Seychelles President Danny Faure visited Sabarmati Ashram

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On the second day of his six-day tour to India, Seychelles President Danny Faure paid a visit to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad and recorded his message in the visitor’s book that underlined the tenets of Gandhian ideals. “The principle of non-violence is what we need to teach the children of our world, and what was expressed by Gandhi many years ago remains relevant today,” he wrote.

At the end of his note in the visitor’s book, President Faure underlined the futility of revenge, called for non-violence and signed off with a quote commonly attributed to Mahatma Gandhi: “An eye for an eye will make the world blind”.

The Seychelles President is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on diverse areas of cooperation, with geopolitical issues being the primary focus.

Faure’s visit is being perceived as significant in the light of Seychelles Parliament recently blocking a joint defence project that involved both the Indian Ocean region countries cooperating to jointly develop infrastructure for a naval base on Seychelles’ Assumption Islands.

At a press conference on June 4, Faure had stated that Seychelles will develop military facilities at Assumption Island on its own and that the project with India ‘will not move forward’. He also said that the issue would not be discussed with the Indian leadership during his visit to New Delhi.

India has been eager about facilitating a deal with the African nation so as to augment its strategic hold in the Indian Ocean region as it faces tough competition from China which has been expanding its military presence across the ocean.

Back in 2015, India and Seychelles had signed an agreement on the Assumption Island project during PM Modi’s visit to the country. Earlier this year, an updated version of the original deal was finalised by the two countries.

Dr SP Singh Oberoi has saved 15 Indians, including 14 Punjabis, from the gallows in UAE

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Dubai-based hotelier Dr SP Singh Oberoi has saved 15 Indians, including 14 Punjabis, from the gallows in UAE and brought 14 of them back home to reunite with their families. Dr. Oberoi presented the youth in front of the media on Friday at a press conference in Jalandhar.

Some of them were meeting their families after 8-9 years. The youth were sentenced to death in two separate cases of murder, one of a Pakistani national and the other from Uttar Pradesh. “Blood money” was paid in both cases to save them from the gallows.

The youth were arrested in two cases registered at Shahrjah and Al-Ain cities in Abu Dhabi, and the court had awarded death sentence to them. The first case, registered in Shahrjah in November 2011 was of the murder of Virendra Chauhan (38), originally from Shekhapura village in Azamgarh district of UP. Five youth, namely, Dharmender Kumar of Chhapra in Bihar state, Harvinder Singh of Ajnala in Amritsar, Ranjit Singh of Jinsara of Nawanshahr district, Dalwinder Singh of Mahilpur in Hoshiarpur district, and Sucha Singh of Jassomajra of Patiala district were sentenced to death in this case.

In the second case, 10 Punjabi youth were sentenced to death in the murder of Muhamad Farhaan of Peshawar in Pakistan by an Ai-Ain court in 2016. In this case, Satminder Singh of Thhikriwal in Barana district, Chander Shekhar of Nawanshahr, Chamkor Singh of Malerkotla, Kulwinder Singh of Ludhiana, Balwinder Singh of Chilang village, Dharamvir Singh of Samrala, Harjinder Singh of Mohali, Tarsem Singh of Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh of Patiala, Jagjit Singh of Gurdaspur, and Kuldeep Singh of Tarntaran district were sentenced to death.

Dr. Oberoi said that all were brough back except Dharamvir, who will return as soon as the legal formalities are completed.

In both cases, Dr. Oberoi filed the appeals after their death sentence and visited the families of the deceased a number of times to persuade them to accept the blood money. A hefty amount was paid to the families of the deceased and that money too was organised by Dr. Oberoi through his Sarabat Da Bhala trust.

Till date, Dr. Oberoi has saved 93 Indians, mostly Punjabis, from the death sentence by paying blood money worth Rs. 20 crore and by fighting their cases in the courts free of cost. Also, his trust has brought back the bodies of 63 Indians, mostly Punjabis, from Arab Countries who died there due to unknown reasons. His trust even perfoms the last rites as well as adopts the families of such youth if their economic condition is bad.

The families of these youth were also present in the press conference and they said that Dr. Oberoi had given them a second life by bringing their children back from the jaws of death.

He said that boys from Punjab must focus on their work whenever they go to these countries instead indulging in criminal activities. He said that the families of these boys send them abroad with great expectations of a good future and they must keep that in mind.

पाकिस्तान ने उच्चायुक्त को गुरूद्वारे जाने से रोका

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पाकिस्तान में भारतीय उच्चायुक्त अजय बिसारिया को गुरुद्वारा जाने से रोके जाने की खबर आ रही है. जानकारी के अनुसार बिसारिया को अनुमति मिलने के बाद भी उन्हें गुरुद्वारा जाने से रोक दिया गया है.

सूत्रों की मानें तो, बिसारिया को पाकिस्तान के हसन अब्दाल में पंजा साहिब गुरुद्वारा जाने की अनुमति मिल चुकी थी, उसके बाद भी उन्हें वहां जाने से पाकिस्तानी अधिकारियों ने रोक दिया. यहां चर्चा कर दें कि इससे पहले भी पाकिस्तान में भारतीय उच्चायुक्त को गुरुद्वारा जाने से रोका जा चुका है. भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच डिप्लोमेट विवाद कोई नया नहीं है. इससे पहले अप्रैल में भारतीय उच्चायु्क्त को वैशाखी मनाने पाकिस्तान गये भारतीय सिख श्रद्धालुओं से मिलने से रोका गया था.

पाकिस्तान ने उस समय बिसारिया को गुरुद्वारे में प्रवेश करने से रोक दिया था जिसके बाद भारत ने पाकिस्तान की इस हरकत पर कड़ी आपत्ति व्यक्त की थी. वहीं, कुछ माह पहले की बात करें तो दोनों देशों ने अपने डिप्लोमेट्स और उनके परिवार के साथ उत्पीड़न और धमकी जैसे मामले एक-दूसरे से शिकायत कर चुके हैं.

पाकिस्तान में राजनयिक अशिष्टता को लेकर भारत कई बार आपत्ति जता चुका है. भारत के मुताबिक, पाकिस्तान लगातार 1961 के वियना कनवेक्शन का उल्लंघन करता आया है.

Swiggy raised $210 million of investments

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Swiggy raised $210 million from a group of investors, catapulting India’s largest food delivery service provider into a select club of startup unicorns with a valuation of $1 billion or more. The latest funding, led by Naspers and billionaire Yuri Milner’s DST Global, values Swiggy at roughly $1.3 billion, surpassing rival Zomato’s $1.1 billion valuation based on a February fund-raising round. China’s Meituan-Dianping has also invested in the latest funding round, along with new investor Coatue Management.

Swiggy, founded in August 2014, is one of the fastest entrants into the unicorn club. The latest fund-raising will add pressure on Zomato to raise additional funds quickly to keep pace with its Bengaluru-based rival in the online food-delivery business.  On 2 April that Zomato was in talks to raise $200-400 million.

Swiggy, which has emerged as the breakout consumer internet start-up of the past five years, has easily been the most prolific food delivery start-up in terms of its ability to continue raising funds from deep-pocketed foreign investors. It has raised about $465 million till date, according to Mint research. Barely four months ago, Swiggy raised $100 million from South African media giant Naspers.

Swiggy, which is by far India’s best-funded food delivery start-up, plans to use the funds to ramp up its supply-chain network and expand to new markets, the company said in a statement.

“With this investment, we will continue to widen Swiggy’s offerings, along with bolstering our capabilities and plugging the gaps in the on-demand delivery ecosystem,” said Sriharsha Majety, CEO and co-founder of Swiggy.

Mint had first reported on 2 April that both Swiggy and Zomato were in talks to raise more money. In early February, Zomato raised $150 million from Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group, valuing the food-tech start-up at about $1.1 billion.

Swiggy, which operates in 15 cities including Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Kolkata, claims to have more than 35,000 restaurant partners on its platform and a delivery fleet of over 40,000.

Founded by Majety, Nandan Reddy and Rahul Jaimini, Swiggy is one of the few consumer internet start-ups from 2014 that is thriving and consistently chased by large global investors. Smaller peers such as food-ordering app TinyOwl, grocery-ordering app PepperTap and real estate platform Housing.com have either been shut down or sold in distress deals. Some others, such as online grocery start-up Grofers, are struggling to attract new investors and have been unable to find a sustainable long-term business model.

Now this is what we call “INTOLERANCE”

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Pakistani newspaper Dawn has been facing disruptions in its circulation in “targeted cities and towns” for the past month ahead of the July general election, its management saidin a statement on Tuesday.

The management of Pakistan’s oldest newspaper has also alleged that vans and hawkers distributing its copies have been denied entry to cantonment areas for “several months” and government officials in parts of Sindh, Punjab, and Balochistan are now also stopping them from delivering copies to regular subscribers ahead of the 25 July polls.

“Multiple reports are also coming in of officials posted in many cities and towns in Punjab, arbitrarily summoning newspaper agents, hawkers and salesmen, and warning them not to distribute copies of Dawn, threatening them with consequences if disobeyed,” it added.

Calling attempts to forcibly deny newspaper access to the citizens a “categorical violation of the Article 19”, Dawn urged caretaker prime minister Nasirul Mulk, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa and Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar to take strong notice “without any further delay of this hostile situation”.

‘Cannot withstand an engineered election’

In Pakistan, Article 19 of the Constitution grants its citizens the right to freedom of speech and expression, and the freedom of the press. This freedom is subject to any “reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interest of the glory of Islam or the integrity, security or defence of Pakistan or any part thereof friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, (commission of) or incitement to an offence.”

He added that if this campaign continued, the holding “free, fair and just elections” will become next to impossible. “Let such forces be warned that the social and political fibre of Pakistani society and the polarisation within the Federation cannot withstand an engineered election,” he said.

The background

In May, several reports stated that copies of Dawn “vanished” from Balochistan. It was reported then that the distributors were told to stop its circulation because the newspaper was ‘pro-Nawaz Sharif’.

On 12 May,

dawn published an interview with the former prime minister which purportedly did not go down well with the Pakistan’s military establishment; Nawaz questioned the military’s commitment to curbing terrorism. “Militant organisations are active. Call them non-State actors, should we allow them to cross the border and kill 150 people in Mumbai (2008 attack)? Explain it to me. Why can’t we complete the trial?” Sharif asked in the interview.

The Pakistan Army enjoys considerable influence over policy decisions in Pakistan and has virtually ruled the country for much of its life since it gained independence 70 years ago.

Following the Dawn interview, the Press Council of Pakistan notified the newspaper’s editor that the publication has breached the ethical code. Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders lashed out at the authorities over the reports of blocking of Dawn’s circulation. “It is clear that the military high command does not want to allow a democratic debate in the months preceding a general election,” it said in a statement.

Other media organisations cry censorship

Apart from Dawn, journalists and other media organisations have claimed censorship and acts threatening their freedom ahead of the July election.

On 6 June, senior journalist Gul Bukhari — known for her criticism of the Pakistan Army — was abducted for several hours while on her way to record a TV programme late at night. Another journalist Asad Kharal was physically assaulted in Lahore the same day.

In April, Geo News was blocked in many parts of Pakistan. Reports claimed that cable operators were being forced to suspend the channel on orders of the Pakistan military.

Media watchdogs such as Amnesty and International Press Institute (IPI) expressed their concerns over these incidents.

“These actions deny the public’s fundamental right to receive news and information and to participate in informed debate about matters of public interest, in particular the military’s role in civilian affairs”, IPI executive director Barbara Trionfi said in a letter sent to Mulk, Nisar, Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Muhammad Raza, Senate chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, and the Leader of Opposition Sherry Rehman.

Amnesty International South Asia deputy director Dinushika Dissanayake said: “Key freedoms are under relentless attack in Pakistan, with the authorities cracking down on dissent, whether it takes place on the streets, on television news channels, in newspaper columns, or on social media.”

Your Stocks Today

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Benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE’s Nifty 50 advanced for the second session on Thursday following positive cues from Asian markets. Asian shares edges higher on Thursday as easing trade tensions between US and China helped calm nerves, while tensions in the oil market grew ahead of an Opec meeting. Meanwhile, RBI’s June meeting minutes gave no indication of future rate action, citing uncertainties around oil and food prices. Bond yields fell for 5th session, while the rupee weakens against US dollar.

Jindal Saw shares hit over 10-month low: 

Shares of Jindal Saw Ltd fell nearly 6% to Rs87.1, their lowest since 11 August 2017 and biggest intraday percentage loss since 5 June. The stock down 34% this year, up to Wednesday’s close.The US commerce department on Wednesday said it finds welded pipe from four countries, including India, subsidized and that it was imposing preliminary duties that could top 500%. Imports of large-diameter welded pipe in 2017 were valued at an estimated $294.7 million from India, said US commerce department. Jindal Saw posted sales of large-diameter saw pipes of about 535,000 MT for full year ended March 2018.

Market update: Sensex, Nifty trade flat

BSE Sensex traded higher by 5.75 points, or 0.02%, to 35,553.08, while the Nifty 50 edged down 4.55 points, or 0.04%, to 10,767.50. BSE MidCap was unchanged and SmallCap fell 0.27%.Among the sectoral indices on BSE, energy, IT, teck and consumer durables advanced, while telecom, utilities, power and oil and gas declined. Adani Ports, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries and Vedanta were among the top gainers, whereas Power Grid, ONGC, SBI and Sun Pharma were major losers.

Adani Ports shares rise over 1% on block dealShares of Adani Ports Ltd rose 1.4% to Rs371 after huge block deal. Around 2.7% stake or 55.20 million shares of the company changed hands. However details of the buyers and sellers were not known.

IndiGo shares jump 4%

Shares of IndiGo parent InterGlobe Aviation Ltd jumped 4% to Rs1,178 after the company said it has not received any notice form the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The company issued the clarification following media reports that ED summoned top management of IndiGo Airlines for violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act.Moreover, regulatory data on Wednesday showed that IndiGo retained its No.1 spot in terms of market share among India’s air passenger careers in May, carrying 4.85 million people during the month. The low-fare airline commanded a 40.9% market share in May, against 39.8% in April, and 41.2% in May 2017.

Bank of Maharastra shares down 7% after CEO arrest

Shares of Bank of Maharashtra fell 7% to Rs12.51 after Maharashtra police arrested the CEO and an executive director of state-run Bank accusing them of misusing their authority in making loans to a property developer. BoM CEO Ravindra Marathe and an executive director, Rajendra Gupta, were among six people arrested, police said. Among the rest are Sushil Muhnot, a former chairman and managing director of the bank, a manager at the bank, and a chartered accountant and an employee of D.S. Kulkarni Developers Ltd, police said.

Market update: Sensex, Nifty open higherBSE Sensex traded higher by 90.22 points, or 0.25%, to 35,637.55, while the Nifty 50 rose 29.55 points, or 0.27%, to 10,801.60.

Bond yields fall for 5th session, rupee weakens against US dollar 

Yields on the 10-year government bonds fell for the fifth consecutive session on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) June meeting minutes signalled that the central bank will rely on data for future rate hike decisions. The 10-year bond yield cooled to 7.798% on Thursday morning from the previous day’s close of 7.827%.Meanwhile, the rupee weakened to 68.18 against US dollar, down 0.16% from its previous close, tracking losses in Asian currencies market as traders waited for developments in the US-China trade dispute.

Stocks in focus today

■ Low-fare airline IndiGo (Interglobe Aviation Ltd) retained its No.1 spot in terms of market share among India’s air passenger careers in May, carrying 4.85 million people during the month.

■ German auto parts maker Bosch Group plans to invest 1,700 crores ($250 million) in India over the next three years to meet growing demand in the domestic automotive market, chief executive officer Volkmar Denner said.

■ State Bank of India (SBI) managing director Balasubramanyam Sriram has been appointed the managing director and chief executive officer of IDBI Bank for a period of three months.

■ Textiles-to-retail conglomerate Arvind Ltd is planning to scale up its textiles business to Rs10,000 crore by 2023, from Rs6,000 crore now.

■ Auto component maker Varroc Engineering Ltd will launch its Rs1,955 crore initial public offering (IPO) on 26 June.

■ Biscuit maker Anmol Industries Ltd has filed draft papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India for its initial public offering 

Opening bell: Cues to look out for before trading today

■ The Nasdaq composite and S&P 500 closed higher on Wednesday, boosted by dealmaking activity and potentially improving trade relations between the US and the European Union. Asian stocks were muted on Thursday as global markets calmed after an elevation in trade tensions between the US and China triggered a sell-off earlier in the week.

■ In stark contrast to previous meetings of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) monetary policy committee, the one in June gave no indication of future rate action, citing uncertainties around oil and food prices. However, all the members were unanimous in their readings on inflation and growth.

■ Union minister Arun Jaitley said that chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian will be leaving the finance ministry because of “pressing family commitments” and will return to the US.

■ The highest GST rate of 28%, plus states levying some amount of local sales tax or value added tax (VAT), on petrol and diesel is likely to be the tax structure when the two auto fuels are covered under the goods and service tax regime.

Yoga is Rahmat not Zahmat Top Muslim Bodies

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Yoga should not be used as a political tool or linked to a particular community, top Muslim bodies said on Wednesday on the eve of International Day for Yoga.

The organisations also said that Yoga should be seen as form of exercise and not through the prism of religion.

“Islam lays special emphasis on physical fitness and considers things related to fitness as good. Yoga as an exercise is good, but it should not be made compulsory which may not be acceptable to people of other religions.

“The most important thing is that Yoga should not be used as a political tool. But, sadly this practice is going on,” said All India Muslim Personal Law Board spokesman Sajjad Nomani .
He also said that people of every religion and section of society should be encouraged to celebrate Yoga Day on Thursday.

“It is unfair to force upon someone any particular exercise. There should be no dispute vis-a-vis Yoga. People of every religion and section of the society should be encouraged to celebrate International Yoga Day.

“It is important that Yoga should be perceived as a rahmat (mercy) and not a ‘zahmat‘ (worry),” the spokesman said.

“Yoga should not be seen as something linked to a particular community. It is related to the body only. People who have the habit of seeing Yoga through the prism of religion, actually want to see humanity in a sick state of affairs,” AISPLB spokesperson Yasoob Abbas said.

He said several Islamic nations celebrate International Day for Yoga and people participate happily in events.

On Muslims generally having objections to chanting of mantras during different Yoga asanas, Abbas said, “There is no doubt that Muslims worship Allah alone. But, Islam is not that weak that it will break at the slightest instance and moreover, Yoga is not a God.”

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय योग दिवस 2018 प्रधान मंत्री की अगुआई में आरम्भ

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प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी चौथे अंतरराष्ट्रीय योग दिवस के अवसर पर उत्तराखंड की राजधानी देहरादून में योग सत्र में हिस्सा लिया. पीएम मोदी ने यहां मशहूर फॉरेस्ट रिसर्च इंस्टिट्यूट यानी एफआरआई में करीब 50,000 लोगों के साथ कई तरह के योगासन किए. प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी, राज्यपाल डॉक्टर के के पॉल, मुख्यमंत्री त्रिवेंद्र रावत, केंद्रीय आयुष मंत्री और उत्तराखंड के आयुष मंत्री हरक सिंह रावत भी मौजूद रहे.

इससे पहले पीएम मोदी ने जनता को संबोधित किया. प्रधानमंत्री ने योग दिवस के मौके पर अपने संबोधन की शुरुआत करते हुए कहा कि उत्तराखंड अनेक दशकों से योग का मुख्य केंद्र रहा है. उन्होंने कहा, “यहां के ये पर्वत स्वत: ही योग और आयुर्वेद के लिए प्रेरित करते हैं, सामान्य से सामान्य नागरिक भी जब इस धरती पर आता है तो उसे एक अलग तरह की दिव्य अनुभूति होती है. इस पावन धरा में अद्भुत स्फूर्ति और सम्मोहन है”

पीएम मोदी ने कहा, “ये हम सभी भारतीयों के लिए गौरव की बात है कि आज जहां-जहां उगते सूरज के साथ जैसे-जैसे सूरज अपनी यात्रा करेगा, दुनिया के उस भूभाग में लोग योग से सूर्य का स्वागत कर रहे हैं. देहरादून से लेकर कर डबलिन तक, शंघाई से लेकर शिकागो, जकार्ता से लेकर जोहान्सबर्ग तक योग ही योग है. योग समूचे विश्व को जोड़ने वाली ताकत बन गया है.”

पीएम मोदी ने कहा, आज की आपाधापी में योग व्यक्ति के जीवन में शांति की अनुभूति कराता है. व्यक्ति को परिवार से जोड़कर शांति स्थापित करता है और साथ लाता है. प्रधानमंत्री ने कहा कि जब हम अपनी विरासत पर गर्व करेंगे तभी पूरी दुनिया इसे स्वीकार करेगी. आज पूरी दुनिया में ऐसा माहौल है जो योग के लिए सभी को बढ़ावा देता है.

उन्होंने कहा, योग हर परिस्थिति में जीवन को समृद्ध कर रहा है, जब तोड़ने वाली ताकतें हावी होती है तो बिखराव आता है तो व्यक्तियों और समाज और राष्ट्रों के बीच बिखराव होता है, समाज में विवाद बढ़ते हैं, यहां तक कि व्यक्ति खुद ही बिखरता है और जीवन में तनाव बढ़ता चला जाता है. इस बिखराव के बीच योग जोड़ता है.

आज हमारी दुनिया में ऐसे करोड़ों लोग हैं जो कि हार्ट की बीमारी से ग्रसित हैं ऐसे में योग उन बीमारियों को दूर करने में भी मदद करता है. उन्होंने कहा कि योग के कारण दुनिया आज illness से wellness की तरफ बढ़ रही है.

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के साथ योग करने के लिए न सिर्फ कॉलेज के विद्यार्थी अलग-अलग जगह से रात के 12 बजे से ही इंतज़ार में बैठे थे कि गेट खुले और वो अंदर जाए, बल्कि 6 साल की एक छोटी बच्ची भी इस इंतज़ार में थी कि मोदी अंकल के साथ योग कर सके, उसकी माने तो मोदी उसके नेता हैं और देश के लिए अच्छा ही कर रहे हैं.

आपको बता दें कि ये चौथा योग दिवस है. इससे पहले भी प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने अलग-अलग शहरों में जाकर योग दिवस मनाया था. पीएम मोदी ने पहला योग दिवस दिल्ली में, दूसरा योग दिवस चंडीगढ़ में, तीसरा योग दिवस लखनऊ में मनाया था.

इन सभी आयोजनों में भी प्रधानमंत्री के साथ 50,000 से अधिक लोगों ने योग किया था. सिर्फ भारत ही नहीं बल्कि दुनिया भर में 21 जून को योग दिवस मनाया जाएगा.

आपको बता दें कि अपने रेडियो कार्यक्रम ‘मन की बात’ में भी प्रधानमंत्री ने योग दिवस का जिक्र किया था. उन्होंने कहा था कि अगर हम फिट रहेंगे, तो भारत फिट रहेगा.” 21 जून को अंतरराष्ट्रीय योग दिवस से पहले उन्होंने कहा, “मैं सभी देशवासियों से अपील करता हूं कि वह अपनी योग की विरासत को अपनाएं और एक स्वस्थ, सुखद और सुव्यवस्थित राष्ट्र का निर्माण करें.”

वह एक ऐतिहासिक क्षण था. 11 दिसंबर 2014 – यूनाइटेड नैशंस की आम सभा ने भारत द्वारा पेश किए गए प्रस्ताव को स्वीकार करते हुए 21 जून को ‘अंतरराष्ट्रीय योग दिवस’ के रूप में घोषित कर दिया. इस प्रस्ताव का समर्थन 193 में से 175 देशों ने किया और बिना किसी वोटिंग के इसे स्वीकार कर लिया गया.

यूएन ने योग की महत्ता को स्वीकारते हुए माना कि योग मानव स्वास्थ्य व कल्याण की दिशा में एक संपूर्ण नजरिया है. प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी द्वारा 14 सिंतबर 2014 को पहली बार पेश किया गया यह प्रस्ताव तीन महीने से भी कम समय में यूएन की महासभा में पास हो गया.

भारतीय राजदूत अशोक मुखर्जी ने ‘अंतरराष्ट्रीय योग दिवस’ का प्रस्ताव यूएन असेंबली में रखा था, जिसे दुनिया के 175 देशों ने भी सह-प्रस्तावित किया था. यूएन जनरल असेंबली में किसी भी प्रस्ताव को इतनी बड़ी संख्या में मिला समर्थन भी अपने आप में एक रिकॉर्ड बन गया. इससे पहले किसी भी प्रस्ताव को इतने बड़े पैमाने पर इतने देशों का समर्थन नहीं मिला था. और यह भी पहली बार हुआ था कि किसी देश ने यूएन असेंबली में कोई इस तरह की पहल सिर्फ 90 दिनों के भीतर पास हो गयी हो. यह भी अपने आप में एक रिकॉर्ड है.

21 जून को ही अंतरराष्ट्रीय योग दिवस बनाए जाने के पीछे वजह है कि इस दिन ग्रीष्म संक्रांति होती है. इस दिन सूर्य धरती की दृष्टि से उत्तर से दक्षिण की ओर चलना शुरू करता है. यानी सूर्य जो अब तक उत्तरी गोलार्ध के सामने था, अब दक्षिणी गोलार्ध की तरफ बढ़ना शुरू हो जाता है. योग के नजरिए से यह समय संक्रमण काल होता है, यानी रूपांतरण के लिए बेहतर समय होता है.

 

Femina Miss India World 2018: Miss Anukreethy Vas

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Femina Miss India World 2018: Miss Anukreethy Vas from Tamil Nadu was declared the winner of the 55th edition of Femina Miss India 2018 pageant held at Dome, NSCI Stadium whereas Miss Meenakshi Chaudhary from Haryana and Miss Shreya Rao from Andhra Pradesh bagged the first and second runner up positions respectively.

Miss Anukreethy Vas,Femina Miss India World 2018 will represent India in Miss Universe contest.

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Valarie Kaur a lawyer in Oregon in her tweet stated that atleast 70 out of 123 immigrants detained are South Asians , 52 of them are from India who speak Punjabi who need translators.

She has requested for translators and has further requested to contact @APANONews