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New Delhi: In what is being seen as a diplomatic triumph for India, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed yoga in Unesco's Representative List as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a senior official said on Thursday.

"This declaration of yoga as a 'human Treasure' enjoyed the unanimous support of the 24-member Intergovernmental Committee which overturned the decision of an evaluation body of technical experts, seeking to defer the case to the next session of the committee in 2017," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said in his weekly media briefing here.