You are Priya/ Paresh Shah, the staff reporter of The Times of India. Write a report for your newspaper in 100-150 words on the celebration of International Yoga Day even during the lockdown period. Please answer the question in any form.
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International Yoga Day
International Day of Yoga (IDY), Yoga day or Antarashtriya Yog Divas is an annual event celebrated all over the world on June 21 since its inception in 2015. The idea of IDY was first proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech at the UNGA, on September 27, 2014. Later, IDY was declared unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on December 11, 2014.
Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice that has its routes mostly in India. The date of June 21 was suggested by PM Modi in his UN address as it is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and is highly important in many parts of the world. Last year, 72 students and teachers from City Montessori School of Lucknow performed yogic exercises at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the occasion of International Day of Yoga.
In 2018, PM Modi participated in the event organised in FRI Dehradun. As many as 60,000 people are expected to turn up for the event.