Kerala Raj Bhavan will soon have a huge medicinal plant garden on its premises. Governor P Sathasivam recently launched the project by planting a neem sapling on the 2.50 acre land earmarked for the garden. The garden is being built
The secret of Manipur’s ‘Iron Lady’ Irom Sharmila’s fairly good health even after undertaking a hunger strike for 16 years, during which she was forcibly nose-fed, lay in her will power and the habit of practising yoga daily. According to
Construction of the three new Institutes under Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India has been completed. These institutes are: (i) All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi: It is apex Institute of Ayurveda with 200 bedded referral hospital to
JIVA has recently announced an Advanced Ayurvedic Counsellor Course from 17th October to 29th October, 2016. The course has been planned for a group from France. The 13 day course Discussion of diseases like Asthma, Rheumatic Arthritis, Hypertension, Sinusitus, IBS,
In a recent development, Dabur and Patanjali have robbed market share from top MNCs such as Colgate and Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in the toothpaste category. This has prompted some of the larger players to launch ‘natural’ products and price them
Coimbatore: A university in Latvia has entered into an agreement with a city-based pharmacy and Ministry of AYUSH to introduce short-term courses in Ayurveda. Professor Valdis Pirags of University of Latvia told reporters that many people in foreign countries were
New Delhi: The AYUSH Ministry signed an agreement with United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) for cooperation in the field of traditional medicines, a move which will also help improve these medicines’ quality. The Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy
FMCG conglomerate CavinKare announced the national foray of the shampoo variant of the herbal hair care brand, Karthika. C K Ranganathan, chairman & MD, CavinKare, said, “The national foray of Karthika Shampoo comes at the right juncture with the herbal
To bring research on Ayurvedic drugs and formulations closer to practices in Western medicine, the Indian Council of Medical Research has released a set of guidelines concerning standards that must be adhered to in testing medicines from AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga,
The government through its research organisations, including CCRAS has launched a programme to integrate Ayurveda with the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS). In a written response to a question in Rajya
