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INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN HEALTH
Tribal girl watched her father heal the sick; that inherited wisdom made her the ‘Queen of Herbs’, helping over 300,000 patients battle deadly diseasesYanung Jamoh Lego, popularly known as the 'Adi Queen of Herbs', is a traditional healer from Arunachal Pradesh who has spent more than thre...
Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
India Rising Foundation launches accessible research and development platform for researchers with disabilitiesInnov8Ability, a new research and development platform for persons with disabilities, has been launched in Bengaluru. Backed by a Rs 10 cro...
Amaravati still under construction, but Quantum Valley project already luring deep tech startups, scientistsAmaravati, a new city in Andhra Pradesh, is becoming a hub for quantum computing. A technology park called Quantum Valley is attracting sci...
A new law in Peru treats stingless bees as rights-bearing ecological actorsPeruvian municipalities in Satipo and Nauta have granted legal rights to native stingless bees. These tiny pollinators are now recognized a...
Who are R Balasubramaniam and Joram Aniya, new NITI Aayog members?The Centre has appointed R Balasubramaniam and Joram Aniya as full-time members of NITI Aayog, taking the total number of such members to s...
PM Modi to launch Ayush Mark, global benchmark for quality of traditional medicine system, on FridayHe will also felicitate the recipients of the Prime Minister's Awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Promotion and Development of Yoga...
India to host second WHO Global Summit on traditional medicine in New Delhi from Dec 17 to 19The Summit is being jointly organised by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, and will see p...
India's Ayush 'innovations' featured in WHO's brief on AI in traditional medicineThe WHO has lauded India's integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with traditional medicine systems like Ayush, acknowledging the coun...
G20-Chief Science Advisers' Roundtable: Outcome Document adopted; Russia, China object to para on Ukraine warChief science advisers and the nominated equivalents from G20 members and guest countries met during the day at Mahatma Mandir here for the...
Traditional Medicine Global Summit to be held in Gandhinagar on Aug 17, 18The World Health Organisation (WHO) will hold the Traditional Medicine Global Summit in Gujarat's Gandhinagar on August 17 and 18, co-hoste...
Amid pandemic, India's biopharma and diagnostic industry proved to be strategic assets, says Health Minister MandaviyaIn his video address to the National Summit on Quality of Biologicals, organised here by the National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), the m...
India needs to be superpower in Intellectual Property: PM's adviser Amit KharePointing out that a multidisciplinary approach is essential for the creation of knowledge, Khare said new frontiers of knowledge are emergi...
Kerala CM honours singer Nanchamma on International Day of World's Indigenous PeopleNanchamma received the National Award for the best playback female singer.
Harappan site of Rakhigarhi: DNA study finds no Central Asian trace, junks Aryan invasion theoryResearchers Vasant Shinde and Neeraj Rai said this establishes the fact that knowledge ecosystem in the Vedic era was guided by “fully indi...
- KMC sets up panel to conserve biodiversity
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has finally constituted a biodiversity management board, which was delayed for years owing to the ...
WEF 2015: GAVI selects India's HMD as partner for global health projectGAVI has chosen Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices Ltd as one of its knowledge and strategic partners to promote injection safety aroun...
Protection of traditional wellness systems is important: Naik"A foresighted compromise between traditional and modern system is vital and in this context the protection and preservation of traditional...
New app to help curb indigenous youth suicideThe app will facilitate referral of the young person to local liaison officers and other government or non-government support agencies.
- Brazil investigates environmental, evangelical groups for conduct in Amazon rain forest
Brazil's intelligence service said a six-month investigation of environmental and evangelical groups active in the Amazon found evidence of...