Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for June 23, 2026
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, accompanied with Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, interacts with an injured victim during his visit to King George's Medical University (KGMU) after a fire engulfed a three-story commercial building in a posh neighbourhood resulting in the deaths of 15 people, including students, and injuring seven others, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi in a group photograph with Director General of Information Systems (DG IS) Lieutenant General Harsh Chhibber, Zoho Corporation Director of Engineering Rajendran Dandapani and others during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Indian Army and Zoho Corporation under the Jointness, Atmanirbharta and Innovation (JAI) initiative, New Delhi. | Photo: @adgpi/X via PTI
A woman offers prayers on the first day of Ambubachi festival, at a temple, in Agartala, Tripura. | Photo: PTI
A female purple sunbird feeds a younger one while perched on a branch of crown flowers, in Nadia district, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
Charred remains at the site as locals gather after a fire broke out in slums behind Maulana Azad Medical College in Balmiki Basti area of Takia Kale Khan, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Fire tenders at the site after a fire engulfed a three-story commercial building in a posh neighbourhood resulting in the deaths of 15 people, including students, and injuring seven others, at Aliganj, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI