Laborers work at a building construction site in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)
Workers prepare work to lay an underground electricity cable in Mumbai, India Wednesday, November 24, 2021. India’s economy grew by 8.4% in the July-September quarter from the same period a year earlier, the government announced Tuesday, signaling hopes of a growing economic recovery after it suffered historic contractions sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)
A police officer tries to detain the supporters of the women’s wing of India’s main opposition Congress Party during a protest against what they say is rising inflation in the country, in New Delhi, India, November 30, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)
Kashmiri villagers peel the cover of wicker sticks on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Wicker is used for making traditional firepots called Kangri in Kashmir. Kashmiris use these traditional firepots to keep themselves warm during the severe winter months. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)
A woman arrives with her children to worship a wild male elephant, one of two killed by a train in Durung Pathar, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Speeding trains have run down dozens of wild elephants in Assam in the past, forcing the Indian Railways, which runs the trains, to regulate speed in known elephant corridors. Assam, which has a history of man-elephant conflict, has an estimated 5,000 wild Asiatic elephants. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)
A wild male elephant, one of two killed after they were hit by a train, lays near a railway track in Durung Pathar, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Wednesday, December 1, 2021. “The two adult elephants were walking on the railway track when the train, on its way to the eastern tea-growing town of Dibrugarh from New Delhi ran over them, killing them almost immediately”, Dilip Kumar Das, an Assam Wildlife Ranger said. Wild elephants often stray into human habitations during this time of the year when rice is ready for harvest in the fields, he added. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)
A man worships a wild male elephant, one of two killed by a train, in Durung Pathar, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Speeding trains have run down dozens of wild elephants in Assam in the past, forcing the Indian Railways, which runs the trains, to regulate speed in known elephant corridors. Assam, which has a history of man-elephant conflict, has an estimated 5,000 wild Asiatic elephants. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)
A health worker collects swab samples from a traveller to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a railway station in New Delhi on December 1, 2021. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)
A man is seen standing on the ledge of a building as smog envelopes the horizon in New Delhi, India, Thursday, December 2, 2021. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)
A police officer tries to detain a supporter of the youth wing of India’s main opposition Congress Party wearing a cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest against what they say is rising inflation in the country in New Delhi, India, December 1, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)
A girl lights earthen lamps during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign on the occasion of World AIDS Day in Kolkata, India, December 1, 2021. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)
A group of young people, many wearing face masks as a precaution against COVID-19, pose for a selfie outside a shopping mall in Bengaluru, capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, Thursday, December 2, 2021. India on Thursday confirmed its first cases of the omicron coronavirus variant in two men in Karnataka who came from abroad. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)
An auto rickshaw driver with his face covered as a precaution against COVID-19 waits for passengers in Bengaluru, capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, Thursday, December 2, 2021. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)
A woman receives a shot COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination drive in New Delhi, India, 02 December 2021. India reported its first case of the coronavirus Omicron variant in the state of Karnataka. The government increased security measures and issued fresh guidelines for airport authorities, intensifying RT-PCR tests for international passengers and visitors from other states. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA/EFE)
A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger entering the city to test for COVID-19 at a railway station in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, December 3, 2021. India on Thursday confirmed its first cases of the omicron coronavirus variant in two people and officials said one arrived from South Africa and the other had no travel history. A top medical expert urged people to get vaccinated. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)
Teacher and students of a government school warm themselves during community classes at a village in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, outskirts of Srinagar, India, 02 December 2021. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)
A woman with disability communicates with sign language as they sit and demonstrate with Disability Activists Forum demanding their rights from the Bengal Government, during the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Kolkata, Eastern India, 03 December 2021. The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is annually observed on 03 December with an objective to promote an awareness of disability issues, the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities and integration of persons with disabilities in the mainstream of each aspect of the social, political, economic and cultural status of their communities. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)
This handout photograph taken on December 4, 2021 and released by the Indian Navy shows a gigantic India’s national flag exhibited by the Western Naval Command at the naval dockyard in Mumbai. (Photo by Indian Navy/AFP Photo)
A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a woman, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at a local health centre in Ahmedabad, India, December 3, 2021. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)
