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The Prime Minister of India arrives on Rajpath for the 72nd Republic Day celebrations of the country in a Range Rover Motorcade. The Prime Minister is received by the Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh.

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The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu arrives for the country's 72nd Republic Day on Rajpath, New Delhi with his motorcade. The Vice President is received by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

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The motorcade of the President of India arrives on Rajpath for the 72nd Republic Day of India. The President is received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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The Prime Minister of India is known for his connection with the 'public' and it is in display here at Rajpath on the 72nd Republic Day too.

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The Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu is accompanied by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as he leaves Rajpath after the 72nd Republic Day Parade of India.

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We gladly stand corrected - this is the NSS Republic Day Parade team of India of 2021. NSS or National Service Scheme contingent has girls and boys taking part.

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The beating of the Retreat is an age-old tradition in the Indian Army which commemorates the retreat of soldiers at the battlefield after sunset. This tradition signifies the retreat of soldiers, sheathing of arms and lowering of flags.

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The beating of the Retreat is an age-old tradition in the Indian Army which commemorates the retreat of soldiers at the battlefield after sunset. This tradition signifies the retreat of soldiers, sheathing of arms and lowering of flags.

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Despite the lockdown, liquor vends and outlets were the first to open up, not only to fulfill the desires of boozards who had been locked down for long, but also fill government coffers that were running dry, with the additional 70% alcohol…

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Schools become convenient election centers and free food ditribution locations, when the government needs them! They have open spaces, shade, water, electricity and are shut on holidays, on weekends and in times of chaos.

politics · school

After getting their hands sanitized, people enter a Moti Bagh school premises where they are distributed free food in thalis, and they step out and eat together. This is for those who are deprived during Corona times here in India.

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A deserted shopping complex in Delhi with the shutters down but we see activity after a while with people coming in to buy liquor before the shutters are even up.

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On April 5th, the entire country of 1,3 billion shut off their lights to light, candles, diyas and flashlights as requested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fight the 'darkness of Corona'.

Uttar Pradesh·politics

India is reeling under the third wave of Covid, as a punishment for the government to have allowed the Kumbh Mela to take place, in addition to state elections including in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh·politics · highway

When the government has let its citizens down, and organized the Kumbh Mela and state level elections, it then falls upon the local police and Indian Army to provide relief.

Uttar Pradesh·highway · politics

A truck full of liquid oxygen makes its way to a hospital in the Delhi NCR, for the use of Covid 19 patients on ventilators and requiring oxygen support.

Uttar Pradesh·highway · politics

The second or third wave of Covid19 has taken India by storm, and all public facilities are overloaded. Crematoria have even run out of wood.

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Rows and rows of empty oxygen cylinders makes for a depressing sight given India's Covid19 second/third wave in north India.

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The second or third wave of Covid19 has taken India by storm, and all public facilities are overloaded. Crematoria have even run out of wood.

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Are the 'Make in india' Covid19 vaccines really effective? Going by the number of double dose people who have died, this brings the entire vaccine programme into doubt.

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Desperate citizens pay black money prices for a single oxygen cylinder, in order to save their family members from Covid19.

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What a daily fight living in India has always been - for water, for parking, for electricity, for shade, for light, for food, for life...

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At the best of times, the Make in India vaccines may not be everything they were cracked out to be.