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Study reveals blood test could diagnose baby brain damage just hou
Updated : 21 hours, 28 min ago IST
London [UK], August 4 (ANI): Researchers have found that an early blood test could detect, which babies deprived of oxygen at birth are at risk of serious neuro-disabilities like cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
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Researchers discover stem cells in optic nerve that preserve visio
Updated : 5 days, 5 hours ago IST
Baltimore (Maryland) [USA], July 31 (ANI): Researchers have for the first-time identified stem cells in the region of the optic nerve, which transmits signals from the eye to the brain. The finding presents a new theory on why the most common form of glaucoma may develop and provides potenti
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Haryana govt allows state employees with physical disabilities to
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], July 17 (ANI): Haryana Government has allowed the state government employees who are blind and have physical disabilities, to work from home in the wake of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Authorities turn blind eyes as locals face daily hardship to cross
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
Bardhaman (West Bengal) [India], July 8 (ANI): The daily commuters between Paschim Bardhaman and Birbhum in West Bengal had to face a lot of hardships everyday while crossing Ajay river, after a temporary bridge built over it got washed away.
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Researchers develop eyedrops that prevent vision loss after retina
Updated : 1 month ago IST
New York [US], July 4 (ANI): Retinal vein occlusion which is a major cause of blindness for millions of adults worldwide can be prevented with a new eye drops solution developed by a team of researchers.
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New eye drops may prevent vision loss after retinal vein occlusion
Updated : 1 month ago IST
New York [US], June 30 (ANI): A team of researchers has now developed eye drops that could prevent vision loss after retinal vein occlusion, a major cause of blindness for millions of adults worldwide.
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People with mild, medium colour blindness can now obtain driving l
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has issued a notification to enable citizens with mild to medium colour blindness to obtain a driving licence.
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Japan's Nippon Foundation helps in tackling Hansen's disease in In
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 10 (ANI): The Japan-based Nippon Foundation has regularly helped India in tackling the Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy that can damage the nervous system and result in crippling of hands and feet, paralysis, as well as blindness if left untreated.
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AICB welcomes Telangana High Court ruling asking State Government
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] May 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): P Chokka Rao, Secretary of All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) welcomed Telangana High Court's Ruling asking Telangana state government to set up a separate fund for PWDs (Persons with Disabilities).
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Instamatic: Boundless Spirit
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Texas [USA], May 26 (ANI): Suvir Saran is at once a Michelin Star chef, an artist, an educator, an entrepreneur, a philosopher, a published author, a mentor, and a nomad. That he lights up any room he enters with creative, mischievous energy is just icing on the cake. I first met Suvir in
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Govt resorting to headline management, has turned blind eye to pro
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Thursday alleged that the central government has turned "a blind eye" to problems of the poor and migrants and was resorting to headline management.
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Man arrested for theft, raping blind woman in Bhopal
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 26 (ANI): A man has been arrested for theft and for allegedly raping a blind woman in her home in Bhopal in the intervening night of April 16-17.
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