PERSON OF THE WEEK LOUIS BRAILLE

 WORLD BRAILLE DAY 4TH JANUARY

Reaching blind and visually impaired persons

Even under normal circumstances, persons with disabilities—one billion people worldwide— are less likely to access health care, education, employment and to participate in the community. They are more likely to live in poverty, experience higher rates of violence, neglect and abuse, and are among the most marginalized in any crisis-affected community.

For the visually impaired, life under lockdown has posed several issues in terms of independence and isolation, especially for people who rely on the use of touch to communicate their needs and access information. The pandemic has revealed how critically important it is to produce essential information in accessible formats, including in Braille and audible formats. Otherwise, many persons with disabilities could face a higher risk of contamination due to a lack of access of guidelines and precautions to protect and reduce the spreading of a pandemic. COVID-19 has also emphasized the need to intensify all activities related to digital accessibility to ensure digital inclusion of all people.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many good practices have been implemented by parts of the United Nations system to promote a disability-inclusive response to the COVID-19 and disseminate information in Braille.

In Malawi, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has produced 4,050 braille materials on awareness and prevention of COVID-19. In Ethiopia, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) disseminated audio information, and education and communication materials, to media professionals, and has developed Braille versions of the educational messages. UNICEF has produced guidance notes that are available in multiple languages and accessible formats (including Braille and ‘easy-to-read’). ‘COVID-19: Considerations for Children and Adults with Disabilities’ addresses such issues as access to information; water, sanitation and hygiene; health care; education; child protection; and mental health and psychosocial support, as well as considerations for an inclusive workplace.

World Braille Day, celebrated since 2019, is observed to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people.

What is Braille?

Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols. Braille (named after its inventor in 19th century France, Louis Braille) is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same books and periodicals as those printed in a visual font.

Braille is essential in the context of education, freedom of expression and opinion, as well as social inclusion, as reflected in article 2 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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Nikola Tesla

Born on 10 July 1856, Nikola Tesla is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Tesla studied engineering and physics in the 1870s without receiving a degree, and gained practical experience in the early 1880s working in telephony and at Continental Edison in the new electric power industry. In 1884, Tesla came to America with little more than the clothes on his back. Within 20 years, he developed the system that would provide electricity to every home in the nation; invented a type of motor that's still used in all sorts of electric devices; and came up with most of the components used in radio and television broadcasting. Tesla conducted a range of experiments with mechanical oscillators/generators, electrical discharge tubes, and early X-ray imaging. He also built a wireless-controlled boat, one of the first ever exhibited. In the age of Edison, Westinghouse, Marconi and J.P. Morgan, Tesla was a giant of innovation because of his contributions in the fields of electricity, radio and robotics. While Tesla's star began to fade long ago, Elon Musk, who named his car and his company after him, has contributed to a Nikola Tesla revival.

PERSON OF THE WEEK : SWAMI VIVEKANAND

 स्वामी विवेकानंद

स्वामी विवेकानंद (12 जनवरी 1863 - 4 जुलाई 1902), नरेंद्रनाथ दत्ता, एक भारतीय हिंदू भिक्षु थे। वह 19वीं सदी के भारतीय रहस्यवादी रामकृष्ण के प्रमुख शिष्य थे। वे वेदांत और योग के भारतीय दर्शन को पश्चिमी दुनिया में पेश करने में एक प्रमुख व्यक्ति थे, और उन्हें 19 वीं शताब्दी के अंत में हिंदू धर्म को एक प्रमुख विश्व धर्म की स्थिति में लाने के लिए अंतर-जागरूकता बढ़ाने का श्रेय दिया जाता है।
कलकत्ता के एक कुलीन बंगाली कायस्थ परिवार में जन्मे विवेकानंद का झुकाव आध्यात्मिकता की ओर था। वह अपने गुरु, रामकृष्ण से प्रभावित थे, जिनसे उन्होंने सीखा कि सभी जीवित प्राणी दैवीय स्व के अवतार थे; इसलिए, मानव जाति की सेवा करके भगवान की सेवा की जा सकती है। रामकृष्ण की मृत्यु के बाद, विवेकानंद ने बड़े पैमाने पर भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप का दौरा किया और ब्रिटिश भारत में प्रचलित का प्रत्यक्ष ज्ञान प्राप्त किया।

 नीरज चोपड़ा का जीवन परिचय, भाला फेंक एथलीट, ओलंपिक 2021 

GOLD MEDALIST IN TOKYO OLYMPIC

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MAJOR DHYANCHAND THE MAGICIAN OF HOCKEY

STORY OF MAJOR DHYANCHAND

 NATIONAL SPORT DAY (29 AUGUST)

 BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF  MAJOR DHYAN CHAND SINGH

Major Dhyan Chand (29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979) was an Indian hockey player and the greatest hockey player in the history of the sport He was known for his extraordinary goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning three Olympic gold medals, in 1928, 1932 and 1936, during an era where India dominated field hockey. His influence extended beyond these victories, as India won the field hockey event in seven out of eight Olympics from 1928 to 1964.

Known as The Wizard  or The Magician of hockey for his superb ball control, Chand played internationally from 1926 to 1949; he scored 570 goals in 185 matches according to his autobiography, Goal. The Government of India awarded Dhyan Chand India's third highest civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in 1956.His birthday, 29 August, is celebrated as National Sports Day  in India every year.

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PERSON OF THE WEEK "Blaise Pascal"

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences, where he made important contributions to the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalising the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote in defence of the scientific method. In 1642, while still a teenager, he started some pioneering work on calculating machines. He built 20 finished machines (called Pascal's calculators and later Pascalines) over the following 10 years, establishing him as one of the first two inventors of the mechanical calculator. Pascal was an important mathematician, helping create two major new areas of research: he wrote a significant treatise on the subject of projective geometry at the age of 16, and later corresponded with Pierre de Fermat on probability theory, strongly influencing the development of modern economics and social science. Throughout his life, Pascal was in frail health, especially after the age of 18; he died on 19th August 1662, just two months after his 39th birthday.