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MODI VISIT TO US

‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’

Important to move from practitioners to executors of Yoga: New York City Mayor Eric Adams

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New York, NY
ew York City Mayor Eric Ad-
ams on Wednesday said it is
Nimportant to move from prac-
titioners to executors of Yoga. He said
that is the message Prime Minister
Narendra Modi is bringing, that we
must execute what we learn from yoga.
“It is so important for us to move
from just practitioners to executors.
We practice Yoga but we execute
what we get from Yoga in our lives.
That is the message, I believe, the
PM is bringing. It’s executing. We
must execute what we learn from
yoga,” Adams told ANI. Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on Wednesday
led the Yoga Day event at the United
Nations Headquarters in New York
on the occasion of the ninth Interna- Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the UN Headquarters to lead a yoga session on the occasion of the 9th International Day of Yoga
tional Day of Yoga.
Visuals show people on the UN in New York on Wednesday (ANI)
Headquarters lawns performing
yoga along with PM Modi and other
dignitaries.
PM Modi before leading the
Yoga session on Wednesday said
Yoga is a very old tradition from In-
dia, which is absolutely free of copy-
rights, patents and royalty payments.
He also urged people to join
hands together to realise the goal of
‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’.
Addressing the special event, PM
Modi said, “On this fine morning, we
are gathered here at the UN at the
meeting point of entire humanity. In
this wonderful city of New York. I
know many people have come from
very far. I thank them. I am told that
almost every nationality is represent-
ed here today. Yoga means to unite,
so your coming together is an expres-
sion of another form of Yoga.”
“I remember nine years ago, ex-
actly here I had the honour to pro-
pose celebrating International Yoga
Day on June 21,” he added.
Prime Minister Modi said last Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Ambassador of India to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj at the 9th annual International Day of Yoga 2023
year, the entire world came together event at UN Headquarters (ANI)
to support India’s proposal to cele-
brate 2023 as the International Year ing together for Yoga. a new memorial to be built in their largest troop-contributing nation, we
of Millets and it was wonderful to see “I have just paid respect to UN memory. Last week, the world came are grateful to all nations for their
the people across nationalities com- peacekeepers. In 2015, I called for together to make this reality. As the support of the noble cause,” he said.

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