Published 13:05 IST, August 25th 2019

Mann Ki Baat: 'World leaders want to discuss Yoga with me' - PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi in his latest edition of Mann Ki Baat on Sunday said that most world leaders he met during his travels as the Prime Minister wanted to discuss

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PM Narendra Modi in his latest edition of Mann Ki Baat on Sunday said that most world leaders he met during his travels as Prime Minister wanted to discuss Yoga with him. PM Modi credited to this level of awareness on Yoga to 'International Yoga Day', an event recognised by United Nations under PM Modi's governance.PM Modi said wherever he went across globe, people wanted to talk about yoga for at least five-seven minutes. He also said that in recent times conversation has also begun about Wildlife Conservation and Climate Change.

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PM Narendra Modi on Yoga being a hot topic among world leaders

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Speaking during his Mann Ki Baat address, PM Narendra Modi said, "I have seen that whenever I have had opportunity to go as Prime Minister, and of course credit also goes to International Yoga Day, situation w is that wherever I go in world or interact with someone, people invariably spend close to five-seven minutes asking questions on yoga. re must hardly be a major world leader who has t discussed yoga with me and this has been my experience all over world. But se days I’m experiencing something new. Whoever I meet or wherever re is a chance to talk, focus is on Wildlife, discussions about environment, Tiger, Asiatic Lion, evolution etc. and I am amazed how interested people are in nature."

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PM Modi also said that he has been barrd with questions on his appearance on famous Discovery channel show Man vs Wild. He said most people were curious about one particular thing that happened in show. He said that people wanted to kw how he and Bear Grylls were able to converse despite talking in different langus (Hindi and English respectively). He said that that techlogy had made it possible for m to understand each or; read more about it below.

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12:38 IST, August 25th 2019