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

PM’S NEW POLL PLANK • Not peace or development but addressing the widely perceived threat from illegal migration was the dominant theme running through PM Modi’s tour of the east

AI FOR ARTIFICIAL INSULT

A NEW CANCER VACCINE? BE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC

Man of the MOMENT • Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 75 on September 17, just over a year into his historic third consecutive term—an achievement unmatched since first PM Jawaharlal Nehru. india today takes a look at the making of ‘Brand Modi’, one of contemporary India’s defining political stories

EPS & HIS COALITION OF THE UNWILLING • The anti-DMK front threatens to fragment as friends flee and dissent stalks AIADMK

CONVERTING FAITH TO A POINT OF LAW • The state’s anti-conversion bill surpasses all others in the stringency of its provisions

NAVEEN’S ARK IN CHOPPY SEA • ‘Non-alignment’ in Delhi is proving costly back home as BJD is rocked by a wave of resignations

IDENTITY CRISIS ON THE CARDS • The shadows of an impending SIR sweep across Bengal, panicked voters rush to clean up eligibility documents

CUTTING REAMS OF RED TAPE • Government offices in the state see a spring breeze of new ideas as self-reform kicks in

OLD SCHOOL SCRIMMAGE • Indore’s Daly College sees its hallowed name dragged into unseemly battle for turf control

WHY IS IT HAPPENING? • THE RAPIDLY RISING FREQUENCY OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IS DEVASTATING INDIA WITH FLOODS, DROUGHTS AND CYCLONES. HOW WE CAN BUILD RESILIENCE

THE ERA OF EXREME WEATHER

FLOOD OF APATHY • THE COUNTRY’S NORTHWEST HAS BEEN DEVASTATED BY EXTREME WEATHER PATTERNS THIS MONSOON. IT’S ALSO TESTED THE RESILIENCE OF PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENTS, AS WELL AS THE LIMITS OF RELIEF

CRACKS IN THE SYSTEM • Bridge collapses, fatal potholes and urban floods cast a shadow over the BJP’s much-touted Gujarat model, and fuel anger among the urban middle class, the party’s core voter base

BRIDGES TO DISASTER • A string of recent collapses across Gujarat reveals a deadly mix of official apathy, decay and corruption

SOUTHERN SURGE • FROM POLITICS AND INDUSTRY TO CINEMA AND SPACE DREAMS, THE ‘INDIA TODAY CONCLAVE–SOUTH’ IN COIMBATORE SHOWCASED THE DYNAMISM OF THE SOUTHERN STATES AND THEIR VISION FOR THE FUTURE

VICTIMS OF TRUMPH TARIFFS WHO IS PAYING THE PRICE?

MINGLING OF MINDS • POLITICIANS, ACTORS, BUREAUCRATS, ATHLETES, DOCTORS EXCHANGE GREETINGS AT THE CONCLAVE

HIS NEW CHAPTER • WITH NISHAANCHI, ANURAG KASHYAP DELIVERS HIS MOST ‘FILMI’ DRAMA YET WHILE STILL BETTING ON FRESH FACES AND UNCONVENTIONAL CHOICES

Curtains Pulled Back • ARYAN KHAN steps behind the camera with The Ba***ds of Bollywood, his take on nepotism, outsiders and the Hindi film industry’s quirks

SONIC ALCHEMY • WITH LEATHER & BRASS, ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN SIJYA TRANSFORMS VULNERABILITY INTO TEXTURED SOUNDSCAPES, MARKING HER BOLDEST ARTISTIC EVOLUTION YET

SONGS IN THE FORT • Jodhpur RIFF 2025 blends local traditions and global sounds in a celebration of music and culture

Artisan Dialogues • JODHPUR ARTS...