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THIS ROUND TO THE MEN IN KHAKI
IAS VS IPS
THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM
Indian scientists begin an ambitious project to explore the seabed. Inside India’s Deep Ocean Mission to extract resources from the seabed
WHEN LESS IS MORE
WITH MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE CHOOSING TO REJECT A LIFE OF EXCESS, MINIMALISM IS GAINING CURRENCY AS A WAY OF LIFE
The Battle For Bundelkhand
Uttar Pradesh election
The Best States Of India
In a year ravaged by the pandemic, the competitive spirit helped some states overcome adversity better than others. Presenting India Today’s annual State of the States survey and rankings
SEEING RED
A PORTRAIT OF SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI, THE POLITICIAN, AS A FIRST-TIME NOVELIST
OPERATION IVY
A GUIDE TO STANDING OUT AMONG THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST THROUGH YOUR PERSONAL ESSAY
MAKES GOOD COMIC SENSE
Comixense, a new comics quarterly, could well prove to be great mind candy for a digital generation
Crypto Gets The Jitters
Cryptocurrencies
What The Paytm Crash Foretells
It had been billed as India’s biggest IPO (initial public offering), but when digital payments firm Paytm’s Rs 18,300 crore share offer closed on November 10, the results were notably underwhelming.
SHUTTLE TRAINER
Having coached the likes of Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu, Pullela Gopichand uses his autobiography, Shuttler’s Flick: Making Every Match Count, to share his recipes for success
A NEW CHAPTER IN THE KCR PLAYBOOK
On November 18, Telangana chief minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) sat on a dharna and gave the Union government two days, until the afternoon of November 20, to procure at least 90 per cent of the paddy produced in the state, like in Punjab, and fix a Minimum Support Price (MSP).
FADING ROAR?
TIGER COUNT
NOW, THE WAR OVER MSP
It’s back to square one, it seems. The Union cabinet, on November 24, approved the repeal of the three contentious central farm laws that provoked thousands of farmers into a seemingly interminable agitation— marked by a year-long dharna on the borders of the national capital—besides threatening the BJP’s prospects in the upcoming Punjab and Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
THE CUP RUNNETH OVER
Raising a toast to the soaring spirits of the beverage industry in India.
“YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO BEND MY ARM TO GO TO INDIA FOR A PROMOTIONAL TOUR” - RYAN REYNOLDS, ACTOR
ACTOR RYAN REYNOLDS ON HIS MOST RECENT NETFLIX OUTING, RED NOTICE, PANDEMIC ANXIETY AND HIS AFFINITY FOR BUTTER CHICKEN AND NAAN.
The Crypto Mania
A $6 Bn investment by young indians in digital currency is fuelling a crypto frenzy. Is it a bubble waiting to burst?
Covid-19 Vaccines For Children - Treading With Care
Shreya Nangia, a 48-year-old mother of two in Gurugram, has not let her children out of their four-bedroom house since the beginning of the Covid pandemic in March 2020.
ONE ID, MANY BENEFITS
HARYANA’S PARIVAR PEHCHAN PATRA SCHEME AIMS TO CREATE A POOL OF VERIFIED CITIZENS’ DATA TO IMPROVE WELFARE DELIVERY
THE LONGER TERM ROW
Two weeks before commencement of the winter session of Parliament, the Union government, on November 14, passed an ordinance to extend the tenures of the directors of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) up to five years. Both posts had a fixed tenure of two years, irrespective of the retirement age of 60.
“RICH COUNTRIES FAILED TO KEEP THEIR PROMISE ON FINANCE”
The recently concluded Climate Change summit at Glasgow drew flak from activists for the lack of adequate action to save the world but also won praise for some of the big decisions that were taken. India played an important and, at times, controversial role in this. Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav was India’s chief negotiator and, in an exclusive interview to Raj Chengappa, Group Editorial Director, he spoke about the gains and the big misses of the summit. Excerpts:
WEST BENGAL - MINING A CONTROVERSY
The Deocha Pachami coal mining project, involving land acquisition of thousands of acres, including a wide expanse of forests and 12 Adivasi villages, will be West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s biggest challenge yet.
Q+A STAR ANCHOR
In the Netflix film Dhamaka, Kartik Aaryan plays an unlikeable news anchor. And in real life, the actor says he is in a phase of his career where he is getting all he wants
STRIKING AT THE TOP
NOVEMBER HAS BEEN A MONTH OF DEBILITATING LOSSES FOR THE MAOIST INSURGENCY IN INDIA. THEIR LEADERSHIP IS IN TATTERS AFTER THE ELIMINATION OF FOUR TOP LEADERS
A GRIM WARNING
THE BRAZEN STRIKE ON AN ARMY CONVOY NEAR THE MYANMAR BORDER SHATTERS THE RELATIVE PEACE OF THE RECENT PAST IN THE STATE AND RAISES FRESH CONCERNS ABOUT ONE OF INDIA’S LONGEST-RUNNING INSURGENCIES
A NEW TURF WAR
Eastern Uttar Pradesh was abuzz with political anticipation on November 13 as chief minister Yogi Adityanath, accompanied by Union home minister Amit Shah, arrived in Azamgarh, the Lok Sabha seat of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, to lay the foundation stone of a state university to be built on 50 acres at a cost of Rs 108 crore.
A CRIPPLING CRISIS
Farmers across the country have been reeling under a shortage of fertilisers, especially diammonium phosphate (DAP) and urea, both key inputs in the ongoing rabi season.
Why Pratip Chaudhuri Is In The Dock
Former SBI Chief Pratip Chaudhuri’s Arrest Raises Uncomfortable Questions About How Bank Officials Deal With Loans Gone Bad And Also The Judicial Oversight Of Bank Actions
Can Rahul Dravid Get The Team India To Win The Elusive ICC Title?
The new team India coach knows a thing or two about revelling in trying conditions. Can Rahul ‘the wall’ Dravid bring new focus to the team and get them to win the elusive ICC title?
China's New Wall: Border Villages
Beijing is setting up border villages to shore up its territorial claims on India along the world’s longest disputed frontier