December 24, 2015 7:03 AM

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Tihar starts yoga teachers training course for jail inmates

Country's largest jail, Tihar in Delhi, yesterday launched a yoga teachers training course for its inmates. About 200-odd inmates have been selected for training under the guidance of 20 trainers of an NGO. Director General (Prison) Alok Kumar Verma said, this is the first-of-its-kind initiative started in any jail in India.<br/><br/>On successful completion of the course, the trainee inmates will be provided certificate as yoga trainer. It will help them find a suitable employment after their release.<br/><br/>Tihar had created a record of sorts when over 10 thousand of its inmates had participated in a mega yoga session organised on the occasion of World Yoga Day on June 21st.

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