New York An auction of royal Indian jewellery at Christie’s here has totalled almost $109 million, with a jade-hilted dagger of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a ceremonial sword of the Nizams of Hyderabad and a bejewelled medieval huqqa setting world records. These objects, among a total of 400, went under the hammer at the “Maharajas […]
On the occasion of International Yoga Day on Friday, yoga guru Baba Ramdev announced his first official autobiography, titled “My Life, My Mission”. It will release in August, the publisher Penguin said. Sharing the news on Twitter, Ramdev said that although a lot has been written on him by other people, he will now share […]
Urging people to make yoga an integral part of their lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that it hadn’t reached the poor people and tribal belts of the country as much as it should have. He also gave the motto “yoga for peace, harmony and progress”. Modi performed yoga, along with around 30,000 […]
(International Yoga Day Special) In the yogic culture, Shiva is not seen as a God, he is the Adiyogi, the first yogi. Over 15,000 years ago, Adiyogi appeared and went into intense ecstatic dance upon the Himalayas. When his ecstasy allowed him some movement, he danced wildly. When it became beyond movement, he became utterly […]
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said the government’s efforts to control air pollution have led to a decrease in the number of days with ‘poor’ air quality in the national capital region (NCR) by about 50 per cent in the last four years. Speaking at an event here to mark World Environment Day […]
Researchers have found that home-based weight management programmes may be beneficial for both kids as well as parents. The study, published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour, found that the DRIVE curriculum — Developing Relationships that Include Values of Eating and Exercise — reduces weight gain in kids and also prompts their parents […]
By Sadhguru, Isha Foundation What you call as anxiety is just that you are concerned about what is going to be the outcome of something. The outcome of something is not going to be determined because of your desires. It is going to be determined by what you do. The more unprepared you are for […]
A smartphone app called “PainCoach” helps improve pain control and reduce opiate pain-killer use in patients who have undergone total knee replacement surgeries, says a study. Patients feed their pain level (no pain, bearable pain, unbearable pain, or untenable pain) in the app and based on that and the days post-surgery, it offers advice on […]
Various spiritual leaders and Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi shall join an initiative for environment protection on June 5, marked as the World Environment Day, an official said on Monday. The initiative will be undertaken by Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti (AVB) in which Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Swami Ramdev, Acharya Lokesh and B.K. Shivani will interact with the […]
Apple is expecting more cooperation with China on clean energy as it released its 2019 Environment Report that outlines its climate change solutions ahead of Earth Day, which falls on April 22. In the “Environmental Responsibility Report”, Apple has set an ambitious goal to “make products without taking from the Earth” and vowed to adopt […]