HRD Ministry forms committee on yoga education in universities : News
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has formed a committee on yoga education in universities. According to the report of Press Trust of India (PTI), the committee has been formed to recognise the courses and programmes in yogic arts and science. The Minister of State for ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy (AYUSH) More...
Yoga education committee asks 10 Cr UGC grants to form yoga departments in institutes : News
The Committee on Yoga Education in Universities, formed by the HRD Ministry in January, this year, has recommended that the UGC provide grants of 10 crore to institutions for them to open new departments of Yogic More...
ICSE, ISC schools to now have mandatory yoga classes, orders CISCE : News
All ICSE and ISC schools have been directed by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) to ensure that students get regular yoga training. All ICSE and ISC schools have been directed by More...
Yoga to be made part of school syllabus: Centre recommends states to offer it to willing students : News
In a bid to spread awareness regarding maintaining a healthy mind and body, the centre has asked the state governments to include yoga in their school syllabus, so that interested students can take it as a subject. According More...
CBSE to start evaluating school students on basis of yoga activities : News
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has recently directed all the schools to include Yoga as an activity for assessment under the Continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE). In order to promote the More...
Yoga Day celebrations made mandatory in schools : News
State education minister Vinod Tawde has asked schools to celebrate International Yoga Day from this year onwards. Tawde has asked to celebrate this day every year on June 21 as an International Yoga Day in schools. On More...
International Yoga Day: VCs to attend national seminar on June 18 : News
A national level seminar will be organised by Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry in the capital with the vice-chancellors of various universities along with other senior officials and yoga experts. As the More...
International Yoga Day to Be Marked in Bulgaria Next Week
Sixteen Bulgarian cities will be part of the International Yoga Day celebrations on June 21, the organizers have said. The events will be open to practitioners and all people who are interested in yoga and would More...
International Yoga Day–Guess the Yoga Pose Contest on Instagram and Twitter
June 21 is the International Yoga Day and we cannot be more excited about it. And that’s exactly why we are launching our Yoga Day contest today. The contest will be held from June 14 to June 20, 2016, on Twitter More...
International Yoga Day: Chandigarh to reject non performers at dress rehearsal on June 19 | The Indian Express
The administration has decided to reject all the participants who will fail to perform yoga asanas according to prescribed protocol during the dress rehearsal to be held on June 19. The move is to ensure that only More...