Question: The 7th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) was held from December 2 to 4, 2016 in which of the following city?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Kolkata
(c) New Delhi
(d) Bengaluru
Ans:(b)
Related facts:
- From 1to 4, December 2016; 7th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) was held at Science City in Kolkata, West Bengal.
- It was organised by the World Ayurveda Foundation with the support of the Union Ministry of AYUSH and West Bengal government.
- The focus theme of the Ayurveda Congress was “Strengthening the Ayurveda Ecosystem“.
- Besides, to facilitate development and growth of AYUSH system of medicine the AYUSH ministry also had organised AROGYA Expo.
- It was inaugurated by Union Minister for AYUSH Shripad Naik.
- This year’s World Ayurveda Congress was the largest ever as compared to the earlier World Ayurveda Congress at Kochi 2002, Pune 2006, Jaipur 2008, Bengaluru 2010, Bhopal 2012 and Delhi 2014.
Reference:
http://www.ayurworld.org/
http://www.ayurworld.org/world-ayurveda-congress/