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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the final Mann Ki Baat episode of the year, praising several achievements, including the crossing of $400 billion in exports and the launch of the INS Vikrant air carrier.
“In 2022, the strength of the country’s people, their cooperation, their resolve, their expansion of success was of such magnitude that it would be difficult to include all of those in ‘Mann Ki Baat’. In many ways, 2022 has been very inspiring and wonderful. Amritkal began in the same year that India celebrated 75 years of independence. “This year, the country gained a new momentum, and all of our citizens performed admirably,” Prime Minister Modi said in his address.
Invoking the lack of evidence-based research in the context of Yoga and Ayurveda in the field of medical science, PM Modi said, “All of you must have heard about the Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai. Intensive research done by this centre has revealed that yoga is very effective for breast cancer patients. Tata Memorial Centre has presented the results of its research at the very prestigious Breast cancer conference held in America.”
The Prime Minister was referring to a study conducted by Tata Memorial Centre that found yoga to be extremely beneficial in the treatment of breast cancer patients. The study discovered a 15% relative improvement in disease-free survival and a 14% improvement in overall survival after a yoga intervention.
PM Modi mentioned the All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ Centre for Integrative Medicine and Research, noting that the center had published 20 papers in prestigious international journals. “A study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology describes the benefits of yoga for syncope patients. Similarly, the benefits of yoga in Migraine have been explained in a paper published in the Neurology Journal,” said the Prime Minister in his address.
PM Modi also emphasized the threat posed by the disease ‘Kala Azar,’ which is spread by the sting of the sand fly and causes fever, anemia, and weakness. “With everyone’s help, this disease known as ‘Kala Azar’ is being eradicated quickly. Until recently, the Kala-azar scourge had spread to more than 50 districts across four states. “However, this disease is now limited to only four districts in Bihar and Jharkhand,” Modi said in his address.
The Prime Minister also discussed the ‘Namami Gange’ Ganga rejuvenation campaign, which was named one of the world’s top ten initiatives to restore the ecosystem by the United Nations. Modi emphasized that ‘Namami Gange’ was chosen from among 160 such initiatives from around the world.
“There has been a significant increase in the number of different species of Hilsa fish, Gangetic dolphin and turtles. With Ganga’s ecosystem being clean, other livelihood opportunities are also increasing. The ‘Jalaj Ajeevika Model’ has been prepared to keep Biodiversity in mind. The tourism-based boat safari has been launched at 26 locations,” he added.
In his Christmas greetings, Prime Minister Modi drew attention to Jesus Christ and urged listeners to remember his life and teachings. PM Modi also commemorated the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
“He was a great leader who provided exceptional leadership to the country. He has a special place in the heart of every Indian.” Highlighting the contributions made by Vajpayee to the country, Modi talked about the gallery dedicated to the former PM located in the Prime Minister Museum, Delhi.
Modi praised Sange Sherpa ji of Sikkim’s Thegu village for his efforts in keeping the Tsomgo (Somgo) lake clean at an elevation of over 12,000 feet.
Sange Sherpa began cleaning the lake in 2008, and despite many challenges, his efforts resulted in massive garbage bins all around. The collected garbage is sent for recycling, and cloth garbage bags are distributed to visitors so that garbage is not strewn about.
Along with the Sherpas, Modi praised a couple from Karnataka, Shriman Suresh and his wife Shrimati Maithili, for their efforts to promote indigenous decorative organic products. The couple makes decorative items such as trays, chappals, plates, and handbags from betel nut fibre.
Source:HT
