Two-day international conference on yoga kicks off today

June 22, 2016 08:59

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will inaugurate a two-day international conference on 'Yoga for Body and Beyond' organised by the Ministry of AYUSH at Vigyan Bhawan 11 am on Wednesday, in which 70 delegates from 32 countries will participate.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Professor H R Nagendra will address the valedictory session of the conference on Thursday.

Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik will be the Guest of Honour in both the sessions.

Apart from international resource persons, about 70 international delegates from 32 countries have confirmed their participation in the Conference. The countries include Iraq, Afghanistan, Algeria, Malaysia, Spain, Russia, Portugal, Australia, Belgium, China, Egypt, Iceland, Japan, Kuwait, Korea, Kenya, Slovenia, Uzbekistan and the UAE.

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