Shillong, June 19 -- On December 11, 2014, at the initiative of the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, during his UN General Assembly address on September 27, 2014, United Nations declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga (IDY) or World Yoga Day. What made this resolution global and spectacular is its universality and acceptability. The world is divided by geography and united by yoga is evident from the fact that more than 177 countries supported International Day of Yoga whereas 175 countries co-sponsored the resolution, which is the highest number of co-sponsors in any United National General Assembly resolutions of this kind till date. The initiative was proposed and implemented by a country in the UN body in less th...