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World Heritage tag for Jaipur and a water train to Chennai: India this week
From the Walled city of Jaipur being recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO to a special train organised to transport water to Chennai; a roundup of top photos from across the country.
Updated on: Jul 14, 2019 12:42 PM IST
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Children play cricket in the backdrop of Ajmeri Gate, in the walled city of Jaipur, Rajasthan. The Walled City, known for its architectural planning, ochre colour and vibrant culture, was declared the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The announcement was made after the 43rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, underway at Baku from June 30 to July 10. (Himanshu Vyas / HT Photo)
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A special train on July 12 took water to the city of Chennai which has been reeling under its worst water shortage in decades. The 50 wagons filled with 2.5 million litres of water were hauled by a locomotive decorated with flowers and a “Drinking Water for Chennai” banner on the front at the start of the trip. (Arun Sankar / AFP)
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Farmers work in a paddy field in Odisha. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued heavy rain warning in several districts of Odisha under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over West Bengal adjoining Jharkhand. (Arabinda Mahapatra / HT Photo)
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People seen moving on a busy street during the rains near Ghatkopar Station in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Hemanshi Kamani / HT Photo)
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Karnataka Congress minister DK Shivakumar (C) and GT Deve Gowda interacting outside Renaissance Hotel in Powai in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)
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Fishermen seen at work during a humid day in the heavily polluted waters of the Yamuna River at Kalindi Kunj, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. (Virendra Singh Gosain / HT Photo)
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Ten Congress MLAs from Goa join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of BJP Working President Jagat Prakash Nadda and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, at BJP Headquarter, in New Delhi. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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Fire fighters and tenders carry out rescue operations at a rubber factory at Jhilmil industrial area, in New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)
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A farmer plucks litchi from trees in an orchard, in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. (Nitin Kanotra / HT Photo)
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SS Kim, chief executive officer of Hyundai Motor India, poses with a Kone electric compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) during its launch at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. South Korea’s Hyundai launched its Kona SUV in a country where 3.4 million new cars and SUVs hit the roads last year, and is the only major market without a real electric vehicle. (Anindito Mukherjee / Bloomberg)
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A boy plays cricket on the Juhu beach in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS)
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Indian supporters stand during the national anthem ahead of the start of the 2019 Cricket World Cup semi-final between India and New Zealand at Old Trafford in Manchester, England. (Oli Scarff / AFP)
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An employee of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) fumigates during an anti-malaria drive inside a slum in Mumbai. Municipal authorities have identified specific areas of the city with mills, railway yards and construction sites where accumulated water offers a breeding ground for mosquitoes leading to a wider spread of malaria. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
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A devotee offers prayers during Ambubachi festival at the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, Assam. The four-day Ambubachi festival is a celebration of Kamakhya’s yearly menstrual cycle, and it brings hundreds of thousands of devotees to the temple. (Anupam Nath / AP)
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A Kashmiri boy lays a wreath on a grave at Martyrs’ Graveyard in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. July 13 is observed as Martyrs’ Day in memory of the day when the region’s Hindu king ordered more than 20 Kashmiri Muslims executed in a bid to put down an uprising in 1931. (Dar Yasin / AP)
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All Indian Congress members stage a demonstration in front of the Gandhi Statue at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (Shailendra Bhojak / PTI)
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Extensive repair works underway on one of the four minarets of Taj Mahal under The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. (PTI)
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Girls row a makeshift raft past submerged houses at a flood-affected village in Karbi Anglong district, Assam. (Anuwar Hazarika / REUTERS)
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A crane pulls a damaged bus after it broke through the boundary wall of an expressway bridge and plunged into a drain on the outskirts of Agra, Uttar Pradesh. (Pawan Sharma / AP)
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