Pawan Mishra, in his critically acclaimed book Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy, had famously written, “The only thing God is afraid of is a strong-willed human.” Examples of such sheer will power are rarely seen though. Here in India, one man by the name of Vishnu Patel is doing something rather extraordinary. Aged 60, Patel is a …
Better medical care, nutrition, and other measures can help prevent blindness or ease the suffering of those afflicted by it. Alongside these solutions, AI has the potential to make life easier for the visually impaired by providing navigational assistance via smartphone. Applications Artificial Intelligence’s computer vision capabilities can identify objects and read text, converting handwriting or …
Of the entire population of visually impaired people present throughout the world, India contributes to the largest number of blind people. A very significant fraction of this population includes children in the age group of 5 to 19. Amid all the issues surrounding the visually- impaired people, one of the most important aspects that is …
“Major Gopal Mitra, SM lost his vision in an IED blast. Despite all odd Major Mitra did Masters in social work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and MSc in Development Management from London School of Economics,” said the army in its post. The Indian Army today shared a post on social media to honour …
Army Posts Inspiring Story Of First Differently-Abled Indian Appointed To UNICEF Read More »
These buses will have hydraulic lifts, GPS trackers, CCTV cameras and panic buttons fitted in them. A welcome step towards equality! At a time when thousands of people across the globe, are joining in the Twitter wave of #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow to talk about various issues of accessibility and general perceptions around disability, India has made a positive move. …
In a First, Disabled-Friendly Buses Are About to Hit the Streets of Delhi Read More »
