Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel here today led the curtain raiser of the second edition of the Slum Daud. Chief Guest for the event was tennis legend Vijay Amritraj. The first edition of the Slum Daud was held on 26 May in which 5000 youngsters from various slums in Delhi participated wholeheartedly. The Slum Yuva Daud is part of the Adopt Slum Campaign initiated by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan.

The Third International Day of Yoga was celebrated with great enthusiasm across the country with mass yoga demonstrations taking place in various places.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) organised various activities across the country on the occasion of International Day of Yoga today. About 2000 CAPFs personnel have participated in the mass Yoga demonstration today at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The officials of MHA participated in the mass Yoga demonstration at various locations in Delhi.

The Ministry of Tourism has released the ‘Compendium on Guidelines for Ayush Facilities’ here today.

About one hundred officers and officials in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change participated in International Yoga Day celebrations here today.