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Please, follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: 1. News Ballot papers for visually impaired. Chandigarh: Visually challenged voters will be able to exercise their franchise as the Election Commission is providing 26,773 ballot papers in Punjabi Braille script. The ballot papers will be available at all polling booths. On the orders of the Chief Electoral Officer, the Institute for the Blind here is printing the papers. Institute chairman Maj Gen Rajendra Nath said they had been printing the papers since 2009. A total of 1,900 papers are being prepared for the Amritsar Lok Sabha byelection and 24,873 for the Vidhan Sabha elections. Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/politics/ballot-papers-for-visually-impaired/356397.html. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=ballot-papers-visually-impaired Special cricket team arrives from Pak. At a time when the BCCI has taken a stand on not playing with Pakistan in any bilateral tournament till cross-border tension eases, the neighbouring nation’s visually impaired cricket team has arrived in India with a ray of hope. The 22-member Pakistani contingent, comprising 17 players and five officials of the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC), were received by the Punjab Sports Association for Blind president, Gurpreet Singh Chahal, and general secretary Parminder Singh at the Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post last evening. Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/special-cricket-team-arrives-from-pak/356820.html. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=special-cricket-team-arrives-pak 2. Event Silver Linings invites you to join us for Dignity Session 10 Date: 5th February Sunday 2017. Time: 11.00 am Venue: Shiksha, Pocket B1 Flat no. 5C, Mayur Vihar Phase 3, Delhi 96. Agenda: Fashion: Cooking: Personal Development and self-motivation: Sharing experiences: And much more! Please do confirm your attendance by replying to this mail or do call: Preeti Monga - Chief Executive Officer: Mob: 9871701646, 011-22781446 Email:preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org 3. Jobs- One post as Administrative Officer “C” and one post as Junior System Administrator “B” for Visually Impaired in National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru. Qualification: (i) Administrative Officer “C- i. Graduate with 60% marks. ii. Knowledge of use of personal computers and its applications. Age Limit: Below 50 years. (ii) Junior System Administrator “B”-SSC/HSC & Three years Diploma in Engineering (Computers) with 60% marks. Age limit: - Below 38 years. Interested candidates should register ONLINE through the link on website: www.ncbs.res.in using valid email ID. Last date 11th February. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs or employment news of 28th January page no. 9 -- 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..