This photograph taken on February 29, 2024 shows Sharmila Yadav, certified remote pilot trained under the government-backed “Drone Sister” programme, operating a drone to spray liquid fertiliser over a farm in Pataudi. Hundreds of women have been trained in rural India to fly fertiliser-spraying aircraft under the government-backed "Drone Sister" programme. The scheme aims to help modernise Indian farming by reducing labour costs, as well as saving time and water in an industry hamstrung by its reliance on outdated technology and growing climate change challenges.
It is also a portent of rural India's changing attitudes towards working women, who have traditionally found few opportunities to join the labour force and are often stigmatised for doing so. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





A woman walks with a child on a snow covered road to get him polio drops at a government health centre in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, March 3, 2024. India eradicated polio more than a decade ago after successfully implementing a polio immunization programme adopted in 1995. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A motorbike rides past a mural of England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler painted on the walls surrounding the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on March 03, 2024 in Dharamsala, India. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)





Three men arrested for the alleged gang rape of a Spanish tourist are brought by police to be produced before the Dumka District Court in Dumka, Jharkhand, India, Monday, March 4, 2024. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





An Indian security personnel stands guard near the venue where India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address on March 7 a public rally in Srinagar on March 5, 2024. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Dancers perform a fire breathing act during a Hindu religious procession ahead of the “Maha Shivaratr”', an annual festival dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva, in Amritsar on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A man carries water on his head and walks through a busy street in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A performer dressed as the Hindu Godess Kali takes part in a religious procession on the occasion of the Hindu festival of “Maha Shivaratri” in Pushkar on March 8, 2024. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)





Indian women vendors await customers outside a train station on International Women's Day in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 8, 2024. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A newly married couple offer prayers as Hindu devotees take dip at the Sangam, the meeting point of the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers, during Shivaratri festival in Prayagraj, India, Friday, March 8, 2024. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Indian women railways staff work at Safdarjung Railway station in New Delhi, India, 08 March 2024. Northern Railway of Indian railways declared the Delhi Safdarjung railway station as pink station (All women staff) for one day to celebrate the International women day.Also a train operated by all women staff departed from Safdarjung railway station on 08 March. International Women's Day is observed annually on 08 March across the world. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA/EFE)





Hindu devotees pour milk on a shivling, a representation of Hindu god Shiva, during Shivratri festival in Hyderabad, India, Friday, March 8, 2024. “Shivratri”, or the night of Shiva, is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death and destruction. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Riders and a pillion rider fall on the ground after two speeding motorcycles collided at a busy road in Hyderabad, India, Friday, March 8, 2024. No major injuries were reported in the accident. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Two men carry plastic chairs on a handcart in Kolkata, India, Friday, March 8, 2024. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Tibetan nuns wait for the protest march to start, held to mark the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in the northern hill town of Dharamsala, India, on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A Tibetan man with his face painted participates in a protest march held to mark the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in the northern hill town of Dharamsala, India, on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Muslims offer prayer inside a Mosque on the first day of Ramadan, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk, began at sunrise Tuesday in much of Asia. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Activists and members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hold empty water pots as they shout slogans during a protest against the state government over ongoing severe water crisis, in Bengaluru on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/AFP Photo)





Activists and members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hold empty water pots as they shout slogans during a protest against the state government over ongoing severe water crisis, in Bengaluru on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/AFP Photo)





Muslims eat their Iftar (breaking of fast) meal on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on a street in New Delhi, India on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)