KATHMANDU, June 21 -- The International Yoga Day is being celebrated in Nepal today by organizing a variety of programs.

International Yoga Day has been celebrated every year on June 21 at the call of the United Nations General Assembly since 2016. The proposal by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare International Yoga Day at the 69th General Assembly of the United Nations was approved in 2014.

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The proposal was first seconded by then Prime Minister of Nepal Sushil Koirala, which was then supported by the European Union and other permanent members of the United Nations. The International Yoga Day has a record of being supported by 177 countries in 90 days since it was put out for endo...