India, June 25 -- International Yoga Day was observed across India on June 21. Participating in the International Yoga Day celebrations organized by Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Vishwa Vidyalaya at the historic Red Fort grounds, here today, the Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu called for popularizing Yoga and making it part of the school curriculum to promote healthy lifestyles and combat growing incidence of non-communicable diseases in the country, stated an official release.

He said, "Yoga is a way of life that entails simplicity, honesty, compassion, and respect for all creatures and nature. It is a lifestyle based on non-violence at every level ? in thoughts, feelings, words and actions?Yoga advocates that to the extent we reduce the exter...