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  Hindu Population Not Reducing, As Minister Rijiju Claims

  India?s Hindu population is reducing, Union Minister of State For Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju claimed on February 13, 2017. Census data and growth projections do not back his claim, and population tren




• Missouri Catholic hospital offers free yoga to prevent osteoporosis

  Mercy Hospital Washington (Missouri) is offering free yoga for people over 60 ?aimed at preventing osteoporosis and other health issues that affect many seniors?. Announcement says that anyone age




• Hindus urge soon opening Louvre Abu Dhabi to procure more Hindu artifacts

  Hindus are urging prestigious about $650 million museum Louvre Abu Dhabi (LAD), which is officially set to open in the near future, to enrich its collection of Hindu artifacts. Welcoming the repor




• Upset Hindus urge Czech brewery to not use Lord Ganesha image on beer bottles

  Upset Hindus are urging N?chod (Czech Republic) based award-winning Primator brewery to not use Hindu deity Lord Ganesha?s image on its IPA beer bottles, calling it highly inappropriate. Distingui




• University of California showcasing Hindu gods in jewelry exhibit

  The Fowler Museum at University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) will reportedly display sculptures and paintings of Hindu gods and goddesses to ?demonstrate the profusion and variety of jewelry worn?




• Hindu temple opens in California’s Santa Clarita

  Sri Siddhi Vinayaka Temple Santa Clarita (SSVTSC), where the main deity is Lord Ganesh, had its grand-opening on February nine evening in Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita (California). Missi




• Hindus critical of fee for yoga space at airports

  Hindus are critical of the new trend where travelers have to pay a fee to access yoga space or session, which is part of the privately owned airport gyms or living-rooms. Distinguished Hindu state




• Regional Medical Center in New York launching “Healing Yoga” for cancer patients

  Nationally recognized hospital Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown (New York) is launching 10-week ?Healing Yoga? class from February 17 for ?cancer and chronic disease patients? to improve




• Hindu “Shivarathri Yatra” procession will cover 7 km in South Africa for “Universal Peace”

  ?Maha Shivarathri Yatra? procession, directed at ?Universal Peace?, will cover about seven kilometers on February 19 in Lenasia, a part of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, in South Afri




• Hindus worldwide upset over labeling Hinduism as witchcraft by a South Africa hospital

  Hindus worldwide are dismayed by the reports of a KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health hospital in Pietermaritzburg linking Hinduism with witchcraft. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a st




• Hindus concerned at evil God of destruction modeled after Ganesha in Japanese TV series

  Hindus are concerned at the presence of one of the eight evil Gods of destruction in ?Dragon Ball Super? Japanese anime television series, which many attributed to Lord Ganesha. Distinguished Hind




• Upset Hindus urge California’s Leaf Group withdraw items disrespecting Hindu gods

  Hindus are urging Santa Monica (California) headquartered Leaf Group Limited to immediately withdraw some of the products sold on its marketplace Society6 which mock-distort-disrespect various Hindu d



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  Wyoming Senate & House opened with their 1st Hindu prayers

  Both Wyoming Senate and Wyoming House of Representatives in Cheyenne started their day with ancient Hindu prayers on February three. These invocations contained verses from Rig-Veda; the oldest ex




• Jewish synagogue converted to Hindu temple in Rhode Island

  Rhode Island Hindu Temple Society (RIHTS) has reportedly acquired the building and property in Warwick (Rhode Island), a former conservative Jewish synagogue named Temple Am David, and is converting i




• Zed to open both Wyoming Senate & House with Hindu mantras

  Both Wyoming Senate and Wyoming House of Representatives in Cheyenne will start their day with ancient Hindu prayers on February third. These invocations will contain verses from Rig-Veda; the old




• New York to have parade on Hindu festival Phagwah

  The 29th annual ?Phagwah Parade 2017? will be held in Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens borough of New York City on March 12, to celebrate Hindu festival Phagwah, also known as Holi. It will in




• Between 2.5 to 2.9% of Canada’s population will be Hindu in 2036

  Hindus would increase to between 2.5% and 2.9% of the total population of Canada in 2036, according to a study of population projections developed by Canada's national statistical agency, Statistics




• Penn State University studying yoga-based program to reduce cancer risk

  A research at Pennsylvania State University is reportedly undertaking a yoga-focused mind and body intervention that uses stretching, breathing, prayer and relaxation strategies to increase physical a




• No homework on Hindu festival Diwali for New York’s Mineola School District kids

  Mineola Union Free School District (MUFSD) in New York state has announced that no home work or examinations will be given on the day of Hindu festival of Diwali, the most popular of their festivals.




• Free yoga sessions in England’s Peterborough for sight-hearing impaired

  Sense, England?s national charity that supports people who are deaf blind, has launched free accessible yoga sessions for people with sight and hearing impairments in Peterborough, a cathedral city in



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