Around 1,900 BSF men begin yoga session at Baba Ramdev’s Haridwar facility | The Indian Express
At least 1,900 personnel from country’s largest border guarding force BSF on Saturday began a special yoga training under the tutelage of Baba Ramdev at his facility in Haridwar. The session will go on for ten days and the contingent under-training is led by BSF Additional Director General A P Maheshwari, a senior official said. Border Security More...
Mallakhamb: The Hardest Sport You’ve Never Heard Of – The Wire
Mallakhamb is an ancient Indian traditional sport. The word ‘malla’ means gymnast and ‘khamb’ means pole. The earliest mention of the sport can be traced back to the 12th century, where it is mentioned More...
Yoga to be introduced in all schools soon: Minister – The Hindu
Health and sports:Minister for Industries and SportsE.P. Jayarajan and former Minister V.S. Sivakumar playing badminton at the inaugural function of 17 clubs at the Government Central High School at Attakulangara More...
Yoga protocol to fight diabetes likely next month | BST
The AYUSH ministry is likely to issue a detailed standard yoga protocol for prevention and treatment of diabetes by next month, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal last month to focus on the treatment More...
Govt mulling Ayush hospital, yoga centre in every district
[if gte mso 10]>The government is planning to have an Ayush hospital and a Yoga Wellness Centre in every district and has sought proposals from various state governments in this regard. The government is also More...
India and WHO tie up for promotion of Yoga, Ayurveda – Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of AYUSH has signed an agreement with World Health Organisation for promotion of traditional Indian systems of medicine, including Yoga and Ayurveda, globally. In a written reply to Rajya More...
State labours to retain top slot in Ayurveda – The New Indian Express
KOCHI: “Let them take our pepper but they cannot steal our Njattuvela,” replied a magnanimous Zamorin (Samoothiri) when his subjects told the monarch that Portugese invaders had been stealing the natives’ More...
This Delhi-based group of visually impaired students performing acrobatic yoga are an inspiration | The Indian Express
The kids from the Yoga Artist Group are inspiring people around the country with their prowess and dedication. It’s an age-old saying that when you don’t have one of your senses, the others are exponentially More...
How Yoga Changes the Brain – Scientific American
Yoga seems to bestow mental benefits, such as a calmer, more relaxed mind. Now research by Chantal Villemure and Catherine Bushnell of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Bethesda, More...
Baba Ramdev holds special yoga session for CISF personnel, families | The Indian Express
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday concluded a special session of yoga exercises for over 1,000 troops and families of central paramilitary force CISF. The sessions that began on Sunday at a force camp in Ghaziabad More...