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Aditya-L1 blasts off from the launchpad at Sriharikota island on a voyage to the centre of the solar system, a week after the country's successful unmanned Moon landing. IMAGES
Indian police fire tear gas and water cannon to try to disperse protesters in Kolkata. The demonstratos are calling for justice after the brutal rape and murder of a doctor earlier this month. The discovery of the 31-year-old doctor's bloodied body at a local state-run hospital on August 9 sparked medical strikes and widespread protests by doctors' associations across the country. IMAGES
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky on a historic visit to Kyiv, where he is pushing for a solution to end more than two years of war with Russia. Modi embraced Zelensky and signed the guest book at the Mariinsky palace, the president's official residence, in the first ever visit by an Indian premier to Ukraine. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Narendra Modi in the Indian prime minister's first visit to the war-torn country. IMAGES
Doctors in India's capital New Delhi hold a protest calling for justice and safety after the rape and murder of a doctor as widespread strikes by healthcare workers enter a second week. IMAGES