Govt run institution won first Yoga Diwas Media Samman; big media houses fail to endorse initiative
KI Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
The Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, today conferred the First Antarrashtriya Yoga Diwas to 30 media organizations, at an event in National Media Centre, New Delhi.
Addressing the gathering, Javadekar described the award as a unique honour to media organizations that contributed to the spread of Yoga for the benefit of society. Appreciating the efforts of various media organizations, the Minister said that this event, the first of its kind, also marks a new trend of recognition of the endeavour of media organizations that go beyond news, views and advertisements, and work in mission mode for the larger benefit of society.
Javadekar recalled that Lokmanya Tilak had launched the newspaper “Kesari” as a medium to generate awareness towards “Swarajya”. Today, he said, media organizations are creating greater public awareness towards “Suraaj” – where good healthcare, education, and civic amenities are available to all. He described this as a sign of India’s mature democracy.
Javadekar described Yoga as the biggest key to preventive healthcare. Javadekar mentioned that Yoga – an Indian brand – has gained global respect due to the vision and efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He recalled that the United Nations supported with overwhelming majority, India’s proposal for an International Day of Yoga. The Minister congratulated and thanked both the awardees and the Jury members.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, pad Yesso Naik, congratulated the I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar for the successful conduct of this new initiative of Yoga Diwas Media Samman.
In his address, the Chairman of the Jury, and Chairman, Press Council of India, Justice C.K. Prasad, described Yoga as an investment with zero risk and considerable benefit. Earlier, in his welcome address, Vikram Sahay, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, said that these awards are an attestation of the strong belief in the freedom of press, and the crucial role which media plays in disseminating information and creating awareness among the people on various aspects of social and public life.
Secretary, Information and Broadcasting, Ravi Mittal, Additional Secretary Atul Tiwari, and several other senior officials of the Ministries of I&B, and AYUSH, were present on the occasion.
Awardees
The awards were given in three categories. The list of awardees is as follows:
