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Day In Pics: August 21, 2024

Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for August 21, 2024

Security at RG Kar Medical College | Photo: PTI

CISF DIG K Pratap Singh (C) with jawans inspects R G Kar Medical College and Hospital for their deployment for security pupose in view of protests over recent rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor, in Kolkata.

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PM leaves for Poland
PM leaves for Poland | Photo: PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplanes for Warsaw (Poland), in New Delhi.

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AAP meeting in Srinagar
AAP meeting in Srinagar | Photo: PTI

Aam Aadmi Party leader Imran Hussain meets Jammu and Kashmir AAP unit officials and workers to discuss the upcoming Assembly elections in the union territory, in Srinagar.

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Badlapur sexual abuse case: Security at Badlapur school
Badlapur sexual abuse case: Security at Badlapur school | Photo: PTI

Police personnel deployed at the school in Badlapur a day after massive protests over alleged molestation of two school girls, in Thane district.

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Bharat Bandh: Protest in Arrah
Bharat Bandh: Protest in Arrah | Photo: PTI

Bhim Army supporters block railway tracks in support of the Bharat Bandh call over the recent Supreme Court ruling on SC/ST reservations, in Arrah.

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A public square in Dhaka
A public square in Dhaka | Photo: PTI/Kunal Dutt

A public square in a commercial area containing luxury hotels and other properties, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Atishi inaugurates a Gov schools academic block
Atishi inaugurates a Gov school's academic block | Photo: PTI

Delhi Minister Atishi speaks after the inauguration of the new academic block of the Government Co-Education Secondary School at Maidan Garhi, Chattarpur, in New Delhi.

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Landslide in Shimla
Landslide in Shimla | Photo: PTI

Damaged road after massive landslide at Baluganj due to Monsoon rainfall, in Shimla.

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Bhagwant Mann in Mumbai
Bhagwant Mann in Mumbai | Photo: PTI

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann with officials of Sun Pharma during a meeting, in Mumbai.

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Protest over Kolkata trainee doctor murder
Protest over Kolkata trainee doctor murder | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra

Doctors stage a protest over the alleged sexual assault and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor, outside Central Government Offices (CGO) complex, in Kolkata.

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Upendra Kushwaha and Manan Kumar Mishra file nominations
Upendra Kushwaha and Manan Kumar Mishra file nominations | Photo: PTI

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with NDA candidate Upendra Kushwaha and Manan Kumar Mishra after they filed nomination paper for Rajya Sabha election at Bihar Vidhan Sabha, in Patna.

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NCP (SP) protest in Pune
NCP (SP) protest in Pune | Photo: PTI

NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule and others during a protest over the Badlapur sexual abuse case, in Pune. Sule on Wednesday targeted the Maharashtra government over the case and demanded the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio.

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Yogi Adityanath meets Philip Green
Yogi Adityanath meets Philip Green | Photo: PTI

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with Australia's High Commissioner to India Philip Green OAM and others during a meeting at the former's official residence, in Lucknow.

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Badlapur sexual abuse case in Maharashtra
Badlapur sexual abuse case in Maharashtra | Photo: PTI

Police personnel stand guard after two kindergarten girls were allegedly sexually abused at a school at Badlapur, in Thane district. The alleged crime by a male attendant created a volatile situation in the town on Tuesday, with protesting parents and locals crippling rail services and clashing with police.

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Breakthrough of a metro tunnel in Delhi
Breakthrough of a metro tunnel in Delhi | Photo: PTI

Delhi Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot and others after the breakthrough of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) at the Chhatarpur Mandir site of the Delhi Metro, in New Delhi.

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Bharat Bandh: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supporters and others protest in Gurugram
Bharat Bandh: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supporters and others protest in Gurugram | Photo: PTI

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supporters and others protest against the Supreme Court's August 1 decision on the issue of SC-ST reservation during ‘Bharat Bandh’, in Gurugram.