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Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports M.S. Gill paying floral tributes at the statue of the hockey legend, late Major Dhyan Chand, on his 105th birth anniversary, in New Delhi on August 29, 2010.

The 100th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, was observed today.

The Prime Minister and Mrs. Manmohan Singh meeting little school children who tied 'rakhis' on the Prime Minister's wrist.

One of the Indian Air Force’s six C-130J aircraft (front) on the flightline in Marietta, Georgia, United States, with other C-130 aircraft destined for the U.S. and Canadian Air Forces.

A panoramic view from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2010.

Children in tricolor formation at the full dress rehearsal of the 64th Independence Day celebrations at Red Fort, in Delhi on August 13, 2010.
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Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni taking a picture at a photo-exhibition in New Delhi on August 12, 2010.

A view of the MSC Chitra, which started spilling oil off the Mumbai coast and has listed more than 80 degrees, after colliding with another cargo vessel on August 7, 2010.Read story.

MSC Chitra, which collided with another ship off Mumbai and caused an oil spill on August 7, 2010.Read story.

Defence Minister A. K. Antony paying homage on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, at Amar Jawan Jyoti, India Gate, in New Delhi on July 26, 2010.

An image sent from Cartosat-2B showing part of Madurai with the Meenakshi Temple in the centre. Read story.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan and senior scientists involved in the launch of CARTOSAT-2B, in New Delhi on July 19, 2010.

Union Minister Sachin Pilot launching a solar rickshaw that will be used as an environment-friendly postal delivery vehicle, in New Delhi on July 9, 2010. Read story.

Shera, the mascot of the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 takes a pleasant ride on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir on June 29, 2010.

Actor Imran Khan skydiving in New Zealand, during the shooting of the film I Hate Luv Storys

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meeting the US President Barack Obama, at the official welcome, at Toronto, in Canada on June 26, 2010.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh handing over the ‘chaadar’ to be offered at the "dargah" of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer Sharif to Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office, Prithviraj Chavan, in New Delhi on June 15, 2010.

Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla with the first voter of free India, Shyam Saran, 93, resident of Kalpa Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh on June 12, 2010.

Vice President Mohd. Hamid Ansari visited the Cathedral Church, at Zagreb, Croatia on June 10, 2010.

President Pratibha Patil visited Temple of Heaven, in Beijing on May 28, 2010.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulating Dr. Shah Faisal, from Jammu & Kashmir, who topped the Civil Services Exam 2010.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov paying floral tributes, at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi, at Rajghat, in Delhi on May 25, 2010. Read story.

A flock of Nilgiri Tahr in the hills of Munnar which was adjudged 2nd best destination in Asia on TripAdvisor.Read story.

Speaker, Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar with the Prime Minister of Swaziland, Dr. Barnabas Dlamini, at PM’s office, Mbabane, Swaziland on May 10, 2010.