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Over 1,500 Participants Unite for a Yoga Performance in Da Nang

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The Indian Ambassador to Vietnam, Sandeep Arya, spoke at the event, highlighting that this performance is an annual tradition to promote yoga and its values to a wider audience. Indian artists captivated the audience with their impressive yoga performance. The United Nations General Assembly declared June 21st as International Yoga Day in 2014, recognizing its global appeal. Since then, annual yoga performances in Vietnam have strengthened solidarity, friendship, and mutual understanding between Vietnamese and Indian cultures. Over 1,500 participants from 45 yoga clubs in Da Nang and nearby areas attended this event, showcasing their passion for yoga. International Yoga Day is a global celebration that aims to spread awareness of the physical and mental benefits that yoga offers. You may also like Painting contest held for buffaloes joining ploughing festival in Ha Nam A buffalo painting contest for the Doi ...

Concerns Growing about Global Food Security after Dam Breach in Ukraine

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Increased risk to the world’s breadbasket “This is a breadbasket—that whole area going down towards the Black Sea and Crimea is a breadbasket not only for Ukraine but also for the world,” said Griffiths to the BBC. “We’re already facing difficulties with food security, but food prices are bound to increase.” Satellite image of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam on the Dnipro River in Kherson (: Maxar Technologies/Reuters) The concerns arise during a period when the Nova Kakhovka dam serves as a crucial water supply for millions residing in Kherson, as well as the Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia regions. The dam plays a significant role in agricultural irrigation in southern Kherson and Crimea, which experienced a severe breach on June 6, 2023. The incident occurred in Kherson province, within the region under Russian control. The Ukrainian Agrarian and Food Ministry announced that approximately 10,000 hectares of agricultural land on the western side of Ukraine, under Ukrainian con...