Ramdev

Agnipath protests: Ramdev appeals to youth to not resort to violence

Over the past few days, incidents of protesters vandalising railway stations, setting trains on fire and blocking roads and railway tracks have been reported across India

Ramdev asks SC to club FIRs over remarks criticising doctors, COVID vaccines: What we know so far

Multiple cases have been filed against Ramdev for his remarks on allopathy, doctors and COVID-19 vaccines. Of them, two have gained attention as those have been filed by the regional chapters of the Indian Medical Association

Will take COVID-19 vaccine, doctors are 'God's envoys on earth', says Ramdev

The yoga guru had earlier stirred a controversy with his comments on the efficacy of allopathic drugs against COVID-19, drawing the ire of the medical fraternity

IMA seeks Modi's intervention to stop assault on doctors, fake news on COVID-19 vaccines

The IMA, in its appeal, said that the government should promote universal free vaccination to all above 18 years of age

Will consider withdrawing police complaint against Ramdev if he retracts comments, says IMA

Earlier this week, IMA had served a defamation notice to Ramdev for alleged disparaging remarks against modern medicine and its practitioners

'Even their father cannot arrest me': Ramdev dares authorities amid row with IMA

This comes after the Indian Medical Association wrote to Narendra Modi, demanding that yoga guru Ramdev be booked under sedition charges for an alleged misinformation campaign on COVID-19 vaccination

Ramdev's digs at modern medicine cause furore, but ugly face of Indian anti-science ideologies is nothing new

The problem is more complex than Hindu nationalism or political opportunism—though both play a role

Ramdev apologises for mocking modern medicine, but yoga guru has often taken science for a ride

Patanjali's Coronil, a purportedly 'Ayurvedic' concoction, has also been at the centre of controversy in the recent past

Ramdev's remarks on allopathy: Delhi Medical Association lodges police complaint against yoga guru

Ramdev has claimed that 'allopathy is a stupid science', the Indian Medical Association had said citing a video circulating on social media

Uttarakhand HC did right to reject plea by Ramdev's firm against benefit-sharing; India's custodians of traditional knowledge must be protected

On 27 December, the Uttarakhand High Court directed yoga guru Ramdev's company Divya Pharmacy to share the profits from its sale of herbal products, manufactured from the traditional knowledge of India's indigenous communities, with local residents.