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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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CHARGESHEET BLITZ • The agency ramps up chargesheets and asset returns, rebuilding its investigative credibility

A CONGRESS KAMAL BLOOMS

NEW SPACEPORTS MAKING LAUNCHES CHEAPER

HIMALAYAN ICE IN RETREAT

HIGH ALERT FOR INDIA’S ENERGY SECURITY • With much of India’s oil and fertiliser supply choked at the Strait of Hormuz, we must take bold steps to ensure long-term energy independence

THE BIG DAIRY PUSH • CM Mohan Yadav bets on breed improvement, technology and cooperatives to double milk output, but caste calculus appears to shape the push

“More milk will help tackle malnutrition among children”

A TRIANGLE OF FLAMING LINES • Fragile equilibrium tips over after a lethal rocket attack, as Manipur’s ethnic cauldron pulls in even the Naga side

A Matter of SIRVival • Odisha heats up before the main voter revision process as 980,000 names get erased in the prelims

Funeral Pyrotechnics • The Thrissur fireworks accident is yet another call for India to celebrate with restraint

THE RAPE OF A RIVER • Illegal sand mining is serially destroying the Chambal, one of India’s most pristine river systems. Even Supreme Court admonitions fail against entrenched interests

A Missionary and His Maledictor • BJP seeks to atone in Goa after platforming an extreme YouTuber, angering Catholics

A HIGH STAKES BATTLE MAMATA SUPREMACY OR BJP’S BIG WIN?

THE MYTHOS MENACE • HOW INDIA CAN PREVENT THE NEW ANTHROPIC AUTONOMOUS AI MODEL FROM DISRUPTING BANKS AND FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

MYTHOS EXPLAINED

WHY INDIA SHOULD WORRY

HOW INDIAN BANKS CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES

CODE RED FOR INDIAN DEFENCE • Developing a strong, indigenous AI architecture is the only answer to the looming threat that Mythos-like models pose to India’s sprawling defence networks

WHAT CORPORATES MUST DO

NOW, NARA SHAKTI • The new TDP working president has a lot on his plate: making Andhra Pradesh an investment magnet, possibly taking over the chief minister’s chair, and priming for the 2029 assembly poll

AAP UNDER SIEGE • The defection of its Rajya Sabha MPs—and former close aides—throws AAP off balance ahead of the battle for Punjab next year

WHAT NEXT FOR AAM AADMI PARTY? • The party must find new ways to stay relevant

THE EV ULTIMATUM • Delhi’s draft EV Policy 2.0 proposes a hard shift from petrol two-wheelers alongside wider electrification mandates. But poor charging infrastructure comes in the way of its good intentions

DECODING THE PROPOSED EV POLICY 2.0 • The policy, drawn up for 2026–2030, combines bans with time-bound incentives

SOUL SEER • Raghu Rai leaves behind a visual memory of India—its grief and its grace, its sacred and its scars. At once graphic and lyrical, he placed ordinary folk at the heart of the nation’s story

THE HOME AND THE WORLD • India is back at the Venice Biennale this year with a pavilion curated by Amin Jaffer that examines ideas of home in an age of migration and rapid urban transformation

The Retelling • NALINI MALANI’S...