Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for February 21, 2026
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists burn an effigy of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to protest Youth Congress workers' shirtless disruption at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a joint press meet, at the Hyderabad House, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Opposition MLAs from the BJD and Congress shout slogans in the Well of the Odisha Legislative Assembly during Question Hour, protesting alleged irregularities and mismanagement in farmers' paddy procurement by the BJP government, in Bhubaneswar. | Photo: PTI
People pass through metal detectors installed near the Red Fort amid heightened security following intelligence inputs about a suspected IED threat in the Chandni Chowk area, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the 87th Raising Day Parade of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), in Guwahati. | Photo: PTI
President Droupadi Murmu with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during Silva's ceremonial reception, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. | Photo: PMO via PTI
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval during a joint press meet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the Hyderabad House, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
A Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activist holds a placard as he is detained by Karnataka Police during a protest against Congress over Youth Congress workers' shirtless disruption at the AI Impact Summit, in Bengaluru. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak
Two one-horned rhinoceroses lock horns at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, in Morigaon district of Assam. | Photo: PTI
India's captain Suryakumar Yadav with teammates Ishan Kishan, Rinku Singh and others during a training session ahead of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 cricket match between India and South Africa, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad. | Photo: PTI/Gurinder Osan
Security forces cordon off the area after detecting a suspicious object, on the Safapora-Ganderbal road, in Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists during a protest against Congress over Youth Congress workers' shirtless disruption at the AI Impact Summit, in Bengaluru. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak
CRPF personnel take part in a mock drill during the 87th Raising Day Parade of the Central Reserve Police Force, in Guwahati. | Photo: PTI
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, centre, along with Education Minister Ashish Sood and Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh during the launch of three key IT initiatives of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi in New Delhi. The Delhi government launched the CM Jansunwai Portal and mobile app for public grievance redressal, integrated 75 e-District services with 7,000 CSC Digital Seva portals, and introduced an EWS/DG/CWSN admission platform for transparent school admissions. | Photo: PTI