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PM Modi lays foundation stone of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar

UN declares 2023 as International Millet Year

Our Bureau, PTI Published 19.04.22, 06:09 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi File picture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the establishment of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) here will user in an age of traditional medicine globally.

Modi, along with the World Health Organization's Director-General Dr Tredos Ghebreyesus and Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, laid the foundation stone for the centre.

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The centre will start the age of traditional medicine in the world in the next 25 years, Modi said, listing various benefits of traditional medicine.

He also thanked the United Nations for accepting India's proposal and declaring 2023 as the International Millet Year.

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