India Today

India Today is the leading news magazine and most widely read publication in India. The magazine’s leadership is unquestioned, so much so that India Today is what Indian journalism is judged by, for its integrity and ability to bring unbiased and incisive perspective to arguably the most dynamic, yet perplexing, region in the world. Breaking news and shaping opinion, it is now a household name and the flagship brand of India’s leading multidimensional media group. Additionally, the weekly brings with it a range supplements like Women, Home, Aspire, Spice and Simply which focus on style, health, education, fashion, etc. and Indian cities.

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India Today

A NO-WIN WAR!

JUDGING THEMSELVES • The Supreme Court opens up on judges’ assets and appointments in an unprecedented act of transparency and self-scrutiny

FAREWELL TO TESTS • BATSMANSHIP ASIDE, VIRAT AND ROHIT ALSO HAD A STELLAR RUN AS TEST CAPTAINS. BOTH LED INDIA TO THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

COMMANDING THE ALGORITHM

HIGH ON AI INDIA HITS TOP LEAGUE

MAMATA’S HINDU AVATAR • Competitive Hinduism comes to rule in West Bengal, as Mamata Banerjee seeks to negate the BJP’s USP—and maybe wash off old sins—with a new Jagannath temple

GANDHI’S GROUND ‘ZERO’ • Rahul Gandhi’s revitalisation programme waters the roots in the districts, but the tree is also barren at the top

CEASEFIRE IN PAWAR LAND? • Sharad Pawar sets speculation swirling with hints of ‘two views’ in his party. One favours a reunion of the two NCPs. Daughter Supriya clearly says no

‘MOLLY’ GOES ZUMBA • Rising substance abuse among teenagers had Kerala fretting. Pinarayi’s replacement fix: dance!

NO PLACE IN AGRA FOR TAJ OF SWEETS • The Agra petha is as much a part of the city’s cultural confection as its architectural twin, the Taj. Pollution fears now put the padlocks on Noori Gate, its old abode

THE NEW RED LINES • TRUCE REMAINS TENUOUS AS INDIA DRAWS A TOUGH NEW NORMAL FOR DEALING WITH A RECALCITRANT PAKISTAN OVER SPONSORING TERROR, INCLUDING RESUMING DEADLY RETRIBUTION IF PAKISTAN DOES NOT MEND ITS WAYS

The Four-Day War • India’s strikes on terror havens in retaliation to the Pah al gam massacre were non-escalatory. But Pakistan responded with attacks on military targets and upped the lethality. Everything it hurled was repulsed. Then, India struck fierce blows at Pakistani air bases

HOW THE GUNS FELL SILENT • Wary of the prospects of a wider conflagration, the US took a lead role in helping India and Pakistan hit the pause button in their bitter exchange

The Digital Frontier • Deepfakes, bots and troll farms emerge as a new weapon in the India-Pakistan conflict

CASTING A WIDER NET • THE 2020 MISSED-BY-A-WHISKER ELECTION BEHIND HIM, THE RJD SCION IS TAKING NO CHANCES AS HE GOES ALL-OUT TO WOO SECTIONS THAT HAVE SO FAR BEEN COLD TO THE PARTY

HIGH ON THE HYPERLOOP • India is betting on student-led innovation to crack Hyperloop technology—aiming not just to catch up, but to lead the global race for next-gen high-speed mobility

RACING INTO THE FUTURE • India is accelerating its Hyperloop ambitions with Avishkar, an IIT Madras student-led initiative to build the world’s longest test track and take the lead in next-gen transport innovation. This is what the project entails

THE SEVEN SINS OF INVESTING • Predicting stock market outcomes is irrational. Don’t be a victim of investment sins, because unlike biblical sins, these won’t hurt your soul, but will hurt your assets

In Fine Print • JYOTI BHATT’S RETROSPEC-TIVE AT LATITUDE 28 CAPTURES HIS PIONEERING SPIRIT, POLITICAL SUBTLETY, AND PASSION FOR PRINTMAK-ING AS CULTURAL DIALOGUE

Colonial Shades • AN EXHIBITION OF COMPANY PAINTINGS AT DAG DELHI SHOWS A...