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Visually impaired children make lamps, candles to spread light this Diwali

Varanasi /Guwahati, Oct 22 (ANI): The Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, might be just a medley of sounds for visually impaired but it does not stop them from brightening the lives of other people. In order to bring cheer to their dark world, many visually impaired children have learnt the craft of making lamps and candles to showcase their capabilities and achievements despite the disability. In holy town Varanasi, many visually impaired children have made beautiful and colourful assortment of earthen lamps and candles in various shapes and sizes ahead of Diwali. This empowers the visually impaired and let share the spirit of Diwali with everyone. The children of a school for the visually impaired started the preparations a month back. Meanwhile, in Assam, disabled children part of a non-governmental organization in Guwahati, also made earthen lamps decorated with glitter and painted in fabric colours.

Oct 22, 2014

Bitter lessons from old Ebola front line in Uganda

Across the continent in Uganda, villagers who survived an outbreak two years ago describe how afterward, the rebuilding of communities is tough and painful - but possible. Duration: 02:41

Oct 22, 2014

South African Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison

Judge sentences Oscar Pistorius to five years in prison for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013. Pistorius was also given a three-year suspended sentence on a separate gun charge. Duration: 01:05

Oct 22, 2014

Spain nurse definitively cured of Ebola: doctors

A Spanish nurse who was the first person to catch Ebola outside Africa has been cured of the deadly virus according to definitive test results, doctors said Tuesday. Duration: 01:07

Oct 22, 2014

Investigators probe Russian crash that killed Total CEO

Russian and French experts were investigating Tuesday a plane crash at a Moscow airport which killed the CEO of French oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, whose private jet struck a snowplough on takeoff. Duration: 01:00

Oct 22, 2014

Spanish nursing authorities condemn Ebola oversights

The head of Spain's General Nursing Council on Tuesday said hospital authorities had failed to take all the necessary measures to protect a nurse who contracted Ebola. Duration: 01:17

Oct 22, 2014

South Africans react to Pistorius verdict

International star athlete Oscar Pistorius started serving a five year sentence behind the towering walls of a grim Pretoria prison Tuesday after a sensational trial for killing his girlfriend. Duration: 00:54

Oct 22, 2014

Hong Kong protesters disappointed after first talks

Protesters express their disappointment after Hong Kong authorities and pro-democracy protesters held their first talks aimed at ending weeks of rallies that have paralysed parts of the city. Duration: 01:09

Oct 22, 2014

Ukraine says goodbye Lenin as Communists face poll wipeout

As Ukraine gears up to vote in a snap parliamentary election after a year of dramatic upheaval, the Communist Party is finding its power base has collapsed. Duration: 01:18

Oct 22, 2014

Flights from Ebola-hit Guinea to Ivory Coast resume

Flights by Air Cote d'Ivoire have resumed to and from Ebola-hit Guinea. Duration: 01:07

Oct 22, 2014

Tunisia vote offers post-Arab Spring hope

Tunisians vote Sunday to elect their first parliament since the country's 2011 revolution, in a rare glimmer of hope for a region torn apart by post-Arab Spring violence and repression. Duration: 2:34

Oct 22, 2014

No respite from war in east Ukraine as rest of country votes

As Ukraine heads to the polls on October 26, the ceasefire in the east is barely holding, with the civilian death toll mounting due to near-daily shelling between pro-Moscow separatists and government forces. Duration: 2:52

Oct 22, 2014

Istanbul University a battleground for rival protests over IS

Istanbul University has in the last weeks been the centre of violent clashes between leftist students denouncing the brutality of Islamic State (IS) jihadists and the group's sympathisers. Duration: 01:03

Oct 22, 2014

Happy Diwali 2014: Here is a compilation of best Diwali Quotes and wishes that can be sent in the form of messages or smses.

Happy Diwali 2014: 10 Best Quotes and Messages to Share on Festival of Lights

Happy Diwali 2014: Here is a compilation of best Diwali Quotes and wishes that can be sent to your dear ones.

Oct 21, 2014

ISI spread sectarianism and terrorism in Gilgit Baltistan

Gilgit Baltistan, October 21, 2014: Constant attempts are being made by the Pakistan backed government to stoke sectarianism and spread terrorism in Gilgit Baltistan, where recently a blast took place in a Van in Gilgit city, causing the death of 3 passengers, and injury of few other, and damage to property. As expected, the police remained clueless and could not reach any logical conclusion. No arrests have been made, thus far. What is clear is that the blast took place on the auspicious day of Eid to create a wedge between the two Shia and Sunni communities.

Oct 21, 2014