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Coldplay steals hearts by bringing music to life for the differently-abled

January 21, 2025 2:22 pm

Coldplay reserved a space in their Mumbai concert for an interpreter and differently abled concertgoers.

DTH channel dedicated to sign language launched

December 07, 2024 1:59 pm

Stressing the importance of sign language, Pradhan said that manifestations of the same can be seen in popular culture, including dance, drama and other cultural activities.

SpiceJet launches sign language programme for cabin crew

May 31, 2024 6:19 pm

SpiceJet trainers and cabin crew have received basic sign language training with the help of the Noida Deaf Society

Sign language commentary in IPL brings stadium, game alive for deaf community

April 05, 2024 1:09 pm

A sign language interpreter provides a live commentary targeted at the 63 million deaf people in India, many of them cricket enthusiasts.

Making films accessible to the disabled can serve everyone

October 21, 2023 9:04 am

There is compelling global evidence that media accessibility features are useful for all, including the hearing and the sighted, albeit in different ways. The Billion Readers initiative has shown that features like Same Language Subtitles or Captions will advance the reading literacy and language skills of one billion TV viewers

NGMA fosters inclusivity: Guided tour in sign language, catalogue in Braille

September 26, 2022 4:21 pm

As part of the International Week of the Deaf, a guided tour of the exhibition of mementos received by the PM was held in sign language. This was followed by the recital of national anthem in sign language by Sai Swayam Society for differently-abled visitors

Indonesia school helps students recite Koran in sign language

July 09, 2022 6:01 pm

Opened in 2019 in the city of Yogyakarta in central Java, the Darul A'shom school now has 12 staff and teaches 115 students aged between seven and 28 years from across the world's biggest Muslim-majority country

Pakistan's first deaf-staffed food truck empowers hearing impaired

February 25, 2022 11:25 am

The food truck is the brainchild of hearing impaired family, with both parents and their two sons who are either totally or partially deaf. However, daughter Ayesha Raza can hear and she came up with the idea for Abey Khao to give opportunities for her brothers.

Shah Rukh Khan is now in the Indian Sign Language dictionary, but not how you would expect

September 25, 2021 8:56 am

Two taps on the heart? What could be more appropriate than that to say, “Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood’s King of Romance”?

Mumbai: Conclave of St Xavier’s College fest to be held today

August 28, 2021 7:41 pm

The theme for this year’s fest is ‘Parallax: The Legacy Re-routed’.

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