On International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that yoga remains a ray of hope during the COVID-19 pandemic. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Union Ministers Prakash Javdekar, Kiren Rijiju and Piyush Goyal marked the day by practicing yoga. Followers of the ancient Indian practice marked the day by engaging in yoga at iconic places like the Times Square in New York and the Tokyo Skytree in Japan.