News and Articles on Ayurveda, Yoga, Kundalini and other Indian way of health and medicines.
There were an estimated 6,737,000 malaria cases and 9,620 deaths in India in 2018, down from 9,348,000 cases and 16,310 deaths in 2017, according to the report. Since 2000, India has halved the number of malaria cases and deaths by at least two-thirds and is pushing to become malaria-free by 2030.
The honour came on the basis of compliance of food safety and hygiene, availability of healthy diet, food handling at preparation, trans-shipment and retail/serving points, food waste management, promotion of local and seasonal foods and creating awareness on food safety and a healthy diet, said Western Railway chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar, here on Tuesday.
An official press release from Bharat Biotech said that the vaccine named ‘ROTAVAC 5D’ has been evaluated in clinical trials in India and other countries. It is safe, effective and affordable, besides being cross-protective against a variety of rotavirus strains. The study results showed clear evidence of protection across different rotavirus strains and continued efficacy in the second year of life. Currently, over 25 countries have granted patents for it.
Yoga can help increase breath and body awareness, slow your respiratory rate, and promote calm and relieve stress — all of which are beneficial for people who have asthma
This commitment, which is part of the targets set under Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), was reiterated recently by the top government officials who represented the country in the recently concluded International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ayurveda is a traditional system of medicine that originated over three thousand years ago in the South Asian region. It offers extensive insights about food and health based on certain unique conceptual and theoretical positions. Health is defined as a state of equilibrium (of body and brain) with one’s self and it is linked to the environment.
New Delhi-All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Western Sydney University, Australia at New Delhi. The MoU will promote the collaboration in research and developing guidelines for integrating Ayurveda principles with modern medicine.
The Fit India School rankings have been divided into 3 categories — The Fit India Schools, which is the first level of ranking, Fit India School (3 star) and Fit India School (5 star).
After giving birth, your body may feel delicate and in need of some self love. You might think yoga is the best way to do this…and you wouldn’t be wrong! Many women start their yoga practice right away and then find that it feels very different. Even though you are not pregnant anymore, your body needs a modified practice.
Pickles are mentioned in various texts from ancient and medieval India, as well as in the accounts of travellers to the region. According to historian Jyotsna K Kamat’s Social Life in Medieval Karnataka (1980), the 14th century Kannada treatise, Nala Champu, mentions “pickles of green and raw bilva (bellavatta) or bel, ambate, chellakai, green mango, green pepper, raw ginger, raw cardamom and myrobalan were in vogue,” addding that, “Ibn Batuta, who had observed the popularity of pickles throughout India, explains the method of its preservation.”
