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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

INDIA TODAY

THE POISONED WELL

THE AUCTIONEERS OF HATE • Four men and one woman have been arrested for creating and propagating two online apps that “auctioned” Muslim women

WHAT ARE BULLI BAI AND SULLI DEALS?

THE TATA CHRONICLE

AN UNEASY TRUCE

THAT SINKING FEELING

STILL IN THE CANS

“Long-endurance submarines pose new challenges”

ON TRADE, NEED FOR BOLD, IMAGINATIVE THINKING

OMICRON IN MAHARASHTRA • Yet again, the state is seeing the maximum cases

3RD WAVE VS. 2ND WAVE

ABROAD SPECTRUM • How long it took for countries to see a fall in Omicron cases

KNOW YOUR VARIANT • What to expect when Omicron comes calling, when to confirm if you are positive and how to beat the infection

NEW LINES OF TREATMENT

PILL BOARD

SHOT IN THE ARM • Vaccine coverage is on track and India’s two-dose target may be complete by June

THE VACCINE LIST • Vaccines approved for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) by India

SECTORAL IMPACT

WANTED: A HEALING TOUCH • After two Covid-battered years and in the midst of assembly elections, the government is likely to attempt a feelgood budget for 2022-23

HOW THE INDIAN ECONOMY STACKS UP • Budget 2022-23 will have to navigate stagnant private investment, muted demand with constrained revenues

A CAMPAIGN WITH BYTE • Leaders savvy and unsavvy, freelance techie gunslingers who do saffron in the morning and socialism by night, the smell of virtual cordite…. India is seeing its first online-only elections. What do the Digital War Rooms of parties look like?

LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE: POLITICS IN DEMAT FORM

A FLYOVER INTO PUNJAB • High sensitivity around identity issues, the spectre of security, a fragmented and fluid political canvas…will all of that converge to the BJP’s advantage?

JAT PLUS: A CHALLENGE IN THE WEST • After a decade in the wilderness, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and its new chief, Jayant Chaudhary, are back in the reckoning in bastion western UP

GOA GETS A PARTY OF PARTIES • The TMC’s entry is the big news in the Goa election. Elsewhere, the mix ’n match of state politics continues even as the BJP tries to stave off anti-incumbency

BALLOT BUZZ

THE BIG BANK ROBBERY • CROOKS DEFRAUDED BANKS OF RS 1.38 LAKH CRORE IN 2020-21. SUCH STAGGERING SUMS SWINDLED FROM BANKS EVERY YEAR MOSTLY REMAIN UNRECOVERED. WORSE STILL, THE SCAMS ARE DETECTED MONTHS LATER AND ARRESTS LEAD TO FEW CONVICTIONS

HOW THE FRAUDS DO IT

A HIGH REWARDS, LOW RISK SCAM

STATES OF CONCERN

Pet Project • Core work: He has helped street dog pups find homes and parents, including the governor and police commissioner of Jaipur. Actor John Abraham, who was moved to tears on KBC while talking of the plight of strays, follows him on Instagram

What makes me happy

TIPS FOR HAPPINESS

DELIGHTING IN THE DETAIL • Her attention to craft has helped actor SHEFALI SHAH become the cynosure of modern entertainment

MOST WANTED • It’s not just characters in his shows who are vying for his attention,...