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COVID - 19 pandemic has brought many problems after recovery. The problems ranges from body functions to all other small issues related to health. But the major impact of COVID - 19 has been on mental health resulting into suicidal tendencies in many patients. Due to lockdown in many parts of country, people have been in their home for a major part of time which has resulted into changes in their mental condition. Socializing has been minimal and going out to work also was hampered due to work from home. In January 2021, 41% adults have been reported with problems of mental fatigue. The efficiency has come down, the outcome of work has been to 80% - 85%, business has gone down because of less innovation and creativeness ability and other related problems. Yoga is giving an impetus to life for many, so to cope up with mental problems the various asanas is providing remedies which will be effective for the entire life. The asanas are being promoted by many yoga experts. The various recommended asanas will provide support to patients having mental problems which are very simple. The yoga guru send a message that if the asanas are done regularly and systematically to get relieved from many different ailment. If the recommended asanas are performed each day it will lead to a better life even if you are suffering from any long term ailment. In this article few postures (asana's) which can be performed at any time in the day but early morning will always be preferred (empty stomach) to get good result. All the asanas should be performed in presence of a trained person after due consultation with your physician. © The Electrochemical Society
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COVID-19 has affected Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) not only in Wuhan, China where this novel corona virus originated but all other HEIs across the globe in 2020. In India, closure of schools & colleges since March 2020 has made education of the students a great challenge in front of the HEIs teacher. Although, teachers are making all the efforts to pass the knowledge to the students from home during lockdown by adapting several online tools.The research was conducted to study the perception of teachers and their experiences of teaching students online during the lockdown. A questionnaire was distributed to 300 teachers of HEIs out of which 260 responses were analysed. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was carried out in SPSS 23. The analysis represents the perception of teachers towards online teaching the basis of four factors “Efficacy”, “Communication Gap”, “Teachers Burden” and “Comfortability”. Research findings indicated that the majority of teachers had intermediate computer competency and half of them had training in online teaching, with only a few having a stability issue with internet connection. From the analysis it was revealed that teachers believe that online teaching result in more academic dishonesty, impersonal and lack feeling compared to face-to-face teaching, and difficult in student-teacher interaction. Additionally, faculty believed all lectures cannot be replaced by technology tools and it increases teacher’s burden. Teachers also opined that technology of online education courses is difficult to manage. However, study shows that despite challenges the teachers are taking online teaching positively and with time they have adapted to the new normal from face to face teaching to online teaching. Teachers of HEIs are overall in favour of online teaching thus embracing the challenges imposed by COVID-19 pandemic by actively partaking in shaping the future of students during these tough times. © 2021, Universitatea de Vest Vasile Goldis din Arad. All rights reserved.
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Background: Stress is defined as the physiological and psychological state which could overburden an individual’s ability to appropriately respond to it. In India,the corona virus pandemic had created a sudden closure of educational institute which leads to shift of conventional classes to virtual classes because of which the medical students were in a stage of dilemma. The present study aimed to assess perceived stress during the COVID 19 lockdown, among the medical students. Aim and Objectives: To assess the perceived stress of medical students in regard to corona pandemic lockdown. Materials and Method: A cross-sectional online survey study was done on 300 medical students whose perceived stress were assessed using an online questionnaire. The stress test was done with the help of Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) which has got 14 items. Results: In 300 medical students (151-boys and 149 girls), the mean perceived stress score was observed as 27.60. In boys the PSS score was found to be 27.85 and in girls it was 27.52. When the score were compared with the mean validated score the students were having moderate amount of stress (p value < 0.05). Conclusion: The present study concluded that the medical students perceived the moderate level of stress. The study thus concludes that lockdown has affected the psychological well being of medical students. © 2020, Institute of Medico-Legal Publications. All rights reserved.