Ukraine celebrates its 1991 declaration of independence from the then USSR on the same day.
A fisherman casts a fishing net in the swollen Narmada river following heavy rains, at Bhedaghat in Jabalpur.
Ganesh Utsav, Maharashtra's celebration of the God of New Beginnings, begins on Ganesh Chaturthi, Wednesday, August 31, 2022, and will be celebrated for 10 days, until Anant Chaturthi, Friday, September 2022, the day of visarjan (immersion).
Four Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets and two C-17 heavy-lift aircraft have joined the 17-nation air combat exercise in Australia.
During his visit to Hyderabad on Sunday, August 21, 2022, Amit Shah met with a movie star and a movie mogul.
While Russia focuses its attack on the east and south of the country, the threat of Russian missile strikes on Kyiv remains.
Glimpses of the devastation caused by flash floods in Himachal Pradesh.
Tigress T28 trains hunting to three cubs of her dead sister along with four of her own at the Sanjay Dubri National Park and Tiger Reserve in Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh.
Kashmiri Pandits took part in a Janmashtami procession amid tight security in Srinagar on Friday.
Gadkari sought Bachchan's support to campaign for the National Road Safety Mission -- the Sadak Suraksha Abhiyan -- the minister's campaign to improve road safety and reduce road crash casualties.
Parts of China face a water shortage as low water levels have dried up the riverbed of the Jialing river in Chongqing.
Vets and animal experts from FOUR PAWS International, a global animal welfare organisation, performed a dental procedure on Madhubala, a 16-year-old elephant, at the zoo in Karachi.
Children dress up as Lord Krishna on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami.
A day after he was ruthlessly removed from the Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary Board, Nitin Gadkari -- arguably, the top performer in the Narendra Modi Cabinet and a former BJP president -- was in Mumbai, launching one of his pet projects: Electric public transport buses for the city.
Artist Ciaran Gallagher painted a mural depicting Britain's Conservative leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss in the Belfast city centre.
People sit on the banks of the Yamuna river with the Taj Mahal as backdrop at sunset.
Indian Army personnel in Leh, August 17, 2022, carry the mortal remains of Lance Naik Chandrashekhar Harbola, who died during Operation Meghdoot on the Siachen Glacier in 1984.
An electric double-decker bus, soon to be seen on Mumbai's roads.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar walked to 10, Circular Road, from his home at 1, Aney Marg to meet his old comrade-turned political adversary-turned ally.
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