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If there is one form of Indian posturing that China supports even at multilateral forums, and allows its citizens to adopt freely, it is Yoga. Several hundred Chinese yoga enthusiasts participated in a mass yoga session on Saturday morning to mark International Yoga Day, which falls on June 21. HT Photo On Saturday, many cities across China began week-long programmes to mark the second International Day of Yoga, which falls on June 21. Loca stanley cup l governments joined hands with the Indian embassy and consulates across China to organise Yoga classes, with teachers flown in from India and thousands of Chinese expected to take part in sessions over the next few days. In November 2014, China had happily supported Indias bid at the United Nations to mark June 21 as the world Yoga day, possibly without muttering the name of a snug South Asian ally. HT photo On Saturday morning, more than 600 Chinese practitioners stanley cup took part in a Yoga session in Beijings biggest park. Five Indian teachers guided them. Senior Indian diplomat Bala Bhaskar read out excerpts from Prime Minister Narendra Modis speech on the second International Day of Yoga: Yoga is much more than a physical exercise 鈥?it enables us to access a new dimension of the self, even while providing stanley cup a holistic approach to preventive healthcare and well-being. In eastern China, the Indian consulate in Shanghai helped organise Yoga sessions in nine cities, beginning with Wenzhou on Saturday. Shanghai will hold a sessi Syrr Next Pakistan polls to be free and fair: Zardari
Canadian pop star Nelly Furtado, who says she was paid $1 million to perform for Muammar Gaddafi and his family at a hotel in Italy in 2007, is donating the money to charity. HT Image According to the New York Times, the Gaddafi clan has been spending as lavishly on entertainers as they have on weapons in recent years. Beyonce and Usher reportedly performed for Gaddafi s son Muatassim at this year s New Year eve party on the Caribbean island of St. Barts. A year earlier, Saif al-Islam el-Gaddafi, ano adidas samba ther Gaddafi son, also paid Mariah Carey $1 million to sing just four songs at the New Year bash, the paper said last week. Though most pop stars have kept quiet about taking huge sums of money from the embattled Libyan leader, Furtado Monday admitted on her Twitter that she pocketed $1 million for entertaining the Gaddafi family in 2007. On her Twitter account, the Canadian singing star wrote that she gave a private show for the family of the Libyan leader four years ago. In 2007, I was paid $1 million by the Gaddafi clan to play a 45-minute show for guests at a hotel in Italy, she said in her tweet message. I am going to donate this money . A representative of Universal Music, Furtado s label, confirmed the tweet Monday, according to the Canadian Broa adidas originals dcasting Corporation CBC . Furtado had a baby girl Nevis with her Indian-origin boyfriend DJ Jasper Gahunia in 2003. Read stanley cup breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, |
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