New Delhi, February 24, 2021: Hindus have welcomed The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York, an Episcopal church which is claimed as largest Cathedral in the world, for presenting yoga classes. “Body and Soul: Yoga from the Cathedral” fortnightly classes offering yoga and mindfulness meditation streamed virtually from inside the building’s monumental […]
Category: Health
ESIC beneficiaries to get medical care from nearby ESIC empanelled Hospitals
New Delhi, February 20, 2021: To ease the hardship being faced by ESI Beneficiaries in availing medical services in case of non-availability of ESIC’s Health Care infrastructure i.e. Hospital or Dispensary or Insured Medical Practitioner (IMP) within a radius of 10 KM of their residences, such ESI beneficiaries can now avail medical care services from […]
Yogasana formally recognized as ‘competitive sport’
New Delhi, December 18, 2020: The Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the formal recognition of Yogasana as a competitive sport at a joint press conference held by the Union Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH Shripad Naik, and the Union Minister of State (IC) for Youth Affairs & Sports […]
PM Modi speaks to the UK PM Boris Johnson on vaccine development
New Delhi, November 28, 2020: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi spoke on phone today with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson and discussed vaccine development. The two leaders exchanged thoughts about the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and reviewed the promising cooperation between India and UK in the area of vaccine development […]
Diversion of excess sugar to ethanol to enhance income of sugarcane farmers
New Delhi, November 20, 2020: In the normal sugar season, about 320 LMT of sugar is produced against domestic consumption of 260 LMT. This 60 LMT of surplus sugar which remains unsold, blocks funds of sugar mills to the tune of about Rs. 19,000 crore every year thereby affecting liquidity positions of sugar mills resulting in […]
Sikkim may see saffron bloom soon, NECTAR undertakes pilot project
New Delhi, November 10, 2020: The saffron bowl, which was so far confined to Kashmir, may soon expand to the North East of India. Plants from seeds transported from Kashmir to Sikkim and acclimatized there are now flowering in Yangyang in the Southern part of the North-East state. Saffron production has long been restricted to a […]
Massive relaxation for foreign nationals, PIO and OCI card holders
New Delhi, October 20, 2020: PIO and OCI card holders can now visit India. In view of the situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India had taken a series of steps to curtail the inward and outward movement of international passengers since February, 2020. The Government has now decided to make […]
COVID-19: India reaches another record of highest single day recoveries
New Delhi, August 15, 2020: India has touched another peak of posting the highest recoveries of COVID-19 cases in a single day. 57,381 have recovered and discharged in the past 24 hours. With such high level of recoveries, India’s Recovery Rate has soared past 70% ensuring more and more patients are recovering. To further build […]
COVID-19: DCGI approves Phase II+III trials of Oxford University vaccine
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given approval to Serum Institute of India, Pune to conduct Phase II+III clinical trials of Oxford University-Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine (COVISHIELD) in India. This will hasten the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. India continues to improve the Case Fatality Rate (CFR), and maintain its global position of […]
Indian scientists develop simple economical nonsurgical prevention of cataract
Cataract a major form of blindness that occurs when the structure of crystallin proteins that make up the lens in our eyes deteriorates, causing damaged or disorganised proteins to aggregate and form a milky blue or brown layer, which ultimately affects lens transparency. Thus, prevention of the formation of these aggregates as well as their […]