As officials and staff of the Finance Ministry gear up to present Union Budget 2025 on Saturday, February 1, here are India`s longest-serving Finance Ministers, including those who never got an opportunity to present the Budget (Pics/ Midday file, X)

Voting for the presidential election in which NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu is pitted against joint opposition pick Yashwant Sinha began on Monday. Polling began at 10 am and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to cast his vote. The voting process would conclude at 5 pm. As India gears up to elect its 15th President, here`s a look at the past 14 Presidents (there have been three acting Presidents) who served India. Pics/Rashtrapati Bhavan, AFP