In this issue

Highlights of India Today –29th August 2022 issue:- In this special issue, we look back at our passage through the decades and celebrate our milestones in infrastructure, our remarkable progress technology, agriculture and defence, our exotic tourism locations and exuberant cinema.

Freedom @75 - India Then And Now

On its 75th Independence anniversary, India can celebrate the substantial reduction of poverty and the uptick in economic growth. But it faces a tough task to become a developed country by India@100

6 mins

GROWTH PANGS

The country's metamorphosis from an economic laggard to the fastest growing economy globally is the result of visionary policy decisions in the past few decades

2 mins

BREAKING THE SHACKLES

India's manufacturing sector has had a long journey, from building the country's industrial foundations to licence raj to liberalisation. The challenge now is to become globally competitive

1 min

THE FORCE MULTIPLIERS

The services sector has been instrumental in powering India's growth in the past two decades, including in exports

1 min

GRAIN REVOLUTION

From an agri economy struggling to feed its people to self-sufficiency and surplus, the story of Indian agriculture has been one of many milestones and some reverses

1 min

SCORCHING PACE

Building roads and highways picked up speed in India in the 2000s. Now, the country has the second largest road network in the world, after the US

2 mins

TURNING THE TIDE

The government is now planning to revive old waterways to build a robust inland and maritime transportation network

2 mins

ON CRUISE CONTROL

Civil aviation in India is taking off, albeit slowly, to catch up with its global peers. All it needs to focus is on maintaining the quality and financial prudence

2 mins

RINGING IN THE NEW

From having 150,000 telephone exchange lines in 1947, India now is the world’s second-largest telecommunications market with 1,200 million telephone subscribers

1 min

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK

A repository of history and tradition, the Indian armed forces have proved themselves in the heat of battle. It is now one of the world’s most modern militaries

1 min

KHAKI BLUES

Tasked with maintaining law and order, the police’s difficult role has been rendered tougher due to political interference and neglect of reform

1 min

STELLAR SHOW

The Indian space programme is now among the world’s most accomplished, instilling pride in every Indian

1 min

FISSION FEATS

India’s atomic journey has enabled nuclear deterrence but failed to deliver on the promise of an energy revolution

1 min

HONING OUR DEFENCES

For nearly six decades now, DRDO has helped the country fulfil its mission of self-reliance and improve its indigenous defence capabilities

1 min

REGIONS, LEGIONS

The wheels of the polity can’t choose between hub and spoke, even if the Centre has historically viewed states with wariness. The record is quite clear. Federalism is key: their proximity to the ground means states score on both policy innovation and democratic dialogue-making challenge now is to become

2 mins

FROM SCREENING TO STREAMING

From the black-and-white era to the OTT surge, Indian cinema has traversed a long road. In its every phase since India’s Independence, it has been influenced by the hopes, aspirations and fears of the people it has sought to entertain

2 mins

MINORITY RAPPORT

Delicate in the best of times, and often volatile, India needs to de-escalate politics around communities and focus on welfare

1 min

HOW INDIA WAS BORN AGAIN

AN ONGOING EXHIBITION AT KOLKATA'S INDIAN MUSEUM REMINDS US THAT WE CAN DELIGHT IN OUR INDEPENDENCE

3 mins

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