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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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India Today

THE NEXT CHIP LEAP • Semicon 2.0 raises India’s ambitions from attracting global chipmakers to building a domestic semiconductor ecosystem across design, manufacturing, research and talent

GRANDEE AMBITIONS

THE PRIVATE LEAP

THE JATT AND THE JATHEDAR • A never-before contest for space between religious authority and state—CM Mann is chastened but still combating Gargaj

Sharad Power, a Teaser • Is the NCP (SCP) going to chum up with the BJP? Straws in the wind hint at negotiations—with Shinde as a crucial plot device

NOT SUCH A UNIFORM CODE • After Uttarakhand and Gujarat, MP passes a Uniform Civil Code, with exceptions for its tribal people

On-the-Job Skilling for Nishant • With PR snafus in hot pursuit of the JD(U) scion, his party seniors roll out a makeover

IT RAINS ERRORS IN WAYANAD • Two monsoons after Kerala’s worst recorded disaster, a lethal landslide shows the state has learnt little

THE RAGE OF GEN Z • HOW A PROTEST AGAINST AN EXAM PAPER LEAK HAS BECOME A YOUTH MOVEMENT HOLDING THE MODI GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT

A TIDAL WAVE • The sights, smells and soundbites at Jantar Mantar

THE BITTERNESS OF A GENERATION • Disillusionment with India’s failing institutions has driven Gen Z to the streets, say experts

“We want this to remain a leaderless movement” • SAURAV DAS, chief spokesperson of the Cock-roach Janta Party, speaks to Anjum Sharma about the movement’s direction, demands and the questions surrounding its credibility

PAKISTAN’S SUB PLOT IN BAY OF BENGAL • ITS MARITIME REACH EXTENDED BY A MODERN, CHINESE-BUILT SUBMARINE, ISLAMABAD HINTS AT A ROLE IN INDIA’S EASTERN COASTLINE, A MATTER OF CONCERN FOR NEW DELHI

DARK WATER RIVALS • A comparison of the submarine capabilities of India, China and Pakistan

A CRITICAL SHORTAGE • A shortage of platinum-based chemotherapy drugs is sending anxious cancer patients scrambling for essential medicines. Doctors, meanwhile, are deliberating on substitutes and delayed treatment with great caution

SCREAM DE LA CREME • Horror films coming soon to a theatre near you

RETURN OF THE FEAR FACTORY • Horror is seeing a revival in the Hindi film industry, with studios bolstered to greenlight audacious new voices and distributors seeing commercial viability in a genre that has been neglected in India for decades

INDIA’S FIRST EVER CONSENT CULTURE SURVEY

REIMAGINING THE ARCHIVE • DAYANITA SINGH’S ‘ARCHIVIO’ TRANSFORMS VENICE’S HISTORIC STATE ARCHIVE INTO A LIVING, EVER-CHANGING EXPLORATION OF MEMORY, FRIENDSHIP AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Aiming Higher • The first edition of the SĀ LADAKH BIENNALE is set to unfold across eight sites, all the way from Leh to Kargil

The Second Act • WITH RAAKH, SONALI BENDRE PROVES THAT A POWERFUL PERFORMANCE ISN’T MEASURED BY SCREEN TIME

BEYOND THE SCREEN • S.R. PRAVEEN’S TICKET TO KERALA IS AN ENGAGING PRIMER ON MALAYALAM CINEMA’S REMARKABLE EVOLUTION

Untold Stories • Filmmaker Megha Ramaswamy captures the wisdom and living traditions of Northeast India’s indigenous communities in her...