Yoga is hugely popular in Iran, but there is scepticism about its history and connections to Hinduism and Buddhism, especially among the Islamic orthodoxy.
India exhales in relief, now that Modiji is leading us into the heaven of fitness where the anti-national mind is with fear but the body is without backache.
A supporter called Gujarat polls a ‘haemmorhage’ that patient Modi survived. But he must be careful now that Rahul Gandhi is using political martial arts.
BKS Iyengar speaks to Shekhar Gupta on commercialism being a threat to yoga, disapproval of pop yoga, view on yogis actively campaigning for politicians and his take on Narendra Modi.
Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.
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.
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