By Vidhi Doshi Jaipur — India’s prime minister is planning a medicinal revolution — and it starts with ancient wisdom. Many here believe that the West has plundered the country’s 3,000-year-old tradition of holistic healing to sell expensive aloe vera face creams or $6 cups of turmeric-flavored “golden milk.” NowContinue Reading
As India’s 70th year of Independence begins, widespread progress is evident, but in rural India, where 833 million Indians (70%) live, people are consuming fewer nutrients than are required to stay healthy, according to a 2012 National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) survey. On an average, compared to 1975-1979, a ruralContinue Reading
New Delhi: Nearly 9.5 million toilets were set up in rural India in the last one year since the launch of the Swachh Bharat (clean India) Mission, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said on Wednesday. The number of toilets constructed was more than the target of 60 lakh, Singh saidContinue Reading
