Women cover themselves amid heat on a hot summer day, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Indian Youth Congress (IYC) National President Uday Bhanu Chib during an interview with PTI, at his residence, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant in a group photograph during the Nari Shakti Sammelan programme, in Panaji. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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Austria Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker lays a wreath as he pays floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, at Rajghat, New Delhi. | Photo: @MEAIndia/X via PTI
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Workers of Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) participate in a protest rally to fulfill various demands, in Gurugram, Haryana. | Photo: PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Austria's Chancellor Christian Stocker during a meeting, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi. | Photo: PMO via PTI
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant during the flagging off ceremony of the ‘Taare Zameen Par’ Mobile Digital Platinum and STEM Education Outreach Programme, at Cumbarjua, in North Goa district. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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Former Tamil Nadu President of BJP K Annamalai during a campaign ahead of the Assembly elections, in Tamil Nadu. | Photo: @annamalai_k/X via PTI
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Gujarat Minister for Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Rushikesh Patel, Center, and others release Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) 'Sankalp Patra 2026' ahead of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections, at BJP office, in Khanpur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI
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Police personnel stand guard during the inspection of a set of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) used in the Chandivali seat during the 2024 state Assembly elections, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. | Photo: PTI
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Women wait for food packets to be delivered amid scorching heat, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. As the temperature rises sharply, the state government has urged people to stay out of direct sunlight and follow safety guidelines. | Photo: PTI
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Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister and DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin, centre, along with party workers burn copies of the proposed Delimitation bill during a protest, at the party office, in Madurai. | Photo: PTI
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari with BJP MP Ravi Kishan during the Special session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan
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Kishan Kumar Soni, displays his collection of traditional account books, once used for maintaining records, ahead of Bikaner's 539th Foundation Day, in Bikaner, Rajasthan. | Photo: PTI
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BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty addresses a public rally in support of party candidate for Beldanga constituency, Bharat Kumar Jhawar, right, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly Election, in Murshidabad district. | Photo: PTI
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BJP leaders former tennis player Leander Paes and boxer Vijender Singh during the launch of BJP's Yuva Shakti Card, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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Congress MPs Praniti Shinde, second left, and Prabha Mallikarjun, second right, CPI (M) leader Annie Raja, left, and others address a press conference on Women’s Reservation Bill, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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ujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghvi during a meeting for the upcoming local self-government elections, in Jalat. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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Congress leader Alka Lamba, front centre, and others stage a protest demanding SC/ST reservation in the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', commonly known as the Women's Reservation Act, in New Delhi. A special three-day sitting of Parliament is being held from April 16 to 18, during which amendments to the Act, mandating 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies, will be brought for implementation in 2029. | Photo: PTI
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A worker prepares ‘Petha’ a traditional Indian sweet made from ash gourd, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Newly sworn-in Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary being greeted by supporters, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
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Tourists visit Taj Mahal on a hot summer day, in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI