TRADITIONAL HEALER

Dating app abductions raise fears for LGBT+ safety in South Africa

Such abductions are on the rise in South Africa and have prompted debate about how to protect dating app users from kidnapping and extortion. LGBT+ individuals are often targeted because of hatred and intolerance, police and activists say.

India has a rich history of traditional medicine: WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus

Dr Ghebreyesus lauded India for its efforts to provide healthcare to all through its umbrella scheme of Ayushman Bharat. He visited an Ayushman Bharat wellness centre in Gandhinagar on Wednesday.

Bollywood Star Janhvi Kapoor’s AlUla Diaries

Bollywood star Janhvi Kapoor's AlUla diaries

AlUla, one of Saudi Arabia's oldest cities, is home to a multitude of fascinating ancient monuments.

Science 20: India pitches Covid-19 lessons, prevention of 'zoonotic spillovers'

The Wuhan outbreak in China is widely suspected to be a case of zoonotic spill-over that ended up wreaking havoc across the globe.

Padma awardee puppeteer says will try to draw attention of Prez to plight of artistes

The 85-year-old artiste was among the four persons from the state who were selected for the coveted award, the three others being noted litterateur Antaryami Mishra, Sambalpuri folk singer Krishna Patel and conservationist Priyabrat Sahu.

Alien or nuclear meltdown, lab babies: Baba Vanga's scary predictions for 2023

Baba Vanga predicts a dark and destroyed future for the next 12 months. The horrific predictions ​​include a change in the Earth’s orbit, which may be caused by a nuclear meltdown in the world. Baba Vanga’s prediction for 2023 also includes some strange scientific inventions, one of which is the emergence of lab children.

'Carpenter, Healer, God': Jesus Christ gets verified on Twitter with a blue tick, leaves netizens in split

As people started noticing the blue-tick, the Twitter handle of Jesus Christ wrote: "Why the assumption I am fake?"

PM Modi lauds physiotherapists, says they play key role in ensuring people's wellbeing

​​​The day is observed on September 8 to raise awareness about the critical role physical therapists play in healthcare. He also shared an article on his portal which highlighted the measures he first as Gujarat chief minister and then as prime minister has taken to make the therapy more accessible.

Career Coaching Today: Forget the five-year plan and find authenticity

The demand for professional coaches has risen after the pandemic.

Civilisation & intoxication: When, where and why did humans start experimenting with alcohol & drugs

Today, humans use thousands of psychoactive compounds to alter our experience of the world.

Covid-19: Bengal’s move to rope in quacks divides medical community down the middle

The proposal is not new. In 2015, the state had taken the lead in providing some essential and basic healthcare training to quacks. Nearly 3,000 informal healthcare providers with no formal medical education were trained for six months, followed by many more batches.

Pandemic is forcing the healers in Bali to rewrite the rules of tourism

Indonesia is the leading tourist destination of Southeast Asia and Bali is on the top of the list for most tourists visiting the country. While there are many attractions in Bali from adventure to leisure to spiritual, the traditional healers in Bali have also been silently but significantly contributing to the industry as they are a big draw among tourists.

NDDB promotes 'pashu ayurveda' to control animal diseases

Cattle and buffaloes account for more than 50% of the livestock population in India, according to the latest census. The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is aggressively promoting use of ethno-veterinary medicine after seeing success in a pilot project run at Sabarkantha dairy in Gujarat.

California dreaming: How 'shooter drills' have become an annual tradition in this new world

Shooter drills are organised across schools following the rise of gun violence.

From 'Becoming' by Michelle Obama to Shashi Tharoor's 'Why I am a Hindu', books that gave meaning to 2018

Non-fiction books emerged as the most popular literary category in 2018.

There’s more to Ayappa than most Hindus know

Even as Sabarimala has now become a flashpoint for Hindu identity, older layers of the Ayyappa legend, his tribal/hunter-gatherer origins and his worldly, non-ascetic self, have been buried.

These doctors in Naxal-hit areas get higher pay than physicians at AIIMS in Delhi

Naxal-hit districts are hiring contract specialised doctors to work in far-flung and sometimes unsafe areas by paying them a hefty salary --of Rs 2-2.5 lakh a month

Tata Steel to host 'Samvaad', a pan India tribal conclave

In step with this year’s theme, nearly 250 tribal healers from twenty states across the country are slated to join us during the conclave.

SCM, Tata Steel holds Workshop on Tribal Medicinal Practices

Dr Das identified the plants, clarified the scientific process behind the treatment while expressing his surprise at the knowledge of the healers.

Go local, dine with the natives of Navala Village in Fiji

Spend a day with local communities and learn everything can about their culture.

How regular kitchen spices can boost your sex life

They can sure add lots of sizzle to your passion quotient and spice up your sex life. Check out these mythological formulas mentioned in our folklores...

Engineering theory can help know Ayurveda: Email inventor V A Shiva Ayyadurai

According to Ayyadurai, Ayurveda and Siddha were designed to be pro-active to protect and strengthen the body before illness set in.