Mandatory Yoga classes for MBBS students to start from June 12

The newly introduced yoga training programme in MBBS curriculum to start from June 12, 2022.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) recently asked the medical colleges to start yoga training as part of MBBS curriculum. As per reports, the yoga training will commence from June 12, 2022.

Under the new competency-based medical education for MBBS curriculum introduced by NMC from this academic session, a 10 days yoga training has been introduced for one hour every day. The yoga classes will start from June 12 every year and culminate on International Yoga Day on June 21.

Moreover, to maintain symmetry in yoga programme at all medical colleges, Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, under the Ministry of Ayush, has developed a common yoga protocol.

Eighth International Day of Yoga to be held at Mysuru

Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbanand Sonowal has announced that the main event of 8th International Day of Yoga 2022 will be held at Mysuru in Karnataka on June 21, 2022. 

He said that apart from the main event at Mysuru another attraction on June 21 this year will be the Guardian Ring, a relay Yoga streaming event which will capture and weave together digital feed of IDY programmes organised by Indian Missions abroad. The proposed plan is to initiate the streaming from Japan, the land of rising sun, at 6 am local time.

A series of events are planned in the run up to IDY and the 25 Day countdown is being observed at Hyderabad on May 27, wherein around 10 thousand Yoga enthusiasts will participate in the Yoga demonstration.

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