Farmers peel peas for community kitchen as they block a major highway in a protest against new farm laws while it rains at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, India, Monday, January 4, 2021. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A vendor selling face masks disembarks a bus as he looks for prospective buyers at a bus station in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





An Indian municipal officer, center, stands to ensure people follow COVID-19 guidelines at a busy market in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, January 5, 2021. India authorized two COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, paving the way for a huge inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic in the world's second most populous country. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





An Indian Paramilitary soldier stands guard during snowfall in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 05 January 2021. Kashmir continues to witness medium to the heavy snowfall across all the areas for the third consecutive day, while traffic on the 300-kilometer long Srinagar-Jammu highway continues to be halted for the third day, the air traffic has also remained disturbed for the last two days with the majority of flights getting cancelled. The weather department has issued a weather advisory to hilly areas that is prone to avalanches. The department has also predicted moderate to heavy snowfall for next two days. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)





Labourers plant paddy saplings in a field in Medak district, some 60 km from Hyderabad on January 7, 2021. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





Commuters walk on a snow covered foot-bridge during heavy snowfall in Srinagar on January 4, 2021. Moderate to heavy snow continues for the second consecutive day in parts of Kashmir cutting the valley's surface as well as air connection with the rest of the world, officials said. The weatherman has forecasted widespread snowfall till the forenoon of December 6. (Photo by Saqib Majeed/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A dog explores a dustbin after fresh snowfall in Srinagar on January 3, 2021. Moderate to heavy snowfall started on Sunday across the Kashmir valley cutting the valley's surface as well as air connection with the rest of the world, officials said. The weatherman has forecasted widespread snowfall till the forenoon of December 6. (Photo by Saqib Majeed/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Sikh farmer listens to a speaker from a distance as they block a major highway in a protest against new farm laws while it rains at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, India, Monday, January 4, 2021. Ignoring the coronavirus pandemic, the farmers have been blockading highways connecting New Delhi to northern India for nearly five weeks, obstructing transportation and dealing a blow to manufacturing and businesses in the north. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Women belonging to Kashmiri Gujjar community cook food on a wood burner inside a mud house at Mulnar on the outskirts of Srinagar on December 31, 2020. (Photo by Sanna Irshad Mattoo/Reuters)





A member of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) fires a tear gas shell towards farmers as they try to cross barricades during a protest against newly passed farm laws on a highway at Dharuhera in the northern state of Haryana, India, January 3, 2021. (Photo by Prashant Waydande/Reuters)





A man wearing a pair of goggles and plastic nose and mustache looks on during a party to celebrate the arrival of the New Year inside a hotel, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, December 31, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





People are seen at a crowded market amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease in Mumbai, India, December 30, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Women sit next to a bonfire on the banks of the Yamuna river on a winter morning in New Delhi, India, December 29, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A man wrapped in a quilt sits on the banks of the Yamuna river on a winter morning in New Delhi, India, December 29, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A woman walks past a painting outside an art school in Mumbai, India, December 30, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A girl takes a picture of the first fully automated driverless Delhi metro train during its inauguration in New Delhi, India, December 28, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Relatives mourn next to the burning pile of a man who died due to the coronavirus, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India on January 6, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A boatman uses an oar to break the ice layer of the frozen portion of Dal Lake after heavy snowfall in Srinagar on January 4, 2021. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





A farmer lies under the belly of a tractor trolley next to a bonfire as they block a major highway in a protest against new farm laws while it rains at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, India, Monday, January 4, 2021. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Indian presidential guards take part in a rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day Parade near India Gate in New Delhi on January 4, 2021. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Young Indian boys look at posters critical of Indian government at a site of protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, India, Monday, January 4, 2021. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A farmer lies down inside a makeshift tent pitched on a major highway in a protest against new farm laws while it rains at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, India, Monday, January 4, 2021. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)