International Yoga Day 2020: PM Modi's address will be aired on Doordarshan (File)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation and participate in an online event to celebrate International Yoga Day today as the occasion is set to be marked on digital media platforms without mass gatherings this time prompted by the highly contagious coronavirus pandemic. For the first time since it was instituted on June 21, 2015, coinciding with the Summer Solstice each year, Yoga Day will go digital.
This year's theme is "Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family".
PM Modi's address will begin at 6:40 am and national broadcaster Doordarshan will begin the day's special programme at 6:15 am.
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International Yoga Day 2020: Yoga Promotes Peace, Rights, Well-Being, Says UN Director General
Yoga promotes principles of peace, rights and wellbeing that UN is working towards, UN Director-General Tatiana Valovaya said today during the commemoration of 6th International Day of Yoga, reported ANI.
"Yoga promotes principles of peace, rights and wellbeing that UN is working towards. Celebrating #International Yoga Day, we're sending message of unity and connection, one that is of substantial value at time of great challenges but also great opportunities for multilateralism," Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of UN, Geneva, said on Twitter.
Every year International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21. Its sixth edition falls on Sunday, which also happens to have a solar eclipse day in several parts of north India, including Delhi.
Yoga promotes principles of peace, rights and wellbeing that UN is working towards, UN Director-General Tatiana Valovaya said today during the commemoration of 6th International Day of Yoga, reported ANI.
"Yoga promotes principles of peace, rights and wellbeing that UN is working towards. Celebrating #International Yoga Day, we're sending message of unity and connection, one that is of substantial value at time of great challenges but also great opportunities for multilateralism," Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of UN, Geneva, said on Twitter.
Every year International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21. Its sixth edition falls on Sunday, which also happens to have a solar eclipse day in several parts of north India, including Delhi.
International Yoga Day 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi To Lead Online Event, No Mass GatheringsPrime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a message to the nation and participate in an event for International Yoga Day on Sunday online as the occasion is set to be marked on digital media platforms without mass gatherings this time in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
