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India Today

THE STALIN SON RISE

DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR GEHLOT

The ‘Almost’ Independents

CONGRESS’S RISING ARC

The Case of the Missing Buses

PUSH FOR WILD BUFFALOES

ORDER, ORDER

THE-POLITICS OF PURITY • The Tirupati laddoo controversy reflects the worrying trend of using even prasad for divisive ends

THE MAKING OF THE TIRUPATI LADDOO • For over 300 years, the Tirupati laddoo, also known as the Srivari laddoo, has been the primary offering at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple. Amid concerns over the adulteration of ghee, a key ingredient of the laddoo, here’s a look at the sacred naivedyam

RINGING THE DIVISION BELL • A right-wing Hindu group has started a purification movement in Maharashtra by issuing purity certificates to establishments selling religious goods

PROOF OF CREDENTIALS • UP restarts policy of requiring owners to display their names outside eateries despite fears that this will encourage discrimination

NOW CYBER KINETIC WARFARE • The coordinated pager attacks that struck the Hezbollah raise the spectre of cyber kinetic warfare, which combines communication technologies with physical destruction. India faces a heightened risk as most of its connected devices depend on Chinese and foreign components

RED FLAGS FOR INDIA • The areas of concern open to cyber attacks and possible weaponisation

WEAPONISING THE PAGER: HOW IT UNFOLDED • The operation that booby-trapped and detonated pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon involved a complex supply-chain subversion and technical finesse. Israel’s Mossad and Shin Bet agencies are presumed to be behind it

THE LOST KINGDOM • WHETHER AS PURE HERITAGE, OR AS THE VENUE OF A HISTORIC ENCOUNTER, INDIA SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED KHETRI LIKE A NATIONAL TREASURE. BUT THROUGH A 37-YEAR-LONG COURT BATTLE, A PRICELESS PIECE OF RAJASTHAN CRUMBLES TO DUST

A TANGLED WEB • The Khetri estate, including about half-a-dozen heritage structures, has been caught in a legal quagmire for 37 years

HALLS OF SHAME

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EVs • ALTHOUGH EVs HAVE BECOME A COMMON SIGHT ON OUR ROADS, MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCE, SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE ABOUND. HERE’S THE TRUTH

THAT LUXE FEELING • ITALIAN, GERMAN OR YE OLDE ENGLISH CARS. IF YOU HAVE CASH TO SPLASH, THE BEST CARS ARE JUST A SHOWROOM AWAY. PLUS, MAHINDRA’S COMPACT SUV GETS A MAKEOVER

EASY RIDER • THE BIKES THAT WILL SIT EASY WITH YOU THIS FALL

IS KASHMIR’S FUTURE BEING CRAFTED FOR GOOD?

FAMILY FRIENDLY • MAHINDRA HAS TRIED TO MAKE THE THAR MORE LUXURIOUS, AND PRACTICAL WHILE RETAINING THE DNA. HAS IT SUCCEEDED?

EQALISER • THE MERCEDES-BENZ EQA HAS ARRIVED IN INDIA AND IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE GLA WITH AN ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN

SIMPLIFY, THEN ADD LIGHTNESS • THE NEW R 1300 GS IS COLIN CHAPMAN’S PHILOSOPHY IN ACTION, WHICH MAKES THE GS HOLISTICALLY MORE ACCESSIBLE AND FRIENDLIER

BULL’S EYE

THE GREEN PASTURES • WITH THE FESTIVE SEASON PROMISING A GROWTH SPURT, WE ASK AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY LEADERS ABOUT THEIR EXPECTATIONS,...