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

Presenting India Today Insight

FINDING COMMON GROUND

First Family of Bengal?

JINXED BY THE ‘R-FACTOR’

DODGING ARREST

Repurposing Freebies

How Another Plot to Topple a Govt Failed

A ROYAL FRACAS

BORDER BATTLES

SCRIPTING A TURNAROUND

LINE OF NO CONTROL • CHINA EXPANDS ITS MILITARY AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU EVEN AS THE INDIAN ARMY BEGINS A GREAT REBALANCE OF FORCES—FROM THE WESTERN BORDER WITH PAKISTAN TO THE NORTHERN BORDER WITH CHINA. THE LOSS OF TRUST AND ABSENCE OF PROTOCOLS MEAN MISCALCULATIONS COULD SPIRAL INTO CONFLICT

REBALANCING THE TWO FRONTS • Before 2021, nine of the Indian Army’s 13.5 corps faced Pakistan. That has now been altered to eight corps facing Pakistan and six facing China

STRUGGLING TO REGAIN CONTROL • Rahul is trying to change the rules of engagement in the party and build a new team. Will he succeed?

THE NEW STATE LIEUTENANTS • These Congress state chiefs fulfil one of the two criteria—appetite to take on PM Modi or loyalty to Rahul Gandhi

MUSICAL CHAIRS OF FAVOURITES • Since 2007, when Rahul Gandhi started taking a keen interest in party politics, his go-to men for political advice have regularly changed

A YEDI-MADE FORMULA • The BJP picks Yediyurappa loyalist Basavaraj Bommai as its new Karnataka chief minister with an eye on the 2023 state election and the crucial Lingayat vote

MEET THE NEW CM

BOMMAI’S CHALLENGES

THE DIRTY PICTURE • BUSINESSMAN RAJ KUNDRA’S ARREST IN AN ALLEGED PORN RACKET HAS BROUGHT INTO FOCUS INDIA’S LAWS ON PORNOGRAPHY, REIGNITING THE DEBATE OVER DEFINITIONS OF OBSCENITY AND EROTICA

PORNOGRAPHY: WHAT INDIAN LAWS SAY

WEB OF PORN

INDIA’S BEST UNIVERSITIES • The India Today-MDRA Best Universities Survey 2021 maps the country’s higher education landscape to bring you institutes that have sparked a revolution in pedagogy and given students a unique learning experience

AHEAD OF THE GAME • UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE BEEN QUICK TO INNOVATE AND REALIGN PEDAGOGY TO SOCIETY’S CHANGING NEEDS HAVE SURGED AHEAD IN THE QUALITY OF LEARNING THEY IMPART

HOW THE UNIVERSITIES WERE RANKED

AN ENGAGED EDUCATION

IN STEP WITH THE TIMES

KNOWLEDGE ECOSYSTEM

HEROES ON CALL

PULSE OF THE MATTER

STUDENTSPEAK

THE HOME OF INNOVATION

TECH TALK

THE VIRTUAL VERDICT

THE COMPLETE RESULTS

EASY ON THE EAR • TWO YEARS AFTER HE MADE IT TO BARACK OBAMA’S PLAYLIST, PRATEEK KUHAD IS LETTING A SENSE OF EASE DEFINE HIS LIFE AND MUSIC

ONE FOR THE RECORD • Set to release 22 songs this year, Ritviz insists that quantity will not eclipse his music’s quality

Conflict Zones • Battles being fought on OTT this week

COMING INTO HER OWN • Used to sharing acting honours with the male leads of her films, Kriti Sanon is breaking out at last

Out of the Box • Having started out as the boy next door, actor Vikrant Massey is now more than just a goody two-shoes

THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN • ThoughToofaan...