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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

India Today

AMRITA VISHWA VIDYAPEETHAM SECURES NO. 1 POSITION IN INDIA IN TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION IMPACT RANKINGS FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. • The university is also listed among THE's top 100 educational institutions in the world.

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CODES OF CONTENTION

STATUTORY ALERT • A look at the major changes introduced in the three new criminal laws: the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam

SOREN QUEERS PITCH FOR BJP

BIPOLAR FIGHT

A Wide Web of Deceit

MAMATA’S CLEAN-UP DRIVE

SPELLCHECK GONE ROGUE

POWER SHIFT

Secret Campaign

Saunik Boom

EXPENSIVE BOAST

Desi Cow Meets Brazilian Bull

THE HITMEN • THE INSPIRING STORY OF HOW INDIA CAPTAIN ROHIT SHARMA AND HIS TALENTED TEAM BECAME THE T20 WORLD CHAMPIONS

YOUNGISTAN • AS VETERANS MOVE ON, THEIR TORCH OF BRILLIANCE IS PASSED TO THESE PLAYERS WHO EMBODY INDIA'S T20 HOPES

THE STRAINS ARE SHOWING • A FEW ADMONITORY WORDS FROM THE IDEOLOGICAL GURU SET TONGUES WAGGING, BUT THE RSS-BJP KNOW THE FUTURE LIES IN ACCOMMODATION

CLASH POINTS • WHERE THE VIEWS OF THE RSS AND ITS OTHER AFFILIATES HAVE BEEN AT ODDS WITH THAT OF THE BJP—PARTY AND GOVERNMENT

RAIL SAFETY ON A SLOW TRACK • DESPITE FREQUENT TRAGEDIES ON INDIA’S VAST RAIL NETWORK, INORDINATE DELAYS AND TECHNICAL CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO MAR THE ADOPTION OF KAVACH, INDIA’S HOMEGROWN TRAIN PROTECTION SYSTEM

KAVACH: THE DELAYED PROMISE

A LITANY OF LAPSES • A CRUSH OF RELIGIOUS FERVOUR AROUND A GODMAN AND A POORLY ORGANISED JAMBOREE END UP CLAIMING 123 INNOCENT LIVES

WHO IS BHOLE BABA?

A TRAGEDY FORETOLD

IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE FROM THE MOST CREDIBLE SOURCE

REIMAGINING THE WAY WE WORK • Top HR executives discussed ways to align the workforce to the challenges of the digital era at the ‘India Today HR Insights: The Future of Work’ event held in Bengaluru on June 27

GAME, SET AND WATCH • British-Indian director Asif Kapadia spoke to us about Federer: Twelve Final Days, which follows the last few days of the tennis great’s career

TWISTS IN THE TALE • JioCinema’s cop drama Gaanth Chapter 1: Jamnaa Paar is a fictionalised account of the 2018 Burari deaths

AN INDIAN RENAISSANCE • EVEN WITHOUT A NATIONAL PAVILION, THERE’S A SUBSTANTIAL PRESENCE OF INDIAN ART AT THE 60TH EDITION OF THE VENICE BIENNALE

GREEN WONDER • Sculptor Ranjani Shettar’s works at The Barbican Conservatory in London take inspiration from the natural world

COMIC RELIEF • The Comics Culture Collective is trying to introduce Bengali comics to a larger audience

DRAWING DYSTOPIAS • Three recent graphic novels that grapple with ancient and modern ills plaguing us

Different Strokes • Alia Bhatt turns author with her first children’s book, Ed Finds a Home

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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