Congress leader Pawan Khera meets activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for 20 days, during a protest by Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) against alleged irregularities in NEET and other examinations, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
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A man guides cattle through floodwaters to a safer place after floodwaters submerged low-lying areas, in Morigaon district, Assam. | Photo: PTI
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Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee members stage a protest near Golden Gate in response to the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha’s (KMM) call to oppose the proposed India-US trade deal and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), in Amritsar. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated by Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini during the launch of various developmental projects, in Jind, Haryana. | Photo: @NarendraModi/YT via PTI
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People offer prayers as a chariot carrying idols of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra passes through a street during the annual Rath Yatra festival, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Friday, July 17, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Bollywood actor Kajol leaves after offering prayers at the Dakshineswar Temple, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
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Santipur municipality workers stage a demonstration in front of the civic body office demanding a hike in their daily wages and equal pay status for similar jobs, at Santipur, in Nadia district, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
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Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk attended by medical professionals during a protest by Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) demanding Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, at the Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. Wangchuk has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 20 days. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant sweeps a street with a broom as a chariot carrying idols of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra proceeds during the annual Rath Yatra festival, in Miramar, Goa. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk during a protest by Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) demanding Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, at the Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. Wangchuk has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 20 days. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav inspects the 12-km water tunnel of the Bargi Diversion Project, at Sleemanabad, in Katni district. | Photo: PTI
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India's two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu on Friday, July 17, 2026, advanced to the women's singles semifinals of the ongoing Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament after Japan's Nozomi Okuhara withdrew from the match. Sindhu is seen celebrating a point during a women's singles match against Japan's Manami Suizu at the India Open 2025 badminton tournament, in New Delhi, in this file photo dated Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. | Photo: PTI/Gurinder Osan
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Students Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) members hold banners and placards as they stage a protest to express solidarity with climate activist Sonam Wangchuk over his ongoing hunger strike demanding Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, in Guwahati, Assam. | Photo: PTI
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Priests perform rituals as they offer prayers to Lord Jagannath during the annual Rath Yatra festival, in Puri, Odisha. | Photo: @JagannathaDhaam/X via PTI