First International Yoga Day Media Award to be Conferred on 30 Media Houses

First International Yoga Day Media Award to be Conferred on 30 Media Houses

• The first edition of the ‘Antarrashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman’ will take place in New Delhi on 7th January, 2020.
• The Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Prakash Javadekar will confer the award on 30 Media Houses for their contribution in popularizing of Yoga at national and international level.
• The Ministry of I&B had instituted the first Antarashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman (AYDMS) in June, 2019 to acknowledge the positive role & responsibility of media in spreading the message of Yoga.
• The Samman would be given under the following 3 categories:
  • Eleven Sammans under the category “Best Media Coverage of Yoga in Newspapers.
  • Eight Sammans under the category “Best Media Coverage of Yoga in Television.
  • Eleven Sammans under the category “Best Media Coverage of Yoga in Radio.