Topic: Pseudoscience

New rules for AYUSH hospitals

New norms have been introduced for the AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy sectors) regarding the conditions of medical reimbursement. The IRDAI or Insurance Regulatory and Development...

December 5, 2019

Ministry of AYUSH signs pact with defense ministry provide traditional medicine

The AYUSH ministry has signed a MoU with the Defence ministry to provide traditional medicine services at the armed forces’ hospitals and dispensaries. Under the MoU, ayurveda units...

October 22, 2019

Sarunas Paunksnis authors book “Dark Fear, Eerie Cities: New Hindi Cinema in Neo-liberal India”

The book “Dark Fear, Eerie Cities: New Hindi Cinema in Neo-liberal India” has been authored by Sarunas Paunksnis. The book analyses the wide array of films made in...

October 18, 2019

Paranormal Investigator Lorraine Warren Passes Away

Lorraine Warren, one of the most well known paranormal investigator passed away. She was 92. She investigated haunted houses and other manifestation of paranormal activities throughout her life...

April 23, 2019

MoU between India and Bolivia in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bolivia in the Field of Traditional...

April 16, 2019

Canada cancels homeopathic aid

The Canadian Government will no longer provide homeopathic aid to the Honduras republic.  Honduras is a republic located in the Central America. The decision was finalised after a...

March 23, 2019

The e-AUSHADHI portal launched for online licensing of Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs

On 13th Feb, Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik launched the e-AUSHADHI portal for online licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs and related...

February 15, 2019

The first-ever Naturopathy Day celebrated on November 18

On 18th of November 2018, the Ministry of Ayush celebrated its first Naturopathy Day across the country with the aim of promoting the drug-less system of medicine to...

November 19, 2018

Tribal Health Care Research Programme

The Tribal Health Care Research Program (THCRP) was started by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an autonomous organization under Central Government, in 1982. The project...

May 21, 2018

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurates a scientific convention on World Homoeopathy Day (WHD 2018) in New Delhi

The World Homoeopathy Day (WHD) is observed every year on April 10 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Homoeopathy founder Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician....

April 11, 2018

Railways and Ayush Ministries sign MoU to augment services in Railway hospitals

The Ministry of Railways has signed MoU with Ministry of AYUSH in New Delhi on February 6, 2018 to augment Ayush services in Railway hospitals i.e. New Delhi,...

February 7, 2018

Shripad Naik inaugurates Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) wellness centre in Goa

Shripad Naik, the Union minister of state for Ayush (independent charge), has inaugurated a Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) wellness centre in Bambolim, Goa on January 16, 2018....

January 16, 2018