On January 4, the Braille system's creator, Louis Braille, is recognised worldwide for his contributions to the welfare of those who are bl...

The total electorate in the country this year has increased to approximately 90 crore compared to 81.5 crore in 2014.

It is a tactile reading and writing system used by blind and visually impaired people who cannot access print material.

“Tax incidence is not going up but going down,” revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia said, even as he offered two reasons why these devices have...

The government today said that assistive devices for the physically-challenged will be charged at a concessional 5 per cent.

The GST on Braille typewriters and papers, carriages for the disabled and wheelchairs have been fixed at rates varying between 5 to 18 per ...

Inundated with representations from across the country, the social justice and empowerment ministry has sent missives to finance ministry a...

The district authorities have identified these voters in six assembly constituencies.DM said the ballot papers in Braille would be provided...

For the first time, Yoga was introduced as a subject and approximately 4,500 candidates appeared for it, the statement added.

Using maps comes so very naturally to the sighted but for the millions of blind people of the world, maps were like a forbidden fruit.

While in the West, Braille prints are a part of medicine boxes, the visually impaired in India are dependent on others for medication.

Over the next four years, they intend to focus on “technology incubation.” Several IIT-based innovators are tying up with e-commerce compan...

‘Childhood blindness’ is prevalent in India with 0.8 out of 1000 children lacking proper vision. There are nearly 3 lakh blind children in ...

For the visually impaired, dining out can be mortifying. Now, a few eateries have introduced menus in Braille and designed interiors that c...

The Collector instructed that all 2,171 booths of the district would have ramps and wheel-chairs to facilitate the movement of physically c...

In a case of discrimination against the differently abled, a visually impaired man's nomination for Odisha Panchayat polls was rejected as ...

As accessibility manager at Yahoo! India’s research centre in Bangalore, Srinivasu teaches people about bringing technology closer to the d...