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.

FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

India Today

Presenting India Today Insight

A PRICE DAMPER ON GROWTH

GUNNING FOR THE TOP

A STITCH IN TIME

A CHAIR FOR MUKUL

Holding Fire

THE HUNTERS BECOME THE HUNTED

LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS

THE LESSONS NOT LEARNED

Courts as Counterpoise

LEARNING IN THE TIME OF COVID • The 25th India Today Best Colleges Survey delves into how institutes straddled the shift to digital education during the pandemic

HOW THE COLLEGES WERE RANKED

THE HALL OF FAME • Toppers over the years

GOING THE EXTRA MILE

MANYA GUPTA • First-year, BA (Hons) Economics, Hindu College, Delhi

HINDU’S SECRET FORMULA OF SUCCESS • Capitalising on its rich infrastructure, the college quickly adapted to the online mode of education

RAYIRTH BHAT • BSc Physics (Hons) 3rdYear, Hindu College

ANANYA SEHGAL • BSc Chemistry (Hons) First Year, Hindu College, Delhi

THE BIZ WHIZ

PARTH CHOWDHARY • Second-year, BA Economics (Hons), SRCC, Delhi

RADHIKA MATHUR • Third year, BCom, (Hons), LSR, New Delhi

—RITHIK • Final year, BCom student, Loyola College, Chennai

THE SAVIOURS

SARA JACOB • Final-year student, Christian Medical College, Vellore

THE ENAMEL SPIRIT

KUSHAL MAKHIJA • BDS Final-year student, MAIDS, Delhi

INJILA FATIMA • BDS 4th Year, KGMU, Lucknow

AHEAD OF THE CURVE

BUILDING THE FUTURE

STUDENTSPEAK

RAISING THE BAR

GETTING MEDIA SAVVY

APARNA BHALLA • Postgraduate diploma, English journalism, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi

ALEX MICHAEL BINOY • Final-semester student, Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication

ADELINE FERNANDES • Post graduate student, Media and Communication Studies, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

DISHING OUT THE BEST

—SANKHANEEL DUTTA • Third year, BSc (Hotel & Hospitality Management), Institute of Hotel Management, Catering & Nutrition, Pusa, New Delhi

—LAVANYA R. RAJA • Final-year student, Hotel Management, Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal

THE ART OF MINDING YOUR BUSINESS

ABHI BANSAL • 3rd-year, BBA student specialising in finance, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, New Delhi

PROGRAMMED TO EXCEL

A. DANUSH • Final-year, BCA, Loyola College, Chennai

SERVICE MOTIVE

WEFT WARRIORS

VIDHI JAIN • Final-year student of Fashion Design, NIFT, New Delhi

SIMAR MADRA • First year student, NIFT, Mumbai

SHIVANI KUMARI • Final-year student, NIFT Bengaluru

THE COMPLETE RESULTS

TOP OF THE POPS • Neither criticism nor controversy can shake Badshah’s confidence and commitment

Keeping the Old Fresh • Hari & Sukhmani haven’t given up on their project of making Punjabi folk music cool

OPENING THE QUEER EYE • In our Pride Month celebrations, we must also ask the LGBTQIA+ community if it is...