News of the Day

London: West Ham’s Declan Rice heads the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Burnley, at London stadium, in London, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal presents a flower to a medic during the COVID-19 vaccination drive, at LNJP Hospital in New Delhi.

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan displays a Covishield vaccine vial, after the virtual launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at AIIMS in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.

Srinagar: A medic administers the first dose of Covishield vaccine on a health worker, after the virtual launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at SKIMS in Srinagar, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.

Oberhof: A cross country skier moves through the snow covered landscape in the Thuringian Forest in Oberhof, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.

New Delhi: A farmer prepares food for fellow farmers during a protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.

Visakhapatnam: A medic administers the first dose of Covishield vaccine to a frontline worker, after the virtual launch of Covid-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a health center in Visakhapatnam, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.

New Delhi: Dr. BL Sherwal (C), Director of Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, along with Dr. Vikas Dogra (2R), Head of Pulmonology Department, during the COVID-19 vaccination drive, in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. Dogra is one of the beneficiaries who has received the first jab of COVID-19 vaccine after its virtual launch by PM Modi today.

Chandigarh: Arun Kumar, a frontline health worker and first beneficiary to get vaccinated in the city, during the COVID-19 vaccination drive, at Government Hospital in Chandigarh, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.

Jammu: A rag picker works at a landfill amid dense fog on a cold morning, in Jammu, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021

Bhubaneswar: Artists from Kolkata (Dona Ganguli’s troop) perform Odissi dance during Mukteswar Dance festival, in Bhubaneswar, Friday, Jan.15, 2021.

Guwahati: Passengers travel on a ferry boat as they cross the Brahmaputra river during evening hours, in Guwahati, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021

Kolkata: Actors Presenjeet Chatterjee and Paoli Dam during an award function at Raj Bhavan, in Kolkata, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021

Noida: Farmers agitating against new farm laws observe Kisan Sena Diwas at Delhi-Noida border, in Noida, Jan. 15, 2021.

Mumbai: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar participates in a ‘puja’ before dispatch of vaccine doses to various vaccination centres for the COVID vaccination drive, in Mumbai Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.

Guntur: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy participates in ‘Kamadhenu Gopuja’ on the occassion of Kanuma festival, at Narsaraopeta in Guntur district, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.

New Delhi: Construction material seen at the Parliament House complex in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. The construction work of the new Parliament building started in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, over a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the project under the government’s ambitious Central Vista redevelopment plan.

Rajgir: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar feeds a flock of geese at the newly inaugurated Venu Van, in Rajgir, Friday, Jan. 15,2021.

Kyiv: A bird flies over the sky near the 1000-year old Orthodox Monastery of Caves covered with the first snow this winter in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Ukraine has been hit with unusually cold weather with temperatures of 21 degrees Celsius below zero (69.8 F).

Lod: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands before the casket of Sheldon Adelson, with his wife, Miriam Adelson, upon arrival to Ben Gurion Airport, near the city of Lod, Israel, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Adelson, the billionaire mogul and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics has died after a long illness, his wife said Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

Melbourne: FILE – In this Jan. 13, 2021, file image made from video, a pigeon with a blue leg band stands on a rooftop in Melbourne, Australia. A U.S. bird organization said the leg band identifying the bird as a U.S. racing pigeon was counterfeit, which may save the bird from strict Australian biosecurity policies that would call for a U.S. pigeon to be killed.