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NDTV
5 hours ago
- Politics
- NDTV
PM To Participate In Yoga Day Event At Visakhapatnam, Mega Prep Underway
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the International Yoga Day celebrations in Visakhapatnam on Saturday and the Andhra Pradesh government is pulling out all stops to ensure that the event is a grand one. The celebration is being billed as one of the world's largest yoga gatherings, with a goal of setting multiple records, including one recognised by Guinness World Records. After months of preparations and dozens of meetings, thousands of yoga-related events have been held to build momentum for the event and celebrate the discipline that has become one of the biggest markers of India's soft power, helping millions bring equilibrium between the physical, mental and spiritual worlds. Saturday's event will be held between 6 and 8 am along a 26-kilometre stretch from Ramakrishna Beach in Visakhapatnam to Bhogapuram, where about five lakh people are expected to perform yoga simultaneously. Officials said 326 designated sections will have about 1,000 participants each. Over 3,000 buses will be deployed to bring yoga participants to the event site. Massive security arrangements have been made, with more than 10,000 police personnel deployed. Surveillance will be maintained through 1,200 CCTV cameras and drone monitoring along the entire route. A state-of-the-art control room has also been set up to coordinate the event's security, especially in light of the Prime Minister's presence. Statewide Commitment Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the goal is not only to make a mark globally but to inspire a statewide commitment to yoga. To this end, the state plans to include yoga in its school curriculum from Class 9 and even start a deemed university dedicated to the practice. Mr Naidu has called for the adoption of a formal declaration on Yoga Day, promoting the discipline as a daily lifestyle practice and encouraging long-term public engagement with it. Apart from the estimated five lakh people in Visakhapatnam, participants from 8 lakh locations across India and abroad are expected to be involved in the larger celebration. Registrations for the event have surged to over 2.39 crore, surpassing the initial target of 2 crore. Among the standout efforts will be a special yoga demonstration by 25,000 tribal students performing 'Surya Namaskar' continuously for 108 minutes at the Andhra University campus in a bid to achieve global records for the largest group and most simultaneous participants performing the ancient sequence. The authorities will also distribute 3.32 lakh t-shirts and 5 lakh yoga mats. Over 1.3 lakh yoga venues have been identified statewide, with backup arrangements in Visakhapatnam for 30,000 people in case of contingencies. The state has also run a month-long awareness drive under the banner 'Yogandhra'. There were 15,000 yoga competitions held from the village to the state level.
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Business Standard
8 hours ago
- Health
- Business Standard
International Yoga Day 2025: 17 world records that show Yoga's global rise
The International Yoga Day is celebrated every year on June 21. This year, the theme for the Yoga Day is "Yoga for One Earth, One Health," which emphasises yoga's holistic benefits for individual well-being, community health, and environmental sustainability. It highlights how yoga can address pressing global challenges such as pandemics, climate change, and lifestyle-related diseases by fostering both physical vitality and ecological mindfulness. Yoga Bandhan Yoga Park Yoga Samavesh (for underprivileged and special groups) Yoga Prabhava Yoga Connect Harit Yoga Yoga Unplugged Yoga Mahakumbh Samyoga Each of these initiatives aims to engage communities through meaningful activities centred on yoga's transformative power. Guinness World Records in Yoga Since the inaugural International Yoga Day in 2015, yoga-themed Guinness World Records have served as a testament to its global appeal and diversity. The first celebration in New Delhi made history by setting two records: Largest yoga session with 35,985 participants Here are 17 Guinness World Records in Yoga: Akshar Yoga Kendraa to attempt 12 Guinness World Records In 2025, Akshar Yoga Kendraa plans to mark International Yoga Day by attempting 12 Guinness World Records in Yogasanas at Palace Grounds, with participation from 2,500 individuals representing over 30 countries. Recognised by India's Ministry of AYUSH, the organisation has already achieved nine world records and aims to continue its legacy. The event will include a wide range of participants — defence personnel, students, working professionals, and specially-abled individuals. Distinguished guests such as Shivarudra Swamiji of Belimath, former Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan, and Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh will also be present to support the initiative.
Hans India
16 hours ago
- Health
- Hans India
PM to grace Int'l Yoga Day fete at Vizag
Vijayawada: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had played a key role in globalizing interest in yoga by getting the United Nations to declare June 21 as International Day of Yoga, will participate in the celebrations to be held on Saturday in Visakhapatnam in which five lakh people are expected to take part. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu declared this while speaking to media persons here on Thursday. The Chief Minister said that yoga practice should become a part of daily life. Everyone should practice yoga as it would help prevent diseases. He said that there was tremendous response to the one-month yoga practice campaign in the state, with 2.39 crore people registering, against the target of 2 crore people. The Chief Minister said that arrangements had been made at Visakhapatnam to celebrate the International Day of Yoga in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate. He said that 3.9 lakh yoga seats had been arranged right from RK beach to Bhogapuram. He said the event would help set a world record meriting entry in Guinness World Records. Besides,there would be live coverage of the event. The Chief Minister said yoga would be practiced simultaneously at 1.30 lakh places in the state and at eight lakh places across the country. He said five lakh yoga mats and five lakh Yoga T shifts would be distributed among those who attend the International Day of Yoga celebrations at Vizag. He said transport arrangements had been made for people and Wi-Fi would be available at 326 places at the venue in Visakhapatnam. The Chief Minister said that the state government would introduce yoga practice for students right from 9th class. Stating that Yoga practice was the best alternative for preventing health issues, he said that, with the help of Bill Gates Foundation, it will be observed in AP as a proof of concept. Simultaneously, a non-profit organisation would be set up to take yoga practice everywhere in the state to improve health of people. The Chief Minister said K Muralidhar of AP had launched a start-up and come up with 'Yogiy-a', smart yoga app based on artificial intelligence. Muralidhar, explaining its features, said that sensor-fitted mat would be connected via blue tooth so that the smart app and mat can together help teach people to practice yoga in the correct manner.
New York Times
16 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Shilton v Fabio: Who really holds the world record for senior appearances?
Brazilian goalkeeper Fabio Deivson Lopes Maciel, who is representing Fluminense at the Club World Cup, began his career in 1997. Since then he has played 1,375 official, senior games of football. It is a remarkable number and testament to his talent, drive and longevity. English former goalkeeper Peter Shilton, whose career lasted from 1966 to 1997, is the only other man to have played more than 1,350 official games of senior, top-level football. Advertisement Shilton's total — which has been the world record for decades — is, according to him, 1,387 matches. Guinness World Records — the authoritative reference book and website that lists and collates records in a variety of different fields — say he played 1,390. So what is Shilton's real number? And how far behind is Fabio? Or has the Brazilian already surpassed Shilton? Here, The Athletic explains the situation, defines an official, senior game and lays out the facts concerning both men's totals. Firstly, which matches are classed as official and what level of competition do they have to be in to reach this threshold? In club football it is largely obvious — pre-season friendlies are not official matches but, once they are over, every game within a recognised competition (so excluding winter-break friendlies) played by a club's first team is classed as official and added to the record books. For the purposes of working out who has played the most official games in the sport's history, matches played for amateur clubs or for clubs outside a country's national league system (e.g. in regional leagues) are not counted as they are not classed as top-level fixtures. When it comes to international football, any match played by a country's senior first team is classed as official unless explicitly stated otherwise by FIFA — but age-group appearances (e.g. for England's under-17s) are not. This is why matches at the Olympics, where squads are made up of players who were under the age of 23 at the start of the calendar year with three exceptions permitted, are not included in players' career stats (even Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't count his goal at the 2004 Olympics for Portugal in his overall total). So, let's start with Shilton. How many official games did he actually play in a career that saw him appear for Leicester City, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Derby County, Plymouth Argyle, Bolton Wanderers, Leyton Orient and the England national team? According to the English National Football Archive, an online database listing every official game played in the country's history, Shilton, now 75, played 348 games for Leicester, 121 for Stoke, 272 for Nottingham Forest, 242 for Southampton, 211 for Derby, 43 for Plymouth, two for Bolton and 10 for Leyton Orient. Shilton was also on the books at Wimbledon, Coventry City and West Ham United towards the end of his time as a professional, but never appeared in a competitive game for those three clubs. This means he played 1,249 games in his almost 31-year club career. Add in the record 125 England appearances he made from 1970 to 1990 and that takes him to 1,374 matches. So why does Shilton himself, in the biography section of his X account, state the total as 1,387? And why do Guinness World Records, on their website, have it as 1,390? Advertisement The 1,387 figure likely includes 13 games that Shilton played for England's under-23s team from 1968 to 1972, with four of those matches coming after his debut for the England senior team. England under-23s played from 1954 to 1976, before becoming the under-21s side that still exists today. So while established players featured in these games it is a stretch to class them as senior matches and therefore it seems reasonable not to include them in players' career stats — just as other international age-group matches aren't due to the fact they are not appearances for the senior team. As for Guinness World Records, their figure of 1,390 likely includes 16 games in unofficial or regional cup competitions, such as the Nottinghamshire FA County Cup and Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup that are not classed by the English National Football Archive as official matches. Guinness World Records did not provide a breakdown when contacted by The Athletic. This, therefore, leaves the former goalkeeper on 1,374 official, senior games of football. Now, to Fabio and that figure of 1,375 that he has to his name. The 44-year old has never played for a club outside Brazil and has not represented the national team. His 28-year career (and counting) has seen him appear in official, senior games for Uniao Bandeirante, Vasco da Gama, Cruzeiro and Fluminense. According to Globo, Brazil's biggest daily newspaper who have gone back through Fabio's career in detail, including contacting clubs for information, the goalkeeper played 30 games for Uniao Bandeirante, 150 for Vasco da Gama, 976 for Cruzeiro and is currently on 219 games for Fluminense. Fabio did also play for Athletico Paranaense in the late 1990s, but all of his appearances for the club, according to Athletico Paranaense, came in youth games. Advertisement Adding up the official games he has played for the senior first team at each club puts him on 1,375 matches, one ahead of Shilton. However, as The Athletic's Jack Lang has pointed out, Fluminense are accepting Shilton's figure of 1,387 so will mark the milestone when Fabio, all being well, eclipses that number later this year. This is why there was no fanfare when Fabio played against Borussia Dortmund at the Club World Cup in New Jersey on Tuesday. Yet it does appear after carefully assessing the figures available that the Fluminense goalkeeper has now played the most senior games in the history of football. Shilton posted on social media in 2023 about the prospect of his record being broken and while the Englishman is fiercely proud of his landmark, it appears there is nothing but respect between the two goalkeepers. I'll be the first to congratulate Fabio Deivson Lopes Maciel @FluminenseFC this great goalkeeper is only 52 games short of breaking my world record for the most official appearances as a professional footballer…. He's getting close ! ⚽️@FIFAcom — Peter Shilton (@Peter_Shilton) December 23, 2023 How long Fabio goes on playing is anyone's guess, but as Fluminense's clear first-choice No 1 he will presumably be confident of hitting the 1,400-mark. There is one important footnote, however. Portuguese superstar Ronaldo, who is 40 and still playing for club and country, has appeared in 1,281 official, senior games in his career — a figure bettered by only Fabio and Shilton. The Al Nassr forward is likely to be able to play in Saudi Arabia for as long as he wants and, perhaps more pertinently, is 62 short of 1,000 career goals — a milestone he is desperate to achieve. Only time will tell if he ends up surpassing the goalkeepers ahead of him. What is all-but certain though, is that it will be Fabio, not Shilton, whose record Ronaldo will try and chase down. (Top photos: Getty Images)
UPI
a day ago
- Business
- UPI
Watch: World's largest cheese tasting held in Colombia
June 19 (UPI) -- A Colombian dairy company celebrated its 80th anniversary by gathering 1,185 people to participate in the world's largest cheese tasting event. Guinness World Records confirmed Alpina Productos Alimenticios S.A.S BIC earned the record for the world's largest cheese tasting event when 1,185 people sampled dairy delicacies in Sopó, Cundinamarca. The company took the record from Australia's Kangaroo Valley Agricultural & Horticultural Association, which gathered 1,000 people for a cheese tasting in 2019. Guinness World Records rules required all participants to sample three varieties of cheese. The cheeses chosen for the event were Gruyere, Sopó and Argovia. "This event not only celebrates the art of cheese tasting, but it also highlights Alpina's dedication to excellence in the dairy industry," Guinness World Records Adjudicator Natalia Ramirez said. "Congratulations to all participants for making this historic milestone possible!"
