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First-ever online International Yoga Festival starts on March 7 in Rishikesh

THE International Yoga Festival (IYF) 2021 will be held virtually for the first time at Parmarth Niketan at Rishikesh, India.

This year's edition will be held from March 7 to 13, and yogis of every culture, colour and creed will come together for the global event.


In the 7-day event, enlightened spiritual leaders, master Yoga teachers, evolutionary thought leaders, and wellness specialists from around the world will perform every major style of Yoga.

The IYF 2021 starts with Kundalini sadhana at 4am for the intensely committed and ending at 9.30pm with traditional cultural song and dance, kirtan and enlightened entertainment on the banks of Ganga.

During the one-week Festival, people can participate in over 70 hours of Yoga classes from renowned teachers practicing multiple styles of Yoga including Kundalini Yoga, Power Vinyasa Yoga, Iyengar Yoga and Kriya Yoga.

This year the event will be streamed online through Parmarth Niketan’s social media channels.

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The names of 33,000 Indian Army soldiers who died in the First World War have finally been honoured. They were left off a memorial in Iraq for almost 100 years.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission put up new digital name panels for the Basra Memorial earlier this month.

These panels show Indian soldiers' names together with over 46,000 other Commonwealth troops who died in the region. The area was then called Mesopotamia.

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