The pilots, who were unknown to the authorities but believed to be sympathetic to ISIS, were using the emergency "Mayday” channel in the belief they were not being monitored. "Alarm bells rang after several communications in code involving overseas airline pilots were picked up by chance. Troops were on several hours notice to deploy as part of Operation Templer,” a senior intelligence source was quoted as saying by the newspaper.The intercept took place in the week after the Paris terror attacks November 2015, the Sunday Express reported. "The areas we believed these attacks might take place were given extra surveillance."We immediately passed these to the security services who then asked us to monitor certain airlines entering UK airspace,” the source said.Although they used coded messages from the cockpits of their passenger jets, GCHQ used the Arabic transcripts to established they were talking about attacks on London, Bath, Brighton and Ipswich.It is thought the pilots were preparing to smuggle in explosive devices or chemical weapons.

The conversation was intercepted by Royal Air Force (RAF) operators base-d at the printed door mats factory National Air Traffic Services (NATS) control centre in Hamp-shire, on the southern coast of England.A terror plot to attack four cities across Britain was foiled by the authorities after they intercepted two foreign airline pilots, believed to be sympathisers of ISIS, discussing the targets, a week after the Paris terror attacks.The uncovering of the plan raised the terror alert in the UK and was one factor which led to Operation Templer, involving 10,000 soldiers being deployed to support the police on Britain’s streets in the wake of the Paris attacks which claimed 138 lives. The messages were intercepted as they flew from a European airport, thought to be Schiphol, in Amsterdam, to Middle Eastern destinations.. We can only assume that they considered it safer to use this frequency than other modes of communication”. They coded their language with musical references, often referring to "hits”.The two commercial airline pilots, one of whom was flying for an airline on an intelligence service watchlist, were intercepted talking about the plot and the information passed on to Britain’s spies at the Government Communi-cations Headquarters (GCHQ)

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Mr Jaishankar, in his address, said, "Its (Yoga’s) growing reach and acceptance is evident everywhere and I am sure particularly in the countries that are represented here. Jaishankar led the event hosted by the MEA on Yoga Day. We are also acknowledging our sense of a shared global destiny,” he said. External affairs minister S.”"India and Venezuela both are very spiritual countries. I love India and its culture, and yoga is a wonderful contribution of India to the world,” she said."We appreciate that external affairs minister S. We are recognising that we have shared bonds.Ambassador of Germany Walter J..New Delhi: Nearly 60 ambassadors of various countries participated in Yoga sessions in unison in New Delhi to mark the International Day of Yoga, with many hailing Yoga as a "wonderful contribution” of India to the world. Lindner, who came to the event wearing a white kurta-pyjama, after the function said, "I feel a bit exhausted, but happy. Nearly 60 ambassadors took part in it, besides senior diplomats from other countries”. Jaishankar was also present at the event.

The bonds among different countries will grow stronger with such events,” he added.Envoy of Venezuela Coromoto Godoy, who took charge as her country’s ambassador in May, said, "This is the first time I took part in any Yoga Day event. According to news agency PTI, Vietnam envoy Pham Sanh Chau, Egyptian ambassador Heba Elmarassi, Israel’s ambassador Ron Malka, and Bhutan’s envoy Major General Vetsop Namgyel also took part in the event.”"Yoga is extremely popular in Germany, and about four million people are celebrating it in Germany today, in parks, China polypropylene Bath Mats factory open grounds, it is a very big thing,” he said, adding that "yoga brings together your brain, body and soul”.

The envoys as well as several senior diplomats from India and other countries rolled out the mats and performed various ‘asanas’ at a hall at the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in south Delhi at a Yoga Day event hosted by the MEA."Its inclusion as world intangible cultural heritage by the UNESCO underlines its global significance and benefits for entire humanity,” he added. I and my husband, who also attended the event, both do yoga before starting work at the embassy. It was wonderful, and I feel so relaxed.The Dominican Republic’s envoy in New Delhi and Dean of Diplomatic Corps, Hans Dannenberg Castellanos, who was present at the event, said, "Several countries were represented at the event.”"By celebrating the International Day of Yoga together, we celebrate our common humanity

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