India Today - August 19, 2024

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Highlights of India Today 19th August 2024 issue:

Surrounded by turmoil, India needs to reinvent its neighbourhood first policy, lest China takes advantage and extends its influence. Also in the issue, the aftermath of the Wayanad tragedy, the Supreme Court's thumbs up for subclassification of SC/ST quotas and a look at the list of Anurag Kashyap's on-screen projects.

PICKING UP THE PIECES

It's as if even the road is afraid to go down that last stretch to the 'valley of death'.

4 mins

FEVER PITCH

If there are rains, can viruses be far behind? The southwest monsoon, which hit India at the end of May, brought with it much-needed relief from the blistering summer, but also saw an alarming outbreak of a range of viral infections across the country. \"

3 mins

DRIVEN TO DESPAIR

\"Are loco pilots not humans?\" the Congress had asked on social media platforms, after Rahul Gandhi, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, visited a running room, or rest room, for locomotive pilots at the New Delhi railway station last month to review their working conditions. Rahul himself spoke of their \"16-hour\" workday and \"boiling hot\" cabins.

4 mins

THE SLATE IS CLEAN

Tejas Majithiya, a resident of Gujarat's Una town, is a science graduate, has a Master's degree too in science, has completed a Bachelor in Education (BEd) course and also cleared the state government's teachers' aptitude test (TAT, for recruitment as teaching staff in a government-run or aided school) in 2023.

4 mins

A MINISTER REBELS

Crisis brings understanding.

2 mins

HUMANS OF BANDHAVGARH

Recent explorations by historians and archaeologists in the Bandhavgarh National Park have shone a torch on the hitherto unlit history rather, prehistory of the Baghelkhand region in eastern Madhya Pradesh.

2 mins

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE

In the last week of June, a highprofile delegation from Pakistan travelled to Jammu and Kashmir to inspect hydropower projects covered under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), marking the first such visit in over five years to address differences between the two South Asian nations over shared water resources.

3 mins

Neighbours - Why India Should Worry

Surrounded By Turmoil, India Needs To Reinvent Its Neighbourhood First Policy, Lest China Takes Advantage And Extends Its Influence

10+ mins

PANACEA OR PANDORA'S BOX?

THE SUPREME COURT'S RECENT VERDICT ALLOWING SUBCLASSIFICATION WITHIN SCS/ STS HAS SET OFF A DEBATE ON WHETHER RESERVATIONS LEAD TO TRUE SOCIAL EQUITY OR GET REDUCED TO A TOOL IN THE HANDS OF POLITICAL PARTIES SEEKING TO PROFIT FROM VOTE BANK POLITICS

8 mins

TACKLING TEETHING TROUBLES

A NOBODY PITCHFORKED INTO THE HOT SEAT AS CM, BHAJAN LAL SHARMA HAS BORNE THE BAPTISM BY FIRE WITH NO RANCOUR. NOW, HE'S SLOWLY EVOLVING HIS POLICY SIGNATURE: SENSIBLE, BALANCED AND NOT WITHOUT THE BIG IDEA

10+ mins

REIMAGINING EDUCATION

The India Today Education Conclave 2024 saw educators debate on making India a global leader, ready for the 21st century

2 mins

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTING

In between directing and teaching in film schools, Anurag Kashyap is doing a lot of acting this year

3 mins

Shunning Stereotypes

Writer-producer Kanika Dhillon returns with Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba, whose divisive lead character Rani makes unapologetic choices and is anything but docile

2 mins

Finding the Sweet Spot

Four promising new EP releases by independent artists show that relationships remain an endless source of inspiration

2 mins

Symphony of Success

The Musical Maverick is a detailed account of Shankar Mahadevan's career as a musician and singer

2 mins

Like Father, (Un)like Daughter

An exhibition at Mumbai’s Chatterjee Lal compares and contrasts the works of an influential fatherdaughter artist duo

2 mins

EYE ON INDIA

DESTINATION INDIA AT DAG, DELHI, SHOWS HOW PERCEPTIONS AND TREATMENTS EVOLVED AMONG FOREIGN ARTISTS IN THE PREINDEPENDENCEERA

2 mins

Not All Fun And Games

In Boundary Lab, Nandan Kamath examines the phenomenon of sports, \"the world's largest social experiment\"

2 mins

CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN

Everest, Inc.is about the aura of the world's tallest mountain and the commercial climbing industry it has spawned

2 mins

Age No Bar

Keep Moving, Milind Soman's latest book, cowritten with his wife and mother, shows that you can be fit at any age

1 min

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