Volume 02

In a move to focus on promotion and development of Indian traditional medicines, especially Ayurveda, the health ministry of Kerala has decided to set up a separate department for Ayush systems. The director of state NRHM wing, Dr K Beena

Manipal University has signed a scholarship partner agreement with Aatreya Education Systems Pvt Ltd in the month of August. The students selected for PG certificate course in Panchakarma will be granted the scholarship under this agreement. Aatreya Education Systems Private

Ayurveda industry has started feeling the pinch of the spiraling prices of coconut oil. The retail prices have crossed Rs 200 per kg, an all-time high, and are threatening to go up further. The Ayurveda industry is dependent on coconut oil

Bhubaneswar AIIMS authorities would introduce traditional forms of treatment like Yoga, Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Unani to tackle the growing number of patients. The introduction of the traditional forms of treatment would help in handling rush of patients and reducing pressure on allopathic doctors of the

The Government Ayurveda College and Hospital, situated on the campus of Sumpurnanand Sanskrit University at Varanasi is struggling for existence. The Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), the governing body of medical colleges had denied recognition to the college in

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials raided an allegedly bogus Ayurveda practitioner in Malegaon, Maharashtraand seized medicines worth Rs 5 lakh. These medicines were being given to cancer patients by the bogus Ayurveda practitioner Vaidya Sureshkumar Chetandas Jethvani. The matter has been referred to the

The AIIMS-styled institutes that the Union government plans to set up in every State will have a department dedicated to Ayurveda and yoga. The future AIIMS institutes will have all systems of medicine working in coordination. Dr. Harsh Vardhan recommended