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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
India Today
Presenting India Today Insight
A New Era Begins
ABHISHEK’S INNER CIRCLE
THE YOUNG SURVIVORS
SUCCOUR FROM STATES
Fear and ‘Safe Zones’ in Kashmir
RURAL TERROR
CASTING HIS NET WIDE
A RESOUNDING TRAGEDY
GLASSHOUSE
THE RACE AGAINST TIME • RECALIBRATES ITS VACCINATION STRATEGY IN THE HOPE OF INOCULATING INDIA’S 900 MILLION ADULT POPULATION BY DECEMBER 31. HOW REALISTIC IS THIS TARGET?
THE LONG ROAD TO SAFETY • Though numbers are ticking up—both of available doses and vaccinations done—the pace is as yet entirely too slow, leaving India vulnerable to a third wave of infections
VACCINE METER
HOW SAFE ARE YOUR KIDS? • WHILE THE ELDERLY REMAIN A PRIORITY FOR COVID CARE AND VACCINATION, THE RISK OF INFECTIONS IN YOUNG CHILDREN MAY HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR CHILD GETS COVID
THE RUMBLINGS WITHIN • EVEN AS THE BJP’S EXPANSIONIST DRIVE CONTINUES AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, IT IS BATTLING ATTRITION IN SEVERAL KEY STATES IT RULES, INCLUDING SOME THAT GO TO POLLS EARLY NEXT YEAR
DEFENDING INDIA • Top defence experts assess the security challenges for the world’s second largest military as it embraces reform and self-sufficiency in defence production
India’s Defence Overhaul • India embarks on a path of military reform even as it tackles enormous security challenges at its borders and a dysfunctional military-industrial complex
Defence Ministry 2.0 • The new DMA and CDS will need time to meet the extremely high expectations placed upon them
The Changing Dynamics of War • India’s standoff with China in Ladakh underscores the grey zone between peace and war. The days of conventional wars with clear-cut military victories are over
Retooling for War in Super-high Altitudes • The Indian Army has been on top of the threat from the plains. But it needs new technologies for operations at super-high altitudes
Missing the Boat • India’s inability to design and build submarines represents a collective failure. The country must learn from past mistakes
Many-Headed Dragon in the Indo-Pacific • Jaws, claws and lashing tail, the PLA is a beast with a composite approach to warfare. It may use ‘the five Ps’ against us in the future
UAVs: India’s Weak Link in Modern Warfare? • Our security and technology architecture needs to keep pace with advancements in the unmanned aerial vehicle space
India’s Missing Military Industrial Complex • A robust indigenous defence industry can only be developed through a strategic procurement planning agency within the ministry of defence
Submarines or Carriers? • India needs both. Short-term fiscal constrictions must be weighed against long-term strategic visions
MISSION CHOKSI • An Indian fugitive in the Caribbean makes a sensational claim of abduction. Can India bring Mehul Choksi back to face justice?
A Caribbean Saga • The extraordinary global adventures of diamond merchant Mehul Choksi
THE BATTLE FOR ONLINE PRIVACY • THE NEW IT RULES HAVE LED TO A FACE-OFF BETWEEN THE UNION GOVERNMENT AND...