International Yoga Day 2018: Indian forces do asanas falling from 15,000 ft, inside submarines

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the International Yoga Day 2018 celebrations at the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun.

World Yoga Day 2018 : Yoga at 15,000 feet in the air and practicing asanas under the ocean’s waves. That’s how India’s armed forces celebrated International Yoga Day.

While the world celebrates the fourth edition of the International Yoga Day on Thursday, India’s brave and bold have participated in their own unique way.

Wing Commander KBS Samyal and Wing Commander Gajanand Yadav, instructors from the India Air Force’s Paratroopers Training School, practiced Yoga at 15,000 feet in the air. IAF’s official twitter handle posted pictures of the duo practicing asanas as they hurtled towards the ground, with their parachutes yet to be deployed.

However, the IAF isn’t alone in pioneering high-altitude Yoga. Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel also celebrated Yoga Day in the cold desert of Ladakh at an altitude of 18,000 feet, reported news agency ANI.

Submarine staff belonging to the Indian Navy’s Eastern Naval Command also participated in Yoga Day celebrations. News agency ANI posted a visual of Navy personnel performing asanas in what appeared to be the cramped confines of a submarine.

The Indian Army’s soldiers at the Siachen base camp are also celebrating International Yoga Day, with Isha Foundation’s Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev there to train them.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday led the International Yoga Day 2018 celebrations at the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

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Cyclone Ockhi: 19 dead, 690 people rescued, Navy continues rescue ops

At least 690 people were rescued, while 96 were still missing

 

Business News Today : The Tamil Nadu revenue control room on Sunday stated that the total number of deaths caused due to cyclone Ockhi has reached 19.

The state department also said that at least 690 people were rescued, while 96 were still missing.

It further stated that 63 people were hospitalized, while 74 houses were fully damaged and 1,122 houses were partially damaged.

Meanwhile, the Indian Navy continued the search and rescue operations over Southeast Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep and Minicoy (L&M) Islands in the aftermath of cyclonic storm Ockhi.

Ten naval ships, including capital ships like Chennai and Kolkata, were deployed over Southeast Arabian Sea and L&M islands.

In addition, eight aircrafts including long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft P8I were deployed throughout the day.

Amid a political slugfest over Cyclone Ockhi, Union Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan said the IMD issued its first alert to Kerala about heavy rain on November 28 and a warning about the cylcone a day later.

In a statement, Vardhan said on the afternoon of November 29, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued the first bulletin of the cyclone warning and it was conveyed to all district officials in Kerala, the state disaster management authority and the chief secretary.

“In the first bulletin, the information was clearly provided on the possibility of further intensification of the system into a cyclonic storm and associated adverse weather.

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Scorpene data leak: Court restrains newspaper from publishing data

French company DCNS has obtained a court order restricting 'The Australian' newspaper from further publishing the leaked documents on India's Scorpene submarine project.The restriction will be in place till Thursday, the media reported on Monday.

DCNS, which is at the centre of a global submarine data leak scandal, wanted to prevent the Australian publication, 'The Australian' from releasing any more confidential data contained in 22,400 secret documents because it may cause harm to its customer, the Indian Navy.

The company is also seeking a court order to force 'The Australian' to hand over the documents and remove them from its website.

"The publication of this highly valuable document causes a direct harm to DCNS and its customer in terms of spread of sensitive and restricted information, image and reputation," said an affidavit by DCNS' lawyer Justine Munsie.

In response to an email from IANS, DCNS' Media Relations head Emmanuel Gaudez said: "To be precise, DCNS is instructing a demand to The Australian in order to remove from its website the documents which it has published online and prevent the publishing of  read more..