December 19, 2025 8:41 AM

PM Modi to address 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the closing ceremony of the second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine on Friday. The three-day programme being held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, underscores India’s growing leadership and pioneering initiatives in shaping a global, science-based, and people-centred traditional medicine agenda. “Prime Minister Modi has constantly emphasised for mainstreaming traditional medicine and the Indian Knowledge System through research, standardisati...

December 17, 2025 5:08 PM

India’s push to strengthen traditional medicine through standards, scale and science

India is set to host the 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine in New Delhi from December 17 to 19, reaffirming its leadership in advancing evidence-based traditional healthcare. The summit’s theme — “Restoring Balance for People and Planet: The Science and Practice of Well-Being” — places traditional medicine within the global conversation on sustainability, equity and resilient health systems. The event will also witness the launch of the WHO Traditional Medicine Global Libr...