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Please, follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: -- 1. News- Pune: Visually challenged cricketers put their best foot forward. Anyone who has a little knowledge about cricket for the visually challenged would know that for players of the B1 category (those who are completely blind), scoring every single run is a big achievement as compared to the players of B2 and B3 categories (those who can see up to three metres and six metres respectively). No wonder every run scored by the players of B1 category is doubled when it’s counted for the team. At the West Zone Cricket Tournament organised by Samarthanam Trust in association with the Cricket Association for the Blind of Maharashtra at PYC Hindu Gymkhana and Deccan Gymkhana, Pune’s Amol Karche contributed 32 of the 190 runs in 20 overs for the Maharashtra team, in a match against the Madhya Pradesh team held on Tuesday. While he took two wickets against the Madhya Pradesh team, he contributed 24 runs in the match against Gujarat held on Wednesday. Karche has represented the country in the 2014 T20 as well as 2006 and 2012 ODI World Cups for the blind, that were all won by India. Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pune-visually-challenged-cricketers-put-their-best-foot-forward-west-zone-amol-karche-3092345/. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=pune-visually-challenged-cricketers-put-their-best-foot-forward Sight and sensibility. On World Sight Day, photographers in the city were allowed a glimpse into the world of their companions who were visually impaired “Look up, there’s a bird on a tree…To your left, there are children playing in the open space…there’s a speeding two-wheeler (TVS Excel!) around, watch out” — Photographer K. Ananthan followed the instructions of a visually-impaired person as he clicked images at VOC park grounds. Ananthan was blindfolded and was a part of the blind photography walk organised by Nigal, a videographic start up run by students of Kumaraguru College of Technology. The Nigal team tied up with International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and organised the exercise to mark World Sight Day (October 13). It was an event that saw both photographers and the visually-impaired taking part. “We wanted to sensitise public on the issue of blindness and vision impairment. It’s a part of Nigal’s ‘social immersion videos project’ where we spread awareness on a social issue,” explained Aakash Selvan of Nigal. Source: http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/exploring-the-world-of-the-visually-impaired/article9224269.ece. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=sight-and-sensibility 2. Job- One post for Persons with Disabilities as Administrative Officer in National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore. Visually Impaired can apply. Qualification: Graduate with 60% marks. Knowledge of use of personal computers and its applications. Age limit: - Below 50 years. The post is tenable at Bangalore but is liable to be transferred if the need arises to the Institute’s headquarters at Mumbai or any other field Stations. Apply ONLINE through the link on website: https://www.ncbs.res.in using valid email ID. Last date 31st October. 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 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in 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..
