Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for July 18, 2026
Vikram-1 Test Flight-1 (Mission Aagaman), India's first private orbital rocket launch, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar
An artist gives final touches to a clay model of a bull ahead of Bendur, 'Bail Pola', festival, in Karad, Maharashtra. | Photo: PTI
A commuter covers himself amid rainfall, in Siliguri, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
The Vikram-1 Test Flight-1 (Mission Aagaman), India's first private orbital rocket launch, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo: @skyrootaerospaceofficial/YT via PTI
A supporter of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) being assisted at Jantar Mantar after activist Sonam Wangchuk, unseen, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 21 days, was shifted to a hospital for medical care, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
Supporters of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) during a protest demanding Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, at the Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
Bihar Janata Dal (United) state President Umesh Kushwaha along with BJP state President Sanjay Saraogi, NDA candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha and others during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) workers' conference ahead of the Bankipur Assembly by-election, at Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke reacts after a woman threw an ink-like liquid on him as he begins an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. | Photo: Handout via PTI
Bengaluru Nava Nirman party members hold placards and stage a protest to demand Greater Bengaluru Authority elections, at Freedom Park, in Bengaluru. | Photo: PTI
CPI(M) member Brinda karat meets Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke as he begins indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar after activist Sonam Wangchuk, unseen, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 21 days, was shifted to a hospital for medical care, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
People take part in a procession to observe 'Sant Gajanan Maharaj Palkhi', known as Maharashtra's most disciplined procession, it covers nearly 1,200 km featuring over 700 Warkaris, in Solapur. | Photo: PTI
Activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife Geetanjali J. Angmo speaks after the activist is shifted to Safdarjung Hospital following 21 days of an indefinite hunger strike, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Security personnel checks a vehicle following a 'Bandh' called by the Markaz-e-Seerat committee, in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) supporters take out a rally in solidarity with activist Sonam Wangchuk outside the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, West Bengal. Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 21 days, was shifted to a hospital in Delhi for medical care. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr V Narayanan addresses a press conference following the launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC SHAR), in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar
Skyroot Aerospace Co-founder and CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana addresses a press conference following the launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC SHAR), in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar