Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced "Yoga for One Earth, One Health" as the theme of this year's International Day of Yoga and said the day had taken "the shape of a grand festival".

• The United Nations proclaimed June 21 as the International Day of Yoga with an aim to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practising yoga. 
• It was first celebrated in 2015.
• The prime minister noted that, alongside fitness, keeping a count was also becoming a habit, citing examples of people keeping tabs on the number of steps taken, calories consumed and burnt in a day.
• The prime minister also appealed to everyone to incorporate yoga into their routines and take pride in the country's traditional wisdom for overall wellbeing.