Blind daredevil to take on English Channel swim
May 1st, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 1 (IANS) A 43-year-old blind Scottish adventurer is determined to complete his 101st extreme challenge this year by swimming the English Channel.Dean Dunbar is training to swim the ... Read more...
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Playing blind cricket - and winning
December 5th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) At age 17, Ranthu Munda is an all-rounder in cricket whose best showing has been 50 not out and 4 wickets for 30 runs. And ... Read more...
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Institute for Blind lift blind cricket trophy
December 4th, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The Institute for the Blind, Panchkuian Road, Sunday lifted the Eyeway Blind Cricket Challenger Tournament trophy, defeating the Blind School, Lodhi Road, by 8 wickets.Winning ... Read more...
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Joyride for special kids on Childrens’ Day
November 14th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) A group of 18 kids with special needs were treated to a ride in the clouds on board an Air India jetliner on the occasion ... Read more...
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GOPIO to honour 4 Indian Americans
April 6th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (IANS) The Connecticut chapter of Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) will honour four Indian Americans for their achievements and contributions.In addition, Paul Semanski of ... Read more...
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Charity horse race organised for blind in Mumbai
December 20th, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by ANI
By Susheel ParikhMumbai, Dec.20 (ANI): A charity horse race was organised for visually impaired children here during the weekend.The Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) organised the race along with private casino ... Read more...
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Blind ornithologist seeks to create digitised bird-call directory (Feature)
November 15th, 2009 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
By Soudhriti Bhabani
Kolkata, Nov 15 (IANS) He is blind but can recognise more than 200 types of birds by their calls. He treks in the high Himalayas with gusto, transcending his physical ... Read more...
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10-year-old convinces thousands to donate their eyes
August 23rd, 2009 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Ten-year-old Prakriti Chandra's friends watch cartoon channels or play with dolls in their spare time. She works to sensitise people so that they pledge to donate ... Read more...
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Children of a lesser God? Abandoned and stricken too!
February 10th, 2009 - 4:26 pm ICT by admin
By Anjali SinghIn the first ever incident of its kind the state of Uttar Pradesh is struggling with its growing disabled population. As grim as that sounds the fact remains that a ... Read more...
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Audio film brings cheer to visually challenged kids
November 12th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Over 950 visually challenged children listened with rapt attention to the dialogues of recently-released children's film "Hari Puttar" as a radio station held a special audio screening ... Read more...
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Blind students use ‘bat vision’ to see
June 2nd, 2008 - 11:20 am ICT by admin
By Sreya Basu
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) It's time to rephrase the idiom 'as blind as a bat' as two American sight therapists teach blind students in the city to 'see' using echolocation ... Read more...
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Blind woman raped in northeast Delhi
May 6th, 2008 - 12:30 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The capital's saga of shame continued Monday as a 24-year-old blind woman was allegedly raped by a rickshaw puller in northeast Delhi, while in another incident a ... Read more...
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Entertaining special kids with stories on Books Day
April 2nd, 2008 - 8:02 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) They listened intently, savouring each detail as the story teller read out one story after another. For the visually impaired children who attended a story telling session ... Read more...
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