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CCRAS-CARI and Delhi University signed an MoU on 10 November 2026 to survey, label and catalogue Ayurvedic medicinal plants across North Campus.

India's new visa system creates an M-3 visa for Ayush treatment, one year with multiple entries by default, replacing a three-entry cap; announced 11 November 2026.

The ninth National Naturopathy Day will be held on 18 November 2026 at CRIYN Nagamangala, Karnataka, under the theme 'Prakrutik Chikitsa, Swasth Bharat'.

A Pune randomized trial of 139 healthy adults found 45 days of the Common Yoga Protocol improved mood, sleep and some memory scores.

A paper published on 6 November 2026 proposes eleven candidate SPIRIT-Ayurveda items to standardise how Ayurvedic clinical trials are planned and reported.

Yu Yanhong, who headed China's traditional Chinese medicine administration until February 2026, surrendered and is under investigation, officials said on 6 November 2026.

The ICMR-funded Yoga-CaRe HF trial, presented on 7 November 2026, found yoga rehab improved heart-failure patients' quality of life but not deaths or admissions.

Haryana's MD/MS Ayurveda rules for 2026-27, notified on 3 November 2026, set a Rs 7.5 lakh bond and a three-year bar for students who quit late.

The US FDA has warned New Green Nutrition after finding undeclared dexamethasone in its Qu Feng Huo Luo Dan arthritis remedy; the letter was published on 3 November 2026.

Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava directed weekly yoga and wellness sessions at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, reports of her 5 November 2026 review said.

Nepal marked Dhanwantari Jayanti and Wellness Day on 7 November 2026 with programmes at Ayurveda hospitals and campuses, a day after India's Dhanteras.

Maharashtra FDA seized 5,040 bottles of 'VS Hair Growth Oil' worth Rs 50.35 lakh in Nashik on 5 November 2026 over bald-regrowth claims and missing licence details.

Kerala put Ayurveda wellness stays at the centre of its pavilion at WTM London, 3 to 5 November 2026, with two Ayurveda groups among seven partners.

The US FDA closed comments on botanical drug development on 3 November 2026; the AMA asked for clinical trials, while herbal makers defended the current pathway.

BPOM and WHO trained Indonesian inspectors in risk-based sampling of herbal medicines on 3 November 2026; about 39% of 27,264 permitted products have been sampled.

Ghana's Traditional Medicine Practice Council asked the government on 4 November 2026 to codify traditional medicine as services spread to 150 public facilities.

Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav on 4 November 2026 asked citizens to mark Dhanteras by adopting one positive health habit and getting a family member to do the same.

WHO on 30 October 2026 set out the outcomes of the Beijing traditional medicine conference: a medicinal plant initiative, a research alliance and an AI report.

Madhya Pradesh's stray vacancy round for state-quota BAMS, BHMS, BUMS and BNYS seats opens on November 3, 2026, with admission on November 18.

The National Medicinal Plants Board picked Nauni's YS Parmar University to run its northern regional centre, with Rs 82.72 lakh sanctioned on 16 October 2026.

Uttar Pradesh's Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbi Board has debarred 34 Ayurveda practitioners until November 2027 for practising while listed as college faculty.

Uttar Pradesh's Ayurvedic and Unani board cancelled 19 more registrations over forged degrees, reported on 30 October 2026, after 41 in August.

AACCC's revised AIAPGET 2026 Round 1 counselling runs from 30 October to 3 November 2026 for Ayush MD/MS seats, with the result due on 5 November.

A Frontiers in Psychology survey of 379 Hungarian yoga practitioners, reported October 28, 2026, links frequent postures and meditation to higher well-being.

AIIA's incubator AIIA-iCAINE marked its sixth foundation day on October 29, 2026, launching an Ayurveda AI challenge with Techfest, IIT Bombay.

A CCRAS workshop at NIIMH Hyderabad, held October 26-28, 2026, trained researchers to transcribe and critically edit Telugu palm-leaf and paper manuscripts on Ayurveda.

A PLOS Medicine review of 20 studies published October 27, 2026 found yoga among low back pain treatments that improved outcomes at lower cost than usual care.

Maharashtra has set up a 12-member panel to plan AYUSH integration in state-run health facilities; the IMA objects that no independent MBBS doctors are on it.

MDNIY, under the Ministry of Ayush, began a five-day national workshop on the Vibhuti Pada of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra on October 26, 2026, running till October 30.

Jharkhand's health department is preparing answers to the Centre's questions as it seeks one of three new All India Institutes of Ayurveda for Ranchi.

Sri Lanka's Cabinet has approved drafting amendments to the Ayurveda Act No. 31 of 1961 to strengthen regulation and ease export licences, reported October 20, 2026.

WHO's report of October 19, 2026 on a World Health Summit session calls for traditional medicine to join health systems, backed by evidence and regulation.

At Abu Dhabi's Al Shifaa Summit on Oct 20, 2026, the UAE set four commitments on traditional medicine, a field in which Ayurveda is licensed.

AACCC's PG Ayush counselling 2026 Round 1 registration runs October 26 to November 1, with the seat result on November 3, according to the released schedule.

At KAUMARACON 2026 (Oct 15-17), AIIA and RAV agreed to draft a standard procedure for Swarnaprashan and study its safety and efficacy.

The World Conference on Traditional Medicine in Beijing on October 17-18, 2026 drew 97 countries; China's Premier urged science-based integration under WHO's strategy.

Rajasthan High Court stayed the selection of 1,340 contract Ayush Officers over a common merit list for Ayurveda, Homoeopathy and Unani, reports said on October 19, 2026.

Kerala's health minister ordered a Vigilance probe on October 19, 2026 into furniture bought for government Ayurveda hospitals under the National Ayush Mission.

ITRA Jamnagar marked its sixth Foundation Day with Ayu-Tech Navonmesh 2026, a national conference on AI in Ayurveda, announced on 16 October 2026.

WHO said on October 16, 2026 that the India-chaired Group of Friends of Traditional Medicine has 36 members and is discussing a global trust mark for products.

The Ayush Ministry's new Schedule E(1), reported on Oct 10, 2026, names mercury, lead, copper, tin and brass and covers any ingredient with arsenic or mercury.

Ayush patent filings rose from 63 in FY15 to 590 in FY26, with 4,077 applications and 711 grants in all, a patent office report cited by the Ayush Ministry on Oct 16 shows.

Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang laid the foundation of a Rs 600-crore, 50-acre Ayurveda and wellness institute at Lungchok on 15 October 2026, due in three years.

A 63-patient US trial published on October 14, 2026 found twice-weekly online yoga safe and linked to better cough and quality-of-life scores in lung fibrosis.

KAUMARACON 2026, an international Ayurveda paediatrics conference, opens at AIIA New Delhi on 15 October with Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan as chief guest.

NCISM chief Maneesha Kothekar launched CCRAS SPARK 5.0 and Ayurshodh 2026 on 14 October 2026; SPARK offers 300 BAMS students Rs 50,000 each.

Vietnam on 13 October 2026 approved a traditional medicine strategy to 2030, with hospitals in every province, insurance cover and home-grown herbs.

The National Commission for Homoeopathy on 12 October 2026 cleared Chhattisgarh's first government homoeopathy college in Nava Raipur, with 63 BHMS seats from 2026-27.

A 40-patient Milan study, reported on 12 October 2026, linked three months of yoga before bariatric surgery to lower noradrenaline, but found no gene-level inflammation change.

India has signed an MoU to set up an Ayush chair at South Africa's Durban University of Technology, an official said at a Durban symposium reported on 12 October 2026.

Ayush hospitals rose only from 3,605 to 3,885 between 2013-14 and 2024-25 while dispensaries grew to 37,804; insurance and private money may now change that.

Tripura CM Manik Saha opened the state's first government homoeopathy college and hospital in Agartala on October 7, 2026; 51 BHMS seats are listed this year.

Ayush interns marched in Jabalpur on October 10, 2026, pressing Madhya Pradesh to lift their stipend from Rs 9,383 to Rs 21,500, the rate paid to MBBS interns.