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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicPranayam

Topic: Pranayam

Now, it’s Gayatri Mantra. AIIMS Rishikesh is trying to find out if it helps Covid patients

Since February this year, researchers at AIIMS Rishikesh have been conducting a clinical trial to see if chanting Gayatri Mantra & doing pranayam can help moderately ill Covid patients.

Chai tea, turmeric latte & ‘scientific’ pranayam: Indians rage at America’s disrespect

Pranayam is a yogic practice that involves controlled breathing to calm one's mind. A US science magazine says the same of a technique called 'cardiac-coherence breathing'.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.