January 31: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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The Statue of Liberty and the Staten Island Ferry are backdropped by a supermoon, Wednesday, seen from the Brooklyn borough of New York. The supermoon, which is the final of three consecutive supermoons, also experience lunar eclipse as it set over the horizon, but only a partial eclipse was visible in the East Coast.
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NH Photo
Congress President Shri Rahul Gandhi’s interaction with Women Leaders and activists at St. Edmund School, Shillong, District East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, along with ministers of state Shiv Pratap Shukla, Pon Radhakrishnan and his team of officials, gives final touches to the Union Budget 2018-19 at his office at North Block in New Delhi .
PTI
PTI
Officials celebrate launch of the third Scorpene class submarine Karanj, constructed by shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Limited, at Mazgaon dock in Mumbai 

IANS
IANS
Oranges being sold at Kalmana wholesale market in Nagpur 
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IANS
People witness lunar eclipse with telescope from Sri Krishan Science center in Patna

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IANS
Sikh Nihangs perform during a Gatka competition in Amritsar 
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IANS
People participate in Thaipusam Festival in Chennai

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IANS
A Hindu devotee participates in the Thaipusam procession in Singapore’s Little India. Thaipusam, which falls on January or February of each year, is a day of penance or thanksgiving for Hindus.
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Hindu devotees walk up the 272 steps of the Batu Caves temple as part of their pilgrimage during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Thaipusam, which is celebrated in honor of Hindu god Lord Murugan, is an annual procession by Hindu devotees seeking blessings, fulfilling vows and offering thanks. 

PTI
PTI
India’s Mc Mary Kom (blue) after winning her Light Flyweight category bout against Altansetseg Lutsaikhan in the first India Open Boxing tournament in New Delhi
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E-rickshaw being Displayed as ambulance at Connaught Place in New Delhi

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Vipin
A skill development stall set up venue where aspiring student will be trained to fry pakodas in order to get employment as suggested by PM Modi at art faculty in Delhi University 
IANS
IANS
A girder from the under-construction Srinagar flyover near Solina came down crashing on a crane beneath it after an earthquake jolted Jammu and Kashmir 

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Published: 31 Jan 2018, 8:39 PM