friendly.
Women are shedding their traditional image and getting out to grab opportunitiesAs the economy grows and new possibilities crop up, women are shedding their traditional image and getting out of their safe homes to grab ...
Microsoft to create over 100 commercial apps in 6 monthsMicrosoft today launched a contest for ISVs and technology start-ups in India to create over 100 apps and solutions for businesses and gove...
Tech Startups churn out innovative products for differently-abledCreating technology that can improve the quality of life for the differently-abled is becoming a focus for a number of entrepreneurs
How entrepreneurs like Shilpi Kapoor, Ferdinand Rodricks are making technology, information more accessible to differently-abledBarrierBreak runs a website signntalk.com, which helps the hearing impaired communicate with the rest of the world using sign language.
- Websites will talk to you now
Websites will soon be accessible to the disabled, especially the visually-impaired, once the Union government makes it mandatory for all we...