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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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...