Day 3 of World Culture Festival: Live updates

Today is day 2 of the World Culture Festival organised by the Art of Living Foundation

Security men stand guard during the opening day of the three-day long World Culture Festival on the banks of Yamuna River in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI Photo by Kamal Kishore)

The World Culture Festival, organised by the Art of Living Foundation headed by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar kicked off on the floodplains of River Yamuna under the shadow of a raging controversy. The organisation was accused of flouting environmental norms and causing damage to the land on the banks of the river. On its part, AOL has denied the allegations.

On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief guest at the function, attended by thousands of people who came from all over the world. Although there was a light drizzle and hails storm, it did not dampen the mood at the event venue.

Today is day three of the World Culture Festival. We bring you all the live updates here.

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11.00 am: At the plenary session this morning, the former Prime Minister of Norway Kjell Magne Bondevik addressed the audience along with Union Minisers Sursh Prabhu, Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman and Gen VK Singh. Virgin Group’s Richard Branson adddressed the gathering via video conference.

12:45 pm: There are concurrent breakout sessions at the Leadership Forum right now. While one of the sessions will focus on ‘boundaryless’ nations, another session will be on the importance of far-sighted leadership.

11:20 am: A plenary session on the geopolitical, social and economic imperatives is currently happening at the Forum. The speakers include Kamal Thapa, the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal.

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10:20 am: AOL founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar concluded his address saying, “Leadership has no value unless there is chaos.”

10:15 am: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was present at the forum earlier today.

10:00 am: The Leadership Forum has begun.

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