Dear Listers: Greetings from the Eyeway Helpdesk for the day!
The Daily Eyeway Alerts for today are: 1. Event Alert- All India Confederation of the Blind is organising All India Madanlal Khandelwal Braille Essay Competition. There will be two groups of competitors—one Junior group up to the age of 25 years and the second Senior group from the age of above 25 years. Group-wise topics for the essay competition are: Junior group (Hindi): “Bhavishya mein Drishtiheenon ke liye upyogee nye takneekee upkaran—kya or kyon?.” Junior group (English): “Your priorities for new technological devices required for the visually impaired in future and why.” Senior group (Hindi): “Social Media—Upyogita Va Dushparinam.” Senior group (English): “Social Media—merits and demerits.” The essay should be written by the blind participants in Hindi or English. The Competition carries certificates and three cash prizes of Rs. 6000, 4,000 and 2,000 for junior group and Rs. 8000, 5000 and 3000 for senior group in each language. Last date for receipt of essays in Braille in AICB office shall be 30th September, 2015. Contact: No. 9810684208, Email: [email protected]. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=fourth-aicb-all-india-madanlal-khandelwal-braille-essay-competition 2. News Alerts- Supreme Court Orders Compensation of Rs. 1.8 Crore to Chennai Girl in Medical Negligence Case. The Tamil Nadu government has to pay the sum to a 18-year-old girl who lost her vision at birth due to medical negligence at a government-run hospital. The girl, who is now 18 years old, was born prematurely at the government hospital in Chennai's Egmore. But she was discharged from the hospital without a retinopathy test, a must for preemies. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=supreme-court-orders-compensation-rs-18-crore-chennai-girl-medical-negligence-case A visually impaired officer has been appointed the vice-principal at the Punjab jail training school, Patiala, in an alleged violation of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA). Eyebrows were raised on Amarjit Singh’s appointment, ordered by the Home Department on June 30, as many other “eligible” officials were allegedly ignored in the recruitment process. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=visually-impaired-appointed-vice-principal-jail-school -- ** Best,Binni Kumari|Programme Manager Helpdesk! Score Foundation 17/107, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpatnagar 4, New Delhi 110024, INDIA. Helpdesk:+91 - 11 - 460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Office Phone: +91 - 11 - 26472582/81 Email:[email protected] Websites: scorefoundation.org.in <http://www.scorefoundation.org.in/> www.eyeway.org ****** <http://www.youtube.com/user/eyewayindia><https://twitter.com/friendsofeyeway> <https://www.facebook.com/projecteyeway> 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/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] 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..
