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Yoga plays a significant role to keep us healthy. The practitioners use a mix of physical and breathing exercises and meditation to improve their overall well-being.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation this morning. "When Covid emerged, no country was prepared. At this time yoga became a source of inner strength. Yoga helps in self-discipline, it inculcated faith in people that they could fight this virus. Frontline warriors told me that they made yoga a tool in fighting the virus," PM Modi, who was dressed in an orange kurta, said in a televised address.

The United Nations, recognising the importance of the Indian practice in these trying times, has decided to celebrate the day this year by focusing on "Yoga for well-being".

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, after the Prime Minister's address to the nation, said: "Relevance of Yoga has increased during COVID-19. Yoga has helped us to maintain our physical and mental health. We should make Yoga or other physical activities a part of our daily life. These will help us to increase our immunity against coronavirus."

"I assure you, include yoga in your daily routine, it will increase your body's urgency and inner strength, it will also give you more strength in the fight against Covid," he added.