In this issue

Highlights of India Today 8th July 2024 issue:

As leaks and lapses disrupt four national exams and the future of millions of students, the spotlight falls on the national testing agency and the need for reform and transparency. Also in the issue, a jobs crisis at IITs, the review of the Agnipath scheme, a hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu, and multiple big ticket Bollywood releases.

PROMISES TO KEEP

A manicured buoyancy of hope marks visits to Jammu and Kashmir by political grandees from New Delhi.

4 mins

The Grain Drain

A strange affliction seems to have gripped Madhya Pradesh this season.

4 mins

DEADLY SPIRIT

For eight years till 2019, Tamil Nadu seemed to have put the evil genie back into the bottle and screwed the cap back on. It recorded zero deaths from the consumption of illicit hooch during that span—call it a state of heightened vigil after 2011 saw an all-time high of 481 deaths from that cause.

3 mins

GAME ON FOR TEJASWI

Tejaswi Yadav is at his combative best these days; he gives as good as he gets.

4 mins

A SAFE HOME FOR JUMBOS

Dhaval S. Kulkarni

3 mins

A Struggle to Sparkle

It was a plan that glittered like a freshly cut gem.

3 mins

LEFT IN THE LURCH

In the aftermath of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Kerala’s political landscape has witnessed a seismic shift, leaving the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its allies in the Left Democratic Front (LDF) reeling from an unexpected electoral blow.

3 mins

THE EXAM MESS

AS LEAKS AND LAPSES DISRUPT FOUR NATIONAL EXAMS AND THE FUTURE OF MILLIONS OF STUDENTS, THE SPOTLIGHT FALLS ON THE NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY AND THE NEED FOR REFORM AND TRANSPARENCY

10+ mins

"WE WILL MAKE EXAMS 100 PER CENT FOOLPROOF"

Soon after he resumed charge of the Union ministry of education, DHARMENDRA PRADHAN had to deal with the storm that broke out over serious irregularities and subversions of the national entrance examination system with the Opposition even demanding his resignation. In an exclusive interview with India Today Group Editorial Director RAJ CHENGAPPA and Deputy Editor ANILESH S. MAHAJAN on June 25, Pradhan speaks forthrightly about the action the central government has taken to deal with the crisis and the challenges that lie ahead. Excerpts:

9 mins

NO JOBS FOR NEW IITIANS

THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN IS BEGINNING TO TAKE A TOLL ON PLACEMENTS IN PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE IITS, WHERE THE TOP DEGREE IS NO LONGER A GUARANTEE OF AN ASSURED JOB OFFER

6 mins

REVISITING AGNIPATH

Feedback on the military recruitment scheme from various stakeholders has suggested several changes. With the issue exacting a heavy electoral cost too, Modi 3.0 is considering how to make it better

7 mins

INDIAN COFFEE BLOSSOMS

Indian planters are reaping a windfall as a supply deficit due to a drought in Vietnam, the biggest coffee-producing country after Brazil and the largest supplier of Robusta beans, results in a boom in prices

6 mins

It's Raining THRILLERS

AFTER A DRY SUMMER SPELL, A FLOOD OF FRESH FILMS SHOULD BRING RELIEF TO PARCHED AUDIENCES

8 mins

Keeping It Real

KARTIK AARYAN SHOWS OFF HIS ACTING PROWESS AS MURLIKANT PETKAR, INDIA'S FIRST PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST, IN THE KABIR KHAN-DIRECTED CHANDU CHAMPION

3 mins

CONTINENTAL LINKS

Hamisha Daryani Ahuja's Postcards on Netflix highlights the cultural similarities between India and Nigeria

2 mins

The Life Eternal

THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT ARE EXPLAINED IN LAYPERSON'S TERMS IN THIS BOOK BY THE NOBEL LAUREATE VENKI RAMAKRISHNAN

2 mins

A Healthy Dose of Reading

Superbugs, superdocs and the pharma-industrial complex

2 mins

HAUTE TABLES

MAKEOVERS ARE GIVING MUMBAI'S LEGACY RESTAURANTS A FRESH LEASE OF LIFE

2 mins

A Taste of India

Delhi's INDIAN ACCENT and Mumbai's MASQUE make it to the extended list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2024

1 min

Back to the Origin

Artist PARESH MAITY talks about his installation'Genesis'-at Personal Structures, a biennial art exhibition in Venice

1 min

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