The Yoga Institute history and its application as medicine. Yoga Institute launched the Medical Research Unit for research on psychosomatic and psychiatric diseases in 1970 with aid from the Central Council for Research in Indian Medicine and Homeopathy (now part of the Ministry of AYUSH). Yoga Institute Centers were established in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, South America, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, and the UK. The Yoga Institute hosted the "World Householder's Yoga Conference" in 1997 which was presided over by the Dalai Lama. In December, 2008, the institute launched a first-of-its kind yoga museum in Mumbai, based on classical yoga, displaying its
The North-South Institute announced that it would close. According to a newspaper report, the closure resulted from the decision by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development to no longer fund the institution. The North-South Institute Founded in 1976, The North-South Institute (NSI) is a policy research institution or think tank based in Ottawa, Canada and specializing in international development. The objectives of the institute were as follows: For nearly four decades, NSI endeavored to fulfill these objectives and to pursue the broad goal of reducing global poverty and inequality through effective international development. In think tank rankings, the North-South Institute was