Day In Pics: August 20, 2026

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Authorities remove structures outside Pakistan High Commission
A portion of the damaged visa section, with service windows marked 'Window 1' and 'Pakistani Passport Only', seen amid broken fences, railings and debris after authorities demolished a section of structures and queue-management barriers outside the Pakistan High Commission's visa section for extending beyond the mission's approved boundary, in New Delhi. The development comes days after Pakistan removed security barricades and parking poles placed outside the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. | Photo: PTI
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Health partnership with Afghanistan
India delivers medicines and medical consumables to a Government Hospital in Kabul, as part of a health partnership, Afghanistan. | Photo: @MEAIndia/X via PTI
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Authorities remove structures outside Pakistan High Commission
Exterior of the Pakistan High Commission after authorities demolished a section of structures and queue-management barriers outside the Commission's visa section for extending beyond the mission's approved boundary, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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Completion of Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Construction Committee chairman Nripendra Mishra speaks to the media regarding the completion of the construction work of the temple, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Japanese Defence Minister in Delhi
Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi accorded a Guard of Honour, in New Delhi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defence Staff General NS Raja Subramani, and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan also seen. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during the tribute paying ceremony
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during the tribute paying ceremony of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on the latter’s 82nd birth anniversary, also known as Sadbhavana Diwas (Harmony Day), at Samvidhan Sadan in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
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Rajiv Gandhi birth anniversary in Bhopal
Congress workers pay tributes to the statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar dies
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar has died, Safdarjung Hospital authorities confirmed on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. Kumar is seen during an event at Rajghat, in New Delhi, in this file photo dated Monday, April 9, 2018. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
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Ind-Jpn Defence Meeting
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi during the India-Japan Defence Ministers' meeting, in New Delhi. | Photo: @SpokespersonMoD/X via PTI
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MCD water tanker sprays water to curb dust
A Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) water tanker sprays water to suppress dust along a road, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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31st Meeting of SZC at Mahabalipuram
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, right, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay, left, during the 31st Meeting of the Southern Zonal Council (SZC) at Mahabalipuram, in Chengalpattu district. | Photo: @CMOTamilnadu/X via PTI
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Mass prayer for Tibetan activist Lobsang Palden
Central Tibetan Administration (the Tibetan government-in-exile) Sikyong (President) Penpa Tsering, front second right, and Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) during a mass prayer for Tibetan independence activist Lobsang Palden, also known as Lobga Rangza, who died after self-immolating outside the New York’s United Nations Headquarters, marking the 49th day of mourning for the activist, at Dalai Lama Temple Complex (Tsuglagkhang), in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Mass prayer for Tibetan activist Lobsang Palden in Shimla
Members of the Tibetan community during a mass prayer for Tibetan independence activist Lobsang Palden, also known as Lobga Rangza, who died after self-immolating outside the New York’s United Nations Headquarters, marking the 49th day of mourning for the activist, in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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2026 BWF World Championships
Players compete on different courts during the BWF World Championships, at the IGI Stadium in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
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Weather: Ganges water level rises after heavy rain in Prayagraj
A man drains water from an inundated house amid waterlogging following heavy rainfall at George town area, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, and MoS for Electronics and IT and Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada during the fourth India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR), in Singapore. | Photo: @PiyushGoyal/X via PTI
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Harsh Sanghavi
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi attends the NRAI Food Delivery Summit 2026, in Ahmedabad. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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SZC Meeting at Mahabalipuram
Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, centre, in a photograph with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay, fourth left, Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan, third left, Telangana Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu, second left, Karnataka Cabinet Minister Priyank Kharge, fourth right, Telangana Cabinet Minister Tummala Nageswar Rao, left, and others during the 31st Meeting of the Southern Zonal Council (SZC) at Mahabalipuram, in Chengalpattu district. | Photo: @CMofKarnataka/X via PTI
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Tibetans hold protest in Dharamshala
Members of the Tibetan community during a protest meeting at the Police Ground, in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. The meeting was organized to oppose against China's 'Ethnic Unity Law', and pay homage to Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen. | Photo: PTI
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Mehbooba Mufti addresses media in Srinagar
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti addresses the media, in Srinagar. Mufti spoke to reporters regarding US Ambassador Sergio Gor's recent statement calling the Union Territory 'an important part of India', a remark that drew strong protests from Islamabad but was widely welcomed in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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PM Modi, LG Saxena meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with Ladakh Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, in New Delhi. | Photo: @PMOIndia/X via PTI
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Waterlogging after rain in Varanasi
An inundated residential locality at Konia as the water level of the Ganga river rises following heavy rainfall, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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RJ Assembly Monsoon Session
Congress leader Sachin Pilot and party leaders boycott the proceedings of the Rajasthan Assembly Monsoon session and stage a protest over the alleged restrictions on entry of outsiders and media coverage in government schools, in Jaipur. | Photo: PTI
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School bus caught fire in Pune
Charred remains of a school bus after it caught fire in Wakad area, Pune. | Photo: PTI
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PM Modi, CM Himanta meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in New Delhi. | Photo: @CMOfficeAssam/X via PTI
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Kolkata fire incident
Wreaths lie outside a closed hotel, a day after a fire swept through a five-storey building housing several hotels on Mirza Ghalib Street, killing nine people, including a four-year-old child, and injuring six others, with several Bangladeshis among the dead, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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JSSC-CGL aspirants protest in Ranchi
JSSC-CGL aspirants stage a protest against the cancellation of the recruitment process conducted by the Jharkhand government, outside Jharkhand Secretariat, in Ranchi. | Photo: PTI
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Bank employee kills wife, sister before shooting himself
Police officials outside the ICICI Bank branch in the Gomti Nagar area, after a bank employee allegedly shot dead his wife, a bank official, and his sister before shooting himself, in Lucknow. | Photo: PTI/Nand Kumar
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Landslide in Tehri Garhwal
A view of the extensive damage on the NH-707A Mussoorie-Kempty Highway after a large section of the road washed out following a severe landslide near Dimta Bend, in Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
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Tibetan activists protest in Kolkata
A Tibetan activist tonsures his head during a demonstration against against China's 'Ethnic Unity Law', in Kolkata, West Bengal. The demonstrators demanding justice for activist Pawo Lobga Rangzen and sought UN intervention to protect their culture and heritage. | Photo: PTI
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Janmashtami preps
Artisans paint idols of Lord Krishna ahead of the 'Janmashtami' festival, in Rajkot, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI

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