Ayurveda: opening a new window to look at ancient texts
Much before the brouhaha created by the NDA government on Ayurveda, many researchers were quietly exploring sundry leads provided by Ayurvedic texts with modern scientific tools. With increasing disease burden, their aim was to find out how the ancient knowledge can benefit the modern healthcare system. The commonest approach was the ‘reductionist’ More...
Of meditation and austerity: Kejriwal retreats into 10-day refuge in Himachal | india-news | Hindustan Times
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday took a 10-day break for a course in vipassana, one of the ancient meditation techniques of India, at a centre in Dharamkot, a village near Dharamsala in Himachal More...
Indian prisoners practice yoga to relieve stress | Reuters
BHOPAL, MADHYA PRADESH – A prison in central India on Thursday (July 29) organized a yoga camp to help inmates cope with stress and depression. At least a hundred inmates of Central Prison, Bhopal, stretched More...
Rs 12.5 cr Siddha & Ayurveda hospital to come up in Pondy | Business Standard News
A Siddha and Ayurveda hospital would come up here under the Central government’s AYUSH hospital scheme at a cost of Rs 12.5 crore, a senior health official said today. The Centre had given the sanction for More...
Ayush ministry approves two Ayurvedic hospitals in UP | Business Standard News
The hospitals will be set up in Bilaur and Bithur areas of the district with 50 and 15 bed capacity, respectively. “The ministry has approved the proposal to set up Ayurvedic hospitals in Nigoha village of More...
Dabur Organises Seminar To Promote Ayurveda – BW Businessworld
Dabur India Ltd, a research-based Ayurveda products maker, conducted an All India Ayurvedic Congress to promote the science and principles of Ayurveda. The seminar was organized in the memory of Ratan Chand Burman More...
Haryana To Open Yoga Centres At Municipal Level
Chandigarh: Yoga centres will be opened in all municipal committees, councils and corporations in Haryana, state Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij said on Tuesday.In its first phase, one yoga centre More...
Jobs aplenty for ayurveda professionals – Times of India
Kochi: After the hospitality industry, now multi-specialty hospitals are tapping the potential of ayurveda. With an eye on medical tourism, most multispeciality hospitals in the state are setting up ayurveda centres More...
NexGTv’s Yoga app is useful in understanding the concept – Livemint
Yoga as a form of exercise and mediation is practised by many, but the emphasis put by the National Democratic Alliance government has made it a global phenomenon. While occasions like Yoga Day can inspire many More...
Chinese researchers conclude yoga benefits diabetes patients – HJS
Researchers at China’s Binzhou Medical University, Xuzhou Central Hospital and Donghua University have concluded that yoga benefits adult patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), said to be one of most More...