Day In Pics: February 01, 2025

🌠Patna: People watch Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the Union Budget 2025-26 on television screens at a showroom, in Patna.

ꩲRescue team members conduct an operation after a fire broke out following a series of blasts in a truck carrying gas cylinders, in Ghaziabad.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ꦆwith officials during a visit to Sangam at the ongoing ‘Maha Kumbh Mela’ festival, in Prayagraj. Yogi on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of roads leading to Prayagraj, Director Information Shishir said.

𝔍In this image released by Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Droupadi Murmu during the opening of the Amrit Udyan winter annuals edition 2025, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. The famed Amrit Udyan will be open for public viewing from Sunday, and will receive visitors till March 30, the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday said.

💝Security personnel stop a vehicle amid tight security at the Kartavya Path on a foggy winter morning, ahead of the presentation of the ‘Union Budget 2025-26’, in New Delhi.

♛A sadhu (Mauni Maharaj who practices silence) performs rituals during the Mahakumbh Mela, in Prayagraj.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ♔with Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and other officials outside the Finance Ministry ahead of the presentation of ‘Union Budget 2025-26’, in New Delhi.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman upon her arrival at the Parliament ♎House complex to present the ‘Union Budget 2025-26’, in New Delhi.

ဣIn this image posted by @rashtrapatibhvn via X, President Droupadi Murmu with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a meeting before the latter presents the Union Budget 2025-26, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.

🃏In this image posted by @rashtrapatibhvn via X, President Droupadi Murmu offers auspicious ‘dahi cheeni’ to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a meeting before the latter presents the Union Budget 2025-26, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.

Hyderabad's Mohammed Siraj celebrates after taking the wicket of Vidarbha's Danish Malewar on the third day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Hyderabad and Vidarbha, in Nagpur.

♑Combo of file images shows Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with the ‘Union Budget’ in the years (L-R, Top Row) 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 and (L-R, Bottom Row) 2023, 2024 (Interim Budget), 2024 (General Budget) and Union Budget 2025-26, in New Delhi.

🐈Security personnel and ground staff are seen among players of Delhi and Railways amid a security breach after three fans barged into the field of play on the third day of the Ranji trophy cricket match, in New Delhi.

💫People take a walk through the snow-covered Drung area of Tangmarg, in Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir. Fresh snowfall in higher reaches and rain in the plains ended the prolonged dry spell in the Kashmir valley, with the Meteorological Department forecasting a possibility of more precipitation over the next four days.

🔴Visitors at the ‘World Book Fair’ at Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi.

🌸Togo's Liova Ajavon plays a forehand return against India's Sasikumar Mukund during their Davis Cup 2025 World Group I play-off tennis match, in New Delhi.

♕Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a post-budget press conference, in New Delhi.

🧸Prayagraj: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh pray as they take a holy dip during Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.