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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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LENDING SOBRIETY

RBI REINS IN LOAN OVERDRIVE

FROM ALI TO HARI

WHAT’S IN A RENAME?

SLUM UPLIFT

JUST NOT CRICKET

Fact-check

A Different Pitch

BURNING BRIDGES

Bulb Moment

AFTER SHAVE

THE POSTMAN RINGS THRICE

Clearance Sale

Who Two?

SHE’S IN THE LOBBY

CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER • FROM BOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES TO POLITICIANS, NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO THE MENACE OF DEEPFAKES. IN THE WRONG HANDS, THEY ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FOMENT UNREST. HOW DO WE GUARD OURSELVES AGAINST IT?

WHAT ARE DEEPFAKES

HOW TO DETECT A DEEPFAKE • With rapidly evolving tools, it’s getting harder to detect deepfakes. However, there are some imperfections that act as obvious giveaways

HOW DEEPFAKES ARE MADE • IN 2017, A REDDIT HANDLE CALLED ‘DEEPFAKE’ STARTED POSTING DOCTORED CLIPS THAT SWAPPED THE FACES OF CELEBRITIES WITH PORN ACTORS. THAT’S HOW THE TERM WAS COINED—THOUGH VIDEO AND IMAGE MANIPULATION IS SOMETHING WHOSE BOUNDARIES KEEP EXPANDING WITH EMERGING TECH

APPS USED TO CREATE DEEPFAKES

RECENT DEEPFAKES IN INDIA

LEGAL RECOURSE AGAINST DEEPFAKES • Though there is no specific law against deepfakes currently, the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, and the Copyright Act, 1957, may deal with such content

“WE’VE WARNED PLATFORMS OF PROSECUTION FOR DEEPFAKES” • As the menace of deepfakes mounts across India, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Union Minister of State for Electronics, Information Technology and of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, spoke to Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa about the Modi government’s concerns, the actions it has taken and modifications in the law that are on the anvil. Excerpts:

THE CENTRE’S PROXY WAR • Governors in Opposition-ruled states are again in conflict with the elected governments there, forcing the judiciary to step in. A constitutional ambiguity has helped them sit endlessly on bills passed by the state legislatures

NEW ROUND: GUV vs CM

NITISH CASTS A LONG SHADOW • Having delivered on the promise of a caste-based survey in his state and proportional quota, the Bihar chief minister proceeds to make some electoral capital out of it

CASTE AND OTHER COUNTS • On November 9, Nitish made the findings of his caste-based survey public, and enhanced reservations by 15 per cent while announcing financial incentives for the poor and the homeless in Bihar

THE ELECTORAL STAKES • How the parties have fared in the past two assembly and parliamentary polls

THE SHIFTING WIND IN MALE • Indian aid and support for the Maldives have marked close ties between the two nations. But newly elected, pro-China president Mohamed Muizzu’s ‘India Out’ campaign and demand for the withdrawal of Indian personnel have New Delhi worried

INDIA’S HELPING HAND • OVER THE YEARS, INDIA HAS GIVEN THE MALDIVES VARIOUS MILITARY ASSETS, BUILT DEFENCE AND CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDED HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

THE SANDWICH GENERATION • How to manage finances with elderly parents and young...