Kota creates world record with 2 lakh people performing yoga
Jaipur, June 21 : Kota in Rajasthan established a world record on Thursday when around two lakh people performed yoga at one place on the occasion of the International Yoga Day.
The event took place in the presence of yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia at the RAC ground.
Speaking to IANS, an officer, Hariom Gurjar, said: "We have created a Guinness record as this is the first time these many people performed yoga together at one place."
He explained that counting of the participants was done with the help of bar codes given to each contestant.
A total of 4,000 volunteers were present on the occasion and a drone centre was set up to keep an eye on the ground. People started reaching the RAC ground from 5 a.m.
A certificate was given to Vasundhara Raje Scindia, District Collector Gaurav Goyal and Baba Ramdev by two Guinness Book of World Record officials who came from London to monitor the proceedings.
Baba Ramdev tweeted that more than two lakh people performed yoga on the International Yoga Day.
"Yog is the best way for the students to de-stress themselves. Thousands of students have joined #YogainKota, the education capital of Rajasthan," he tweeted.
Earlier, the Chief Minister called for maximum participation from people to set up a world record on the occasion.
Till date, Mysore shares the record where around 55,506 people performed yoga simultaneously at one place on International Yoga Day.
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Services on Supreme Court's YouTube channel resumes
New Delhi (PTI): The services on the Supreme Court's YouTube channel, which was hacked on Friday, has resumed.
"This is to inform all concerned that the YouTube channel of Supreme Court of India is live and up. The services on YouTube channel of Supreme Court of India has been resumed," said a notice uploaded on the apex court's website on Friday.
The top court's YouTube channel was hacked on Friday and showed videos promoting a cryptocurrency developed by US-based company Ripple Labs.
A blank video with the title "Brad Garlinghouse: Ripple Responds To The SEC's $2 Billion Fine! XRP PRICE PREDICTION" was live on the hacked channel.
Later in the day, a notice posted on the apex court's website informed that the court's YouTube channel was taken down.
"This is to inform all concerned that the YouTube channel of Supreme Court of India has been taken down. The services on YouTube channel of Supreme Court of India will be resumed shortly," said the notice posted on the top court's website earlier on Friday.
Later, another notice was uploaded on the website, saying the YouTube channel was live and the services have resumed.
The Supreme Court has been using YouTube to stream live hearings of cases listed before the Constitution benches and matters involving public interest.
In a unanimous decision taken by the full court meeting headed by the then CJI UU Lalit, the top court decided to live-stream proceedings of all Constitution bench hearings following a path-breaking verdict on the matter in 2018.
