Modi Visits Kyrgyz-India Mountain Biomedical Research Center in Bishkek

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, July 12, 2015, visited the Kyrgyz-India Mountain Biomedical Research Center (KIMBMRC) in Bishkek. The scientists at the Center briefed the Prime Minister on the activities there.

Modi also electronically unveiled a plaque commemorating the inauguration of the extreme high altitude test laboratory, Phase 2 of the KIMBMRC project, situated in the Syok Pass at an altitude of 4,000 meters. The laboratory will be constructed later in 2015.

India Can Show Ways To Mitigate Climate Change: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
In a series of tweets, Modi said that India will set the agenda for the upcoming international conference on climate change which is to be held in France.

The Prime Minister interacted with Indian and Kyrgyz soldiers at the Too Ashu laboratory which is part of the ongoing Phase 1 of the project. He said, "The research done at the Center will greatly benefit the health of soldiers who secure the borders at high altitude."

Modi also inaugurated the first telemedicine link between India and Central Asia. Reportedly, he witnessed a tele-consultation for a cardiac patient between doctors in Osh city in southern Kyrgyzstan, with doctors in Bishkek and with the Apollo hospital and AIIMS in Delhi.

Source-IANS

Yoga can Help Reduce Healthcare Costs: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Yoga can increase power of innovation, technology and knowledge and upgrade the quality of life, thus reducing the healthcare cost, said Prime Minister Modi.

Russian President Putin to Prime Minister Modi: I Promise to Try to Do Yoga
Russian President Vladimir Putin is known to be a active supporter of healthy lifestyles, fitness and sports. He promised Modi that he'll try and practice yoga.

CEOs Laud Indian Prime Minister Modi for Creating Positive Environment Globally
Welspun Group chairman B.K. Goenka asserted that with Modi's visit to China, the Indo-China relation will grow and the trade deficit will shrink.