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1. News- Assam to provide free textbooks to blind students he Assam Government will provide free textbooks to visually impaired students of the State, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday. The Chief Minister made the announcement while releasing a guidebook for the visually challenged students for competitive examinations. Mr. Sonowal said his government has taken up various programmes aimed at uplifting the lives of the 4.4 lakh ’dibyangs’ (differently abled) in Assam. Titled ‘An Approach to Competitive Examinations in Braille’, the guidebook is prepared by the State-level Advisory Committee for Students and Youth Welfare. Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/assam-to-provide-free-textbooks-to-blind-students/article20447427.ece How dare you waste taxpayers’ money?’ Obstructions due to potholes, poles and kiosks on pavements, especially for the differently-abled, in Delhi University’s North Campus on Tuesday led the Delhi High Court to take civic body officials to task for “criminal negligence”. ‘Extremely distressing’ A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar termed the situation as “extremely distressing” since tactile markings on pavements were “replete with obstructions”, including pillars, hoardings and signboards. The court said, “You have tactile markings on pavements till they hit a tree or a pole. How dare you waste the taxpayers’ money like this?” Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/obstruction-of-tactile-paths-in-du-draws-hc-ire/article20446857.ece Children’s Eye Care Week at LVPEI An awareness campaign about Amblyopia (lazy eyes) and squint (crossed eyes) was taken up by L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) on the occasion of Children’s Day and as part of Children’s Eye Care Week on Tuesday. Amblyopia is a vision development disorder among children in which an eye fails to achieve normal vision even with full prescription glasses or contact lens. In most cases, only one eye is affected but if left untreated, it can cause severe visual disability in the affected eye. Over 19 million children aged less than 15 years were visually impaired and among them 12 million are impaired due to uncorrected refractive errors and amblyopia. Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/childrens-eye-care-week-at-lvpei/article20446547.ece 2. Job- Four posts for Visually Impaired as Specialist Officers in Bank of Baroda. Qualifications: 2 years Full time, M.B.A or equivalent, with specialization in relevant trades. Age Limit 21-35 years. Examination Centres for Online Test/ GD/ Interview Bank will be holding on-line test at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Baroda, Bhopal, Bhubhaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Ernakulam, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, Raipur & Vishakhapatnam. Application fee is Rs. 100/-. Apply online on https://bankofbaroda.com. Last date: 5th December. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs -- -- With warm regards, Helpdesk Team! Toll free: 1800 300 20469 Working days: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Helpdesk: e...@eyeway.org Website: www.eyeway.org Office Phone: 011-26472582 You can stay connected with us on What'sApp: Eyeway-9968329329 Facebook: facebook/projecteyeway Twitter: @friendsofeyeway Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/eyewayindia “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”―Mary Anne Radmacher Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. To check if your post reached the list and for the archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html To post to the list email at: ai@accessin...@inclusivehabitat.in List Url: http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai-- Ai mailing list Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai
