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India Today

CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE?

THE INTERMEDIARY CODE

...AND NOW BLACK FUNGUS

WHAT MAKES BLACK FUNGUS SO DEADLY

JOB THREAT REDEFINED

Pinarayi’s New Stormtroopers

NEW FACES, NEW CHALLENGES

STALIN’S STATESMANLY AVATAR

Covid beds go a-begging

WAYWARD BIRD

OUT, LBW

FATAL LAPSES AT SEA • Cyclone Tauktae left 86 people dead in India’s worst-ever offshore disaster. Making matters yet more tragic is that early warnings made this entirely avoidable

A PERFECT STORM • OVER 700 PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM ENGAGED WITH THE OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION (ONGC), WERE OUT AT SEA WHEN CYCLONE TAUKTAE HIT—86 PERSONS DIED AND 188 WERE RESCUED

VESSELS IN THE STORM

WHAT WENT WRONG

THE AGE OF FEAR • COVID’S DEADLY SECOND WAVE HAS SPARKED OFF A ‘FEARODEMIC’. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF DYING, OF LOSING THEIR LOVED ONES, OF BEING ALONE, OF LOSING THEIR JOBS—ANXIETIES THAT ADD A NEW DIMENSION OF MENTAL-HEALTH ISSUES TO THE ONGOING CRISIS

SIGNS OF COVID ANXIETY

SLEEPLESS IN THE CITY

HOW TO ALLEVIATE COVID STRESS

A GUIDE TO GRIEF • TIPS FROM NIMHANS TO OVERCOME LOSS

THE BURDEN OF GEN-COVID • WITH SCHOOL AND SOCIAL LIVES HAVING MOVED ONLINE AND PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS DOWN TO ALMOST ZERO, INDIA’S CHILDREN ARE IN DISTRESS

MAYANK PAWAR, 15 • Class 10, Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj, Delhi

AADVIK MITTAL, 17 • Class 12 (Commerce student), Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, Delhi

SUHAN ARYAN BAKSHI, 14 • Class 10, The Mother’s International School, Sri Aurobindo Marg, Delhi

ARNAV AZAD, 13 • Class 9, Vasant Valley School, Delhi

DISTRESS SIGNALS

HOW TO BUST STRESS • What elders can do to protect children from plunging into distress

PROFITEERING IN THE PANDEMIC • SHORTAGES AND BOTTLENECKS IN THE DELIVERY OF CRITICAL DRUGS AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES HAVE LEFT DESPERATE FAMILIES OF COVID PATIENTS EXPOSED TO A RAPACIOUS BLACK MARKET

DIRTY BUSINESS • Inflated rates of essential Covid items in the black market

THE CRACKDOWN

SILVER AGE PROTECTION • All the questions to ask before buying a health insurance policy for your 60-plus parents

WHY ‘ACTIVE’ FUNDS REMAIN A GOOD BET • Passively managed mutual funds are low-cost, but actively managed funds offer good scope for big returns even in the large cap category

A BATTLE FOR THE TEMPLES • The new DMK regime locks horns with godman Sadhguru’s agitation to “free the state’s temples” from government control

UNDER A CLOUD

THEIR CONTENT IS KING • Raj & DK have cracked the formula to OTT success with the shows and films they write, produce and direct

THE SECOND ACT

AS BUSY AS HIS RAP • Shen B, the latest hip-hop sensation from Jammu, is a multitasker who refuses to sit idle

BENGAL’S OTHER POETS • Much like polyphonous West Bengal itself, its hip-hop scene is made of rappers singing in several tongues

Tomorrow’s Best • Three hip-hop artists to watch out...