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Deaf, mute and visually impaired Sarah Moin scores 98.7% in ISC Class 12 exams: Here's how Lucknow's 'Helen Keller' scripted her success story againSarah Moin, a Lucknow girl facing blindness, deafness, and muteness, achieved an outstanding 98.7% in her ISC Class 12 exams, topping Chris...
Latest IRCTC rules: Indian Railways eases lower berth norms for senior citizens, pregnant travellers and othersIndian Railways is enhancing train travel comfort for senior citizens, women aged 45+, pregnant passengers, the visually impaired, and pers...
Automatic lower berth allocation for senior citizens and women aged 45 and above, based on availability: VaishnawRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that lower berths are automatically allotted to senior citizens and women aged 45+ based on ava...
J&K Assembly Polls Phase 3: Voting begins for final phase in J&K; Sajad Lone, Lal Singh among key contendersVoting for the final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections has begun. A total of 40 constituencies across the Jammu and Kashmir...
PM Modi to lead yoga day celebrations from Srinagar on June 21The main International Day of Yoga celebrations will be held at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre in Srinagar on June 21 w...
Acid attack survivor, a peon's daughter, tops in school with 95 per cent in CBSE Class 10 examsThe 15 year old, Kafi expressed her desire to become an IAS officer and loves studying Geography. Her father works as a peon in the secreta...
PM Modi flags off Chennai-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express in Tamil Nadu"It is the fastest train between the two cities with a travel time of 5 hours and 50 minutes, saving more than an hour of journey time," an...
Doorstep delivery of bills in Braille for visually challenged power consumers of BSES discoms in DelhiThe visually challenged consumers can simply register for the doorstep service after which the BRPL or BYPL officials will visit them at th...
Number of voters, polling stations go up; 1.5 crore new voters joinThe total electorate in the country this year has increased to approximately 90 crore compared to 81.5 crore in 2014.
Visually impaired, blind voters to get braille voter slips in Lok Sabha pollsIt is a tactile reading and writing system used by blind and visually impaired people who cannot access print material.
CPWD makes 168 government buildings accessible for differently-abled persons so farAccording to the infrastructure building agency, the work of making all the central government buildings accessible-friendly for differentl...
Exclusive holiday company for differently-abled people Specialcare Holidays launches servicesSpecialcare Holidays promoted by physically challenged Simon George, is all set to begin operations by taking a small group of tourists of ...
Devices for disabled taxed at concessional 5% rate: GovernmentThe government today said that assistive devices for the physically-challenged will be charged at a concessional 5 per cent.
How a bunch of Indian tech startups hope to change the world for the visually impairedAssistive technology is underserved in India. Products available here have been developed in the western world where affordability is not a...
Prince William lauds Indian innovations and technology"The ability to innovate is not just good news for India, but great news for the world. With one-sixth of the world's population, young inn...
Government to ensure dignity, empowerment of physically-disabled: PM Narendra ModiPM Modi said the NDA government has, since coming to power less than two years ago, organized more than 1800 such camps.
Bengali literature to be available as e-booksA Kolkata-based publishing house had collaborated with IIT Kharagpur to launch Bengali e-books and audio book services.
Bengaluru startups develop science kits for school to make classes interestingThe kits are designed by city-based startups keeping the curriculum in mind.The topics range from germination, electroscope, digestive syst...
- EVMs to have info in Braille script
Casting a vote would be much easier for the visually-challenged as the Election Commission has decided to also use the Braille script on al...