Background: With coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic, society is gripped with uncertainty and fear, inclining them toward Yoga to prevent mental health issues. Google Trends (GT) depicts the public interest of the community which may vary due to evolving policy dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aim: The aim was to study global public interest in Yoga for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: Global time trends were obtained for Yoga, Anxiety, and Depression from November 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020 using GT. The time series analysis was done in three different time periods – pre-COVID-19 phase, transition period, and COVID-19 pandemic phase. Cross-correlation, Spearman rho, Friedman ANOVA test, and forecasting were used for analysis. Results: GT found a global change in the search queries for Yoga, anxiety, and depression during the three time periods. High burden COVID-19 countries – Italy, Spain, Russia, and Brazil had an increasing search trend for Yoga. During the COVID-19 phase, there was a significant positive correlation between the search trends of Yoga with depression ( r = 0.232; P < 0.05) and anxiety ( r = 0.351; P < 0.05), but higher anxiety and depression searches lead to lower Yoga searches at lag +6. Forecast projected a continuous increase in Yoga searches and anxiety queries. Conclusion: Google Trends captured a significant rise in interest of Yoga among the global community but diminished with time. Hence, the need for interventions to promote Yoga to be part of routine life and for making sure that people adhere to the Yoga practices on a continuous basis.

Background: Some of the common problems that senior citizens face are stress and reduced efficiency in Activities of Daily Living. Mind Sound Resonance Technique (MSRT) is an advanced relaxation technique which is developed by Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana [SVYASA], Bengaluru, India.

Yoga is the control of thought-waves in the mind Water flows continually into the ocean But the ocean is never disturbed; Desire flows into the mind of the seer But he is never disturbed. The seer knows peace ... He knows peace who has forgotten desire He lives without craving; Free from ego, free from pride.-The Bhagvad Gita THE WORD yoga is derived from the sanskrit root word 'yuj' which means 'to join', 'to integrate' and 'to combine', which means total integration of the physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual aspects of the human personality. Yoga and ethical governance are interlinked helping the society to grow positively so that the people encompassing it are able to enjoy full life. We all belong to India, and as Indians we always feel proud of our rich heritage. The land of spirituality as it is called where the sound of vedic chanting and high morality always echoes in the air, a nation of wide race, cultures, religions stand as an example of brotherhood, secularism and democracy. We belong to a race of Raja Ram of Ayodhya, the leader of the kingdom, who stands as an ideal 'maryada purushottam' in front of the public to set an example of sacrifice, humanism and character ; but the piety of olden times has now been replaced by haughtiness, corruption and poor administration. Our country falls in the category of developing countries, and the sad part is that we seek solution for its internal matters from foreign powers. Even after 66 years of Independence, it is a shame that minds of Indians have still not evolved to enjoy the security of being together and working together. They still shake under the grip of terrorism,

Structural social capital is understood as maintenance of connections, immense trust, following of certain rules and fulfilling certain commitments. It is pertinent to improve quality of life. The present research aimed to study the structural social capital of parents having persons with disability living in Chandigarh. The descriptive survey method with convenient sampling technique was employed. Twenty-five parents of persons with disability (N=25) having age group 20 to 55 years were in the sample. The questionnaire comprised of six statements and each statement had sub-items with the options of yes and no. Results showed that parents having persons with disabilities hadgood network ties with relatives, neighbours and friends but a few parents having persons with disabilities did not have good bondings. Besides, majority did not participate in the activities such as social and cultural clubs, religious organisation, government schemes, local community function and political organisation.The authors recommend that support from government, non-government organisation and community to provide financial, moral and psychologicalhelp to families of PWD is important for healthy development of all individuals of society.

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