International Day Of Yoga

India to push its 2036 Olympic bid in Paris, seek inclusion of Indic sports

India's sports administrators would be "lobbying" hard during the upcoming Paris Olympics to brighten the country's chances of hosting the 2036 Games where they will push for the inclusion of indigenous disciplines like yoga, kho kho and kabaddi if their ambitious bid is successful. The Sports Authority of India's Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) presented its detailed report on the measures needed for a successful bid to new sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday. In this document, MOC has identified six disciplines, including yoga, kho kho, kabaddi, chess, T20 cricket and squash for inclusion in the 2036 Olympics if the country gets to host the quadrennial extravaganza. "We met the new Sports Minister yesterday and handed him the report. The minister said he will need a few days to go through it. But he asked us to prepare another report on how sports can be a career option in the country, how to build interest among youth, how to bring private players into sports," a senior memb

India has given many gifts to mankind, yoga biggest of them all: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that India has given many things to the entire humankind, but yoga is its biggest gift to the world. He was speaking after performing yoga at a public garden in Ahmedabad this morning on the occasion of the 10th International Day of Yoga. "This Yoga Day holds special significance because it is the 10th edition. After Narendra Modi became the prime minister in 2014, he addressed the UN general assembly and proposed that June 21 should be observed as Yoga Day. His proposal was eventually accepted after over 170 nations agreed to that proposal," Shah said. Today, the entire world has not only accepted yoga, people are learning it and teaching it to others too, he said in his address. "India has given so much to humanity. But I personally feel that India's biggest gift to the world is yoga, which is a medium to connect our inner strength with our soul. Yoga is a remedy to many illnesses prevalent at present. It is the only way to live a ...

Yoga has reached every corner of the world under PM Modi: JP Nadda

Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Friday urged citizens to incorporate yoga into their day-to-day lives to yield its benefits. The minister, who performed yoga at the Yamuna Sports complex on the occasion of the International Day of Yoga (IDY), noted that the United Nations General Assembly, heeding to a call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had made a declaration to observe June 21 every year as IDY. "Since then, under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, Yoga has reached every corner of the world. I got the opportunity to perform yoga with enthusiasts today. Citizens should adopt yoga in their day-to-day life to avail the benefits," Nadda said. Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel led the IDY celebrations at AIIMS and performed yoga with doctors and healthcare workers and health ministry officials. The day was also celebrated at Ram Manohar Lohia and Safdarjung hospitals.

Yoga can attract more tourists to J-K, create more jobs for locals: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the world sees yoga as a powerful agent for global good as it helps people live in the present without carrying the baggage of the past. Addressing a gathering at the 10th International Yoga Day event at the SKICC here, the prime minister said yoga has helped people realise that their welfare is linked to the welfare of the world around them. "The world is looking at yoga as a powerful agent of global good. Yoga helps us live in the present moment without the baggage of the past," the prime minister said. "When we are peaceful within, we can also make a positive impact on the world...Yoga is making new ways of positive change in the society," the prime minister said. The event was scheduled to be held on the lawns of the SKICC on the banks of the Dal Lake but had to be shifted indoors due to incessant rain.

India's gift to humanity, Yoga is the way to well-being: President Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said yoga is India's unique gift to humanity, and it has become far more important because of rising lifestyle-related problems. She, along with other officials of the President's Secretariat, also performed yoga at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. "Greetings to the entire global community, especially the fellow citizens of India on International Yoga Day! Yoga is India's unique gift to humanity. In view of rising lifestyle related problems, Yoga has become far more important today. "Yoga is a way to physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Let us resolve to adopt yoga as an integral part of our day-to-day living," the president said in a post on X and shared pictures of her doing yoga. The International Yoga Day is celebrated every year on June 21.

PM Modi to lead 10th International Yoga Day celebrations in J-K's Srinagar

On the occasion, the Prime Minister will address the gathering and participate in the Common Yoga Protocol session, highlighting Yoga's significance in nurturing physical, mental, and spiritual growth

Yoga Day: Indian Army personnel perform yoga at Ladakh's Pangong Tso Lake

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral R Hari Kumar performed Yoga on board INS Vikrant at Kochi in Kerala

9th International Yoga Day 2023: Date, Theme, History and Importance

"Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam," this year's International Day of Yoga 2023 theme, beautifully summarizes collective aspiration for "One Earth, One Family, One Future"

Yoga Day 2022: Sarvesh Shashi explains how Yoga can prevent diabetes, PCOS

On the occasion of the International Day of Yoga, Business Standard spoke with Sarvesh Sashi, Founder of SARVA. Watch the video to find out how Yoga can prevent diabetes, heart disease and a lot more

Yoga in the times of Covid: Relevance of asanas, pranayama during pandemic

Non-violent protest: Farmers to mark International Yoga Day with shavasana

New Delhi, June 12To highlight agrarian distress, farmer unions plan to mark the International Day of Yoga on June 21 by performing shavasana, or the corpse pose, across the country. On the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to be in Lucknow and perform yoga with an estimated 50,000 people.Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangatathan chief Shiv Kumar 'Kakkaji' said 62 farmer unions will block national highways for three hours on June 16. In New Delhi, farmer union leaders and supporters plan to visit Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat on that day."Our non-violent movement will continue. But, yes we want to tell people across the length and breadth of this country the pitiable condition of farmers. To this end, we plan to perform shavasana on the International Day of Yoga," Shiv Kumar, who has emerged as the leader of the farmer agitation in Madhya Pradesh, told this paper from Bhopal.On June 21, the International Day of Yoga that United Nations ratified in 2014 upon the PM's ...

UN plans to issue Yoga Day stamps next year

Participants from a record 135 nationalities had gathered in front of the UN Secretariat building to commemorate Yoga Day last month

Faridabad yoga event claims world record

Over one lakh people performed yoga together in Haryana's Faridabad to mark the International Day of Yoga

PM Modi leads India into second International Day of Yoga celebrations

Modi, dressed in a white-coloured t-shirt and trouser along with a scarf, led over 30,000 participants at a mass yoga demonstration in Chandigarh

International Day of Yoga: Make yoga a part of your life, says PM Modi

The PM further said that yoga is not a religious activity and should be embraced by all for better physical and mental health

Yoga practitioners in metros up 30%: Assocham survey

Survey was conducted during the past two months in the wake of the International Day of Yoga celebrated globally on June 21

Several events held in China ahead of Yoga Day

Events were held in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou

Nine Chinese cities to host Yoga Day celebrations

India and China jointly co-sponsored the resolution adopting the IDY in the United Nations in December 2014