In this issue

Highlights of India Today 22nd July 2024 issue:

This week, India Today profiles 280 first-timers in the Lok Sabha, across diverse categories, from doctors, lawyers and preachers to entertainers, royals, farmer leaders, grassroot workers, and beyond.  

MEET THE DEBUTANTS

FROM FARMERS TO PROFESSIONALS, ROYALS TO ENTERTAINERS, WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN TO GRASSROOTS WORKERS, 280 OUT OF 542 MPS IN THE 18TH LOK SABHA ARE FIRST-TIMERS WHO COME WITH HOPE AND AMBITION. A READY RECKONER

4 mins

PLAYING A NEW ROLE

A firebrand Bollywood actress, regional thespians and a Kolkata Knight Rider, this contingent is familiar with how to mark their presence

5 mins

STATE CAPTAINS TO DILLI DURBAR

For some, it's a second coming, for others, it came as a reward for persistence and longevity. They have led the state, now they will be looking to make a mark at the Centre

3 mins

A TRIBE OF THEIR OWN

The voice of marginalised tribal groups, these new representatives now aim to amplify their concerns in Parliament

2 mins

IN AUGUST COMPANY

The entrepreneur-politicians who will now help steer national policy

7 mins

REGALREPRESENTATIVES

Blue-blooded men and women who will bring royal flair to the House of the People

3 mins

VOICES FROM THE MARGINS

Some are political veterans, others relative newcomers. Together, they will represent the new face of their community in Parliament

2 mins

BEATING ALL ODDS

Women representatives who have risen from the grassroots to get a seat at the national table

3 mins

NEXT-GEN NETAS

Politics runs in their genes, as scions of political families carry forward their legacies

9 mins

HUMBLING THE GOLIATHS

Minnows, no-hopers, underdogs? Not any more. These new MPs are all claimants to the description that they have felled some of the mightiest political grandees of the realm

5 mins

SURPRISE ELEMENTS

Tireless party workers beavering away in the background, husbands/ wives of politicians or soldiers taking the political plunge, these new MPs were catapulted suddenly into prominence

5 mins

GODMEN, SHAMANS & CLERICS

From novice imams to suave dynasts to voodoo shamans to self-styled mahants, the whole gamut is on show in the House

3 mins

THE SENIOR CLUB

At 70 years and above, this cohort may have made alate debut, but itis accompanied by a wealth of experience

3 mins

SHIFTING HOUSE

Rajya Sabha veterans who have finally squared up to the ballot—and won—will be a welcome addition in the House of the People

3 mins

IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE NOW

So far, the state was their playground. The June 4 verdict has elevated them to play in the nationals

4 mins

FROM DESK TO DAIS

Sa far, familiar with implementing policy, these former bureaucrats will now have an inside view of the legislative process itself

2 mins

UPHOLDERS TO MAKERS OF LAW

It should be a seamless transition for these new MPs from courtroom drama to parliamentary negotiation

3 mins

HEALTHY CORPS

India’s health policies should benefit from the entry of these healthcare professionals from fields as diverse as cardiology, psychiatry, Ayurveda and homeopathy

7 mins

AN ESTEEMED FACULTY

School teachers as well as professors of business, computer science and cultural studies, they got out of classrooms, stepped into the hurly burly of politics and have landed first-time Lok Sabha success

3 mins

FLOOR-CROSSERS

The turncoats who clinched electoral wins after jumping ship and pledging new loyalties

7 mins

A HARVEST OF AMBITIONS

Sons of the soil come in various packages, union men to strongmen to Left veterans. What they have in common is a deep connect with the land

2 mins

ROOTED IN THE MASSES

From raising farmers’ issues to rural jobs creation and MSP, these sons of the soil are aiming for change in Parliament

4 mins

EXTREME WINNERS

In Punjab and J&K, embers from a turbulent past burn bright again at the hustings

1 min

HIGH JUMPERS

They had never seen the inside of even a state legislature. Now they have catapulted to the national one

5 mins

THE WRITE PLATFORM

Formerly members of the Fourth Estate, they will now occupy the seat of Indian democracy

1 min

A Plan For Your Lifestyle

Change your mindset to fit your shifting financial needs, rather than trying to fit your lifestyle into rigid rules to realise your financial dreams

10+ mins

MAKING IT CONSUMER FRIENDLY

The new master circular on health insurance by the regulator repeals past circulars and is a step towards making insurance transparent and consumer friendly

2 mins

CONSCIENTIOUS ASSETS

Mixing social responsibility and investing is an ethical way of making investment choices and has takers among a niche in the investor community

3 mins

WHAT IS AN ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE?

An instruction recording the medical care preferences an adult individual wishes to opt for if they become incapacitated, it guides the family and healthcare providers

2 mins

BRIDGING THE GAP

Esther Duflo's Poor Economics for Kids is an illustrated children's version of the seminal economics text she co-wrote with Abhijit V. Banerjee

1 min

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