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New Delhi : All India Radio News and its regional units at Pune and Nagpur in Maharashtra have observed World Braille Day in an innovative way by broadcasting news read by visually impaired students and officers. The news was scripted in Braille and read Live. Hindi samachar of 5 minutes was broadcast from Delhi at 11 am and was read by visually impaired officer Kamal Prajapati, according to a PIB release.

The News in Marathi went Live from Pune at 7:10 am and was presented by visually impaired students – Gulab Kambale & Kavita Gavali. The students are from Pune Blind Men’s association. AIR Pune has been broadcasting news read in Braille since 2016. Pune Unit has been well appreciated for this unique effort.

At Nagpur unit of AIR, Ms.Saloni Kapgate read FM News bulletin of 2 minutes at 11.58 am on January 4, 2020. She fluently read the news in Braille with the help of her tutor Ms.Kanchan Najpande. The move was made to support the idea of empowering divyang and promoting their mainstream presence.

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