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NEW DELHI: India's COVID-19 cases have soared 13-fold in barely two months, a vicious second wave propelled by open disregard for safety protocols in much of the vast country. Election rallies led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other major figures, as well as crowded festivals and religious gatherings, have characterised the record resurgence of the new coronavirus. After quelling the first surge late last year, India's leaders let down their guard. Allowing or even encouraging dangerous behaviour, they underestimated the virus, reopening the economy too fast and too broadly, experts say. With daily infections hitting a record 127,000 on Thursday, the most in the world and the third day this week over 100,000, the third-hardest hit country is soaring past its mid-September peak of around 98,000 cases a day. Days after the health minister declared India's COVID-19 outbreak contained in late January, Mumbai reopened its massive suburban train network and authorities let ... » Learn More about Rallies, religious gatherings aggravate India’s worst COVID-19 surge

Regarded in the West as a complementary or alternative medicine system, Ayurveda originated in India more than 3,000 years ago. While practitioners of conventional Western medicine treat symptoms of a disease or illness, practitioners of Ayurveda work to address the cause of a symptom and help individuals strengthen their immune system to prevent disease. Ayurveda treats the body, mind and spirit as one entity, on the basis that the body and mind are connected to the outer world and work together to prevent disease. The Ayurvedic method tackles a range of health-related issues, from excessive sweating, hormonal issues and joint pain to hormonal imbalances, sexual dysfunction, anxiety and insomnia. Much of the population in India uses Ayurveda exclusively or in combination with modern medicine. During the coronavirus pandemic, interest in Ayurvedic remedies for health – and beauty – has skyrocketed. Western celebrities including Naomi Campbell, Demi Moore, Madonna, Halle Berry ... » Learn More about What is Ayurveda? History, treatments, doshas explained

Just next to the Mayadevi temple where Buddha was born more than 2,600 years ago, hundreds of people lined up outside a makeshift hospital on a recent hazy day, hoping their fading eyesight could be restored. A day later, these saffron-robed Buddhist monks, old farmers and housewives were able to see the world again because the nation’s renowned eye surgeon Dr Sanduk Ruit was there with his innovative and inexpensive cataract surgery that has earned him many awards. At the visitor centre turned into eye temporary hospital in Lumbini, located 288km south-west of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, the assembly line surgery made it possible for the nearly 400 patients to get Dr Ruit’s surgery in just three days. “The whole objective, aim and my passion and love is to see that there remains no people with unnecessary blindness in this part of the world, ” Dr Ruit, also known as Nepal’s “God of Sight”, said. Patients receiving anaesthesia before their cataract surgery at an eye camp in ... » Learn More about Nepal’s ‘God of Sight’ aims to make cataract surgery affordable and accessible beyond the country