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Friday, August 1, 2025
TopicAyurveda

Topic: Ayurveda

Modi govt looks to link Vedic texts with modern knowledge system, will fund research

Researchers at all higher education institutes, including IITs, NITs & central universities, will be eligible to avail the HRD ministry scheme.

Spiced buttermilk? Coca-Cola turns to grandmas’ recipes in India

Coca-Cola has been under pressure to diversify and wants to incorporate Ayurvedic elements from India.

Yoga for diabetes & ayurveda for pregnant women: What Ayushman Bharat has in store

AYUSH Ministry has presented a detailed proposal to health ministry, seeking alternative treatments at health centres envisaged under Ayushman Bharat.

Modi govt’s love for Ayurveda may be undermining ancient medicinal system

There has been a spurt in spurious Ayurveda drugs since the government eased regulatory mechanisms, raising questions on their efficacy and safety.  

Gujarat Ayurved university claims big breakthrough in combating ageing, gets govt backing

Study by Gujarat Ayurved University claims Giloy increases lifespan of fruit flies. AYUSH ministry wants research extended to humans.

Modi govt wants to beat WHO standards on doctors with ‘non-doctors’

India's doctor to population ratio will be 1:902, better than WHO's standard 1:1000, if the 7.63 lakh AUH doctors are included.

South Delhi herbal clinic ‘cures’ couple it declared HIV positive, is fined by consumer court

Court also fines Mumbai lab that ‘conducted' test Rs 25,000 for falsely misleading couple.

Traditional health claims about India’s ayurvedic foods help make them big business

The promotional proposition of ayurvedic food businesses relies on traditional beliefs.

Patanjali is under the scanner once again for ‘post-dating’ their products

According to Facebook and Twitter users, boxes of the ayurvedic product that bore a ‘May 2018’ manufacturing date were found on counters in April.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

Sudden hike in Haryana circle rates is 2nd since Dec; stamp duty as high as 145% in parts of Gurugram

Gurugram: In an action that will significantly impact the value of property transactions in Haryana, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has approved revised collector rates,...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.