APM Terminals Pipavav celebrates International Day of Yoga

23rd June 2020

Pipavav, India: APM Terminals Pipavav celebrated the International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2020. In keeping with the current social distancing norms, it was conducted through online platform. The program highlighting the health benefits of performing Yoga, was viewed across 30 villages around the port.

The online demonstration was conducted by Ms. Manju Jha, Founder, Mritunjay Yoga Institute, Raipur. The youngsters from the villages around the port were encouraged to practice yoga and explain the benefits of yoga to their family and friends. School students were engaged through online video sessions and they posted photograph of them in different asanas. The emphasis was on practicing yogic breathing exercises to calm down the body that will help in the prevention of COVID 19.

More than 1,000 people took part and were happy to learn the benefits of yoga. Volunteers were mobilised to popularise the Yoga Day celebrations keeping social distancing in mind.

This year marked the fifth edition of the International Day of Yoga and it is celebrated annually on June 21^st as it is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

About APM Terminals Pipavav

APM Terminals Pipavav [Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd.] is one of India’s leading gateway port for Containers, Ro/Ro (passenger cars), Liquid Bulk and Dry Bulk cargoes serving customers in the state of Gujarat with road and rail networks to India’s hinterland and northwest. The current annual Cargo Handling Capacity includes 1.35 million TEU Containers, 250,000 Passenger cars, 2 million metric tons of Liquid bulk and 4 million metric tons of Dry bulk. APM Terminals Pipavav is India's first public private partnership (PPP) port in India and is a part of the APM Terminals global terminal network.

Games24x7 Employees Turn to At-Home Yoga to mark the International Day of Yoga

Through various initiatives, Games 24x7 continues to promote the health wellbeing at the workplace for continued business success.

India, June 22, 2020: Games24x7, one of India's leading gaming companies, organized a virtual 'Yoga from Home' session for all its employees to celebrate International Day of Yoga 2020. The one-hour session conducted by a power yoga trainer and yoga aerobics expert brought together employees and their families from Games24x7's offices across India and the US

Through the well-rounded routine of aerobics and Indian Yoga, the session aimed to enhance the mental and physical wellbeing of all the participants.

At Games 24x7, we firmly believe in promoting the health and wellbeing of all our employees. Our belief stems from the fact that employees need to focus on both mental and physical aspects of health be able to navigate tides in this ever-changing world," said Vikrant Goyal, Director of Human Resources, Games24x7

"Yoga helps bring in mental resilience. It has been a focus area for us and becomes even more relevant as an exercise form during the unprecedented COVID times to build mental strength and stamina," Goyal added

With employees working from home during the extended period of the lockdown, Games24x7 continues to take several initiatives to improve overall employee wellbeing and productivity. Through an Employee Assistance Program, Games4x7 is offering free access to psychological counselling to employees and up to three dependent family members. The company has also partnered with a leading fitness health and fitness company to offer virtual fitness classes to our employees during this period

Games24x7 was founded by New York University alumni TrivikramanThampy and Bhavin Pandya in 2006. Backed by marquee investors like Tiger Global and a host of investment entities from the US, Games24x7 aims to aggressively grow its portfolio, including expansion into international markets. By leveraging product innovation, cutting edge technology, and data-driven decision making, Games24x7 is set to become a 21st-century scientific gaming company built out of India for the world.

About Games24x7 (formerly Play Games24x7):

Founded by New York University alumni TrivikramanThampy and Bhavin Pandya in 2006, Games24x7 is one of India's leading gaming companies with a full-stack portfolio of Skill Games and Casual Games including RummyCircle and My11Circle. Backed by the marquee firm Tiger Global and a host of investment entities from the US, Games24x7 continues to expand its stronghold in the Indian gaming industry, while diversifying and investing in other technology opportunities and expanding its gaming business to the international gaming markets. With a 450 strong team, Games24x7 has offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Miami. By leveraging technology, product innovation, data science, and experience, Games24x7 aims to become a 21st-century scientific gaming company: built out of India for the world.

Visit www.games24x7.comfor more information.

Heartfulness Institute, in partnership with the Ministry of AYUSH and the United Nations Department of Public Information, will be hosting a global Yogathon

Join the Millions of Meditating Hearts on International Day of Yoga to Make Compassion Contagious

#YogaforCompassion 

Kolkata, 18^th June 2020:  Compassion takes centre stage on International Day of Yoga 2020. This year, it also happens to be World Music Day. Heartfulness Institute, in partnership with the Ministry of AYUSH and the United Nations Department of Public Information, will be hosting a global Yogathon, with a call to make compassion contagious, music, conversations on Yoga, and an opportunity to meditate together. This event has the overwhelming support of more than 500 social, professional and cultural organizations in North America and India. 

As we continue to figure out how to face the challenges caused by the pandemic, and the personal, financial and social challenges of our times, the need to live a life of compassion is paramount. Compassion will help soothe hearts laden with fear and insecurity about the future. This event will showcase the need for compassion and will inspire people how to live a life of compassion. The transformative powers of compassion have been chronicled extensively in all the great world scriptures, and it is time for us to remind ourselves of them.

The following luminaries will be taking part in the Yogathon: Kamlesh Patel (Daaji), Guide of Heartfulness; YogRishi Baba Ramdev; AYUSH Minister, Shripad Naik; The Indian PM’s Sherpa, Shri Suresh Prabhu; UNIC India Officer-in-Charge, Rajeev Chandran; musicians Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj, Padma Vibhushan, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and Padma Shri Shankar Mahadevan; wellness experts Shaina NC and Mickey Mehta; sports stars PV Sindhu, VVS Laxman, Navdeep Saini; actors Omi Vaidya, Sudhanshu Pandey, and others.

Commenting on the theme of the event, Daaji said, “Compassion is contagious and can transmit faster than any virus, while making us stronger. International Day of Yoga is a very apt platform to spread the message of compassion, and celebrities from all walks of life have readily agreed to lend their voice to this cause. This international Yogathon will help bring consciousness to the need for more elevated acts of compassion, allowing all our lives to be more peaceful and meaningful.

The event will go live on 20 June 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time in the US and on 21 June 2020 at 7 a.m. in India.

Commenting on the Yogathon as a co-host Mr.Shripad Naik said, “ This International yoga day 2020 will be a significant milestone in the journey of bringing yoga practices to the world. This vision inspired by our Honorable Prime Minister is now adopted by the United Nations and is a global movement. The tradition of yoga is time immemorial and is another contribution to the heritage of the world, a fact that should make all Indians proud wherever there are. It is our responsibility to nurture and share the benefit of this phenomenal practice so that the future generations are also able to enjoy this gift to mankind.”  

It will be available on the following social media links:

Weblink for the event is http://heartfulness.org/IDY

http://youtube.com/heartfulness/

https://www.facebook.com/practiceheartfulness

Event partners include:

The 500 plus partners organizations who are lending support to this event include top organizations such from corporations, social transformation organization, International and National Government bodies amongst other and include the following DDFC, UCO Bank, SBI, NTPC, BHEL, Port Association of India, Reliance Jio, GICPL, Delhi Police, SEBI, GACL, Indigo Airlines,  Sewa International, AIM for Sewa, AAPI, TANA, TAMA, ATA being the notable.

Join us all to come together and spread the message of compassion.

About Heartfulness:

Heartfulness (www.heartfulness.org) is a lifestyle based on simple meditative practices and skills. It has been around for over 100 years. Heartfulness helps people find inner calm, peace and stillness. The simple practices are offered to people of all walks of life, cultures, religious beliefs and economic situations, over the age of 15, free of charge. With over 4 million practitioners, Heartfulness has been adopted in thousands of schools and colleges, and over 250,000 professionals have been introduced to Heartfulness in corporations, non-governmental and government bodies worldwide. More than 5,000 Heartfulness Centres are supported by over 13,000 certified volunteer trainers in 160 countries.