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A woman walks near a barbed wire fence before the annual International "March of the Living" through the grounds of the former Auschwitz death camp, to pay tribute to the millions of Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War Two, in Oswiecim, Poland, April 24, 2025.
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People hold a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the victims of terrorist attack in J&K's Pahalgam, in Kolkata, Thursday, April 24, 2025.
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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel during the Beating Retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, near Amritsar, Thursday, April 24, 2025. The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday said it has "scaled down" the retreat ceremony held at Attari, Hussainiwala and Sadki along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab in the wake of the Pahalgam terrorist attack.
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Josh Hazlewood celebrates the wicket of Rajasthan Royals' Jofra Archer during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals, at M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru, Thursday.
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Mann also said the waters of the western rivers should be allocated to Punjab on a priority basis, adding that new storage dams upstream of existing Bhakra and Pong in Himachal Pradesh should be constructed, which will significantly enhance the storage and regulation of western river waters. Seeking the shelving of the SYL project, Mann unequivocally said that the Sharda-Yamuna Link for transfer of surplus Sharda River water to the Yamuna River and diversion of Chenab water to Beas River through the Rohtang tunnel should be done to eliminate the need for the SYL canal. He said the long-conceived project of Sharda-Yamuna Link should be taken up on priority and surplus water be transferred to the Yamuna River at a suitable location. Mann said the additional water available could offset the balance water requirement of Haryana from the Ravi-Beas system, apart from addressing the ever-growing drinking water requirement of Delhi and the availability of the Yamuna water to Rajasthan. 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