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India Today

VICTIMS OF TRUMP TARIFFS WHO IS PAYING THE PRICE?

DIVIDED BENCH • Once unimaginable, Supreme Court judges are trading jabs in public, turning private disputes into spectacle and shaking faith in unity

SWITCH OFF THE PHONE

SMART WINDOWS HUNT FOR A CHEAPER OPTION

Why Enrolments in Govt Schools are Falling • A shrinking school-age population, preference for private schools and better child tracking systems have led to falling enrolment numbers

BIG BATTLE FOR SEAT SHARING IN THE NDA • Even a lesser Nitish is more equal than others. BJP has its own ambitions. So does Chirag. The NDA frets at the math

Sidda Greenlights Paper Ballots • The ‘vote chori’ chorus raises its pitch. Karnataka to ditch EVMs and revise voter rolls for local body polls

CASTE DRIVES A HARD BARGAIN WITH HINDUTVA • The saffron ‘big tent’ is intact, but caste blocs are uniting to demand their pound of flesh in Yogiland

HULLABALOO AT HAZRATBAL • A renovation that should have awed the devout ends up creating a blasphemy controversy and bitter politicking

Ajit Pawar’s Faustian Pact With Saffron • The NCP has always held on to its secular ideals while within the Mahayuti, but the proximity now imperils its political base

A WASTELAND OF THE NARMADA • The Little Rann of Kutch “becomes a sea”, causing eco havoc, as precious river water flows in unused

GEN Z REBELLION • RAGE OVER CORRUPTION, NEPOTISM AND JOBLESSNESS EN DS IN A REGIME CHANGE IN NEPAL AND DEMANDS FOR A RADICAL RESET. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR INDIA?

HISTORY OF TUMULT • MUSICAL CHAIRS IN NEPAL’S POLITICS

KEY PLAYERS IN NEPAL • THOSE WHO WERE OUSTED, AND THOSE ON THE RISE

ECONOMIC STRESS THAT TRIGGERED THE ANGER • An economy stuck in low gear, stark inequalities, scarce jobs and over-dependence on remittances have left Nepal’s young generation restless and angry

‘They used my dead husband to fool us’

POLICIES OF DECEPTION • Abetted by insiders, a multicrore insurance scam—centred in west UP and preying on the poor battling illness or disability—thrived on fake identities, staged deaths, and even murders

HOW THE NEXUS WORKED • Behind every fraudulent claim lay a finely-tuned assembly line of deception

‘I don’t know how I will raise my kids’

ABHISHEK SPREADS HIS WINGS • Named TMC’s leader in the Lok Sabha, Abhishek Banerjee emerges as the undisputed bearer of Mamata’s mantle. Before him now lies the challenge of the assembly election next year

BATTLING RANGE ANXIETY • Inadequate charging infrastructure threatens to put the brakes on India’s electric vehicles ambitions

SHORT AND SWEET • In a time of falling attention spans, no wonder micro dramas—truncated soap operas whose episodes last a maximum of three minutes—are all the rage

PAINTING THE COSMOS • A CAREER-SPANNING RETROSPECTIVE AT DAG, NEW DELHI, CAPTURES ARTIST SHOBHA BROOTA’S LIFELONG SEARCH FOR BEGINNINGS, INFINITY, AND THE ESSENCE OF CREATION

Modernism on Canvas • GALLERIE GANESHA REVISITS ITS ROOTS WITH A SOLO EXHIBITION OF THE LATE MODERNIST K.S....