The Cover Story on farmer suicides in Vidarbha. Three years after Rahul Gandhi made her a household name, Kalawati remains a symbol of deprivation among the many widows in Vidarbha\'s suicide country a

Highlights of India Today – April 06, 2020 issue:
This week's issue talks about coronavirus having lead to nations going on a lockdown. The borders have been shut off, flights have been cancelled. Globalisation is now being replaced by isolationism as nations struggle to shield their population from the deadly virus.

The issue also focusses on various ways to deal with the nationwide lockdown, ranging from entertainment to fitness.

The issue further talks about Shivraj Singh Chouhan's return as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh.

Highlights of India Today – March 30, 2020 issue:
This week's issue talks about India fighting back COVID-19 to arrest the spread of the deadly virus with public awareness campaigns, social distancing measures, hygiene protocols and more. 

The issue also focusses on panic selling on the stock market, triggered by fears of largescale business disruptions caused by the CoVid-19 global pandemic, saw the Sensex plunge 2,919 points on March 12—the largest-ever single-day fall.

The issue also talks about PM Modi speaking about India’s efforts to limit the spread of CoVid-19 during a video conference with the SAARC member countries.

Highlights of India Today – March 23, 2020 issue:
Our cover story, 'How to Bust a Bank', analyses the causes of the downfall of one of India's biggest banking icons, the lessons from his fall and the consequences of this failure.

Our Big Story, 'An Economic Coronary', delves into COVID-19 outbreak, its economic setback and the subsequent effect on the international trade.

Another Big Story focuses on Jyotiraditya Scindia whose decision to bet on a new political future with the BJP came as a blow to the Congress.

The issue comes with one free supplement -- Spice.

Highlights of India Today – March 16, 2020 issue:
This week's Cover Story talks about the riots in Northeast Delhi. Masked rioters ran amok on the streets on a murderous shooting, burning and clubbing spree. Vehicles were torched, homes, shops, and religious premises looted and vandalised, innocent bystanders and journalists were attacked.

The issue also focuses on Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Kolkata. Ahead of elections, the BJP’s campaign pitch
has taken on a new colour and texture with the home minister’s visit to the state.

The issue further brings to light the outbreak of deadly coronavirus in India.

Highlights of India Today – March 09, 2020 issue: This week's Cover Story focuses on US President Donald Trump's visit to India. When Donald
Trump hugged PM Modi at the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad at a public event telecast live, the roar of the 130,000 people assembled there was heard not just in India, but also in the US and across the world. 

The issue also talks about the outbreak of coronavirus and if India’s emergency health services
can handle a Wuhan-sized pandemic.

The issue further covers making Assamese compulsory in schools in Assam which is expected to negate the anti-caa sentiment in the state.

Highlights of India Today – March 02, 2020 issue: Our cover story, ‘The dark web of child porn', examines the dark side of the Internet in the form of child pornography-the trafficking of pictures and videos depicting the abuse of minors. The cover story documents this hidden menace and the gaps in the government's response to it.

Highlights of India Today – February 24, 2020 issue: 
Our cover story this issue, ‘How Vikas Won’, talks about how the BJP botched its own campaign and the lessons it needs to learn from the Delhi debacle. It may be too early to infer whether the verdict will resurrect Kejriwal’s national political ambitions and whether AAP will venture out into other states again or become the standard-bearer, rallying other opposition parties to form an anti-NDA front.

The issue also talks about how the Madhya Pradesh government is planning to create new wildlife reserves.
Further, the issue talks about the government’s cold shoulder to Amazon boss Jeff Bezos highlighting its ambivalence about large foreign e-commerce firms, and the contrary protectionist pull in its support base.

Highlights of India Today – February 17, 2020 issue: 
This week's cover stories focus on the Union Budget tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. It focuses on how Budget 2020 plays it too safe. There are no nasty surprises, but nor is there a credible roadmap to economic recovery. The stories focus on how the reduced allocations offer little incentive for the education sector. 

Highlights of India Today – February 10, 2020 issue: 
Our cover story, 'Why We Have All Failed Nirbhaya', examines the conundrum -- how crimes against women continue despite changes to the law.

Our Big Story, "The Smog Wars", delves into the face-off between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Union minister Prakash Javadekar in the battle for clean air.

The Guest Column is written by Anjali Bhardwaj on the Right to Information (RTI) Act and how the basic edifice of the RTI Act is being weakened.

Another guest column is written by Tabish Khair on how it is "difficult to be a 'Muslim', at least in small-town India..."

The issue comes with free supplement: Aspire

Highlights of India Today – February 03, 2020 issue: 
This week's lead cover story focuses on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity after being re-elected following his stupendous win in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. With nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and the prime minister’s efforts to shore up the flailing economy, this issue of India Today Magazine analyses  BJP's and PM Modi's popularity.

Highlights of India Today – January 27, 2020 issue: 
This week's lead cover story focuses on Budget 2020 and the economy that is in the grip of a stubborn slowdown. This week's issue also mentions that the government must use Budget 2020 to signal that it has a revival plan and that it is on the job. The big story of this week's issue titled 'Capital Goods' focuses on the upcoming Delhi Assembly election and how the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is gearing up to reclaim the throne. Will the Congress play a spoiler by splitting the non-BJP vote? The latest issue of India Today covers it all!

Highlights of India Today – January 20, 2020 issue: 
This week's lead cover story focuses on the newly minted Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and the government double-speak on an impending National Register of Citizens. This week's issue also highlights nationwide protests that have erupted over the amended Citizenship Act across the country and why many students and civilians have taken to the streets. The big story of this week's issue titled 'Chief Agenda' focuses on General M.M. Naravane as he takes over at a time the Army is going through a budget squeeze, a right sizing drive and exploring new battle strategies.

Highlights of India Today – January 13, 2020 issue: 
This week's cover story "Vision 2020" looks at some of the biggest challenges that the country is likely to face in this new decade. The issue examines how the political calculations of the State will make or mar the prospects for technological growth in the country. It also talks about the consequences of Hindutva political consolidation in the next decade.

This week's issue also has an interview with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who made news recently with his vocal opposition to the BJP leadership. 

Further, the issue brings to light the recent happenings in the country which includes Maharashtra Chief Minister Udhav Uddhav Thackeray doing everything he can to keep his government steady.

Highlights of India Today – January 06, 2020 issue: 
This issue of the India Today magazine delves into the power of 'the two'. The issue explores how Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have radically altered the Indian political landscape in 2019, emerging as the Newsmakers of the year. The prime minister and his home minister dominated the Indian political landscape in 2019, setting a new, radical agenda for the country. The issue also explores the shrinking foothold of the BJP, especially after the Jharkhand polls. Jharkhand becomes the fifth state to slip out of the BJP’s grip in the past one year, calling into question Modi-Shah’s regional strategy.

Highlights of India Today – December 30, 2019 issue: 
The Anniversary Issue of India Today magazine delved into the lives of the unsung heroes in our country. The Unsung Heroes are the champions of change who are ushering n a quiet revolution across India. India Today brings to you the heart-warming accounts of human endeavour to beat the odds and create legacies that are transforming the country. The issue also explores the  protests that erupted countrywide over the
Citizenship Amendment Act. Has the ruling BJP lost control of the script? The issue goes deeper into the situation in Assam over the CAB as Assam erupts again in protest against the CAA, and how the government needs to speedily implement Clause 6 of the Assam Accord which aims to protect the identity of the Assamese people.

Highlights of India Today – December 23, 2019 issue: 
In India, the second decade of the millennium, even though it started with a whimper, saw a tectonic shift. This week's issue focuses on the decade spanning 2010-2019 that saw the political narrative in the country undergo a significant, some would even say revolutionary, transformation.

The cover story looks back at what this transformative period means for India as it heads into the third decade of the millennium.

Our lead essay, 'The Breakaway Decade', delves into the fall of Manmohan Singh in the middle of the decade and the extraordinary rise of Narendra Modi. It focuses on how the heroes of one decade can end up as villains of the next- and vice versa - as it happened in India.

The Big Story, 'Politicising Asylum' highlights the changes the new amendment will bring to the Citizenship Act, 1955.
 
Sports writer Boria Majumdar traces India's rise as a cricket superpower and sees a possible breakthrough performance in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, while author and journalist Shreevatsa Nevatia examines how hate and misinformation have soured the social media dream.

This issue comes with one free supplement -- Home.

Highlights of India Today – December 16, 2019 issue: 
The Cover Story this week asks the big question -- 'How to fix the economy' and who better to answer this than Raghuram Rajan, Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and, more memorably, RBI governor between 2013 and 2016. The Indian economy is crying out for reforms. According to Rajan, the last steady reformer was the NDA government under Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

The Big Story this week is 'Hyderabad Rape Case: The Horror and the Shame' which highlights the continuing national epidemic of sexual assault and the chronic failure of our criminal justice system.

Highlights of India Today – December 9, 2019 issue: 
This week's issue focuses on the formation of the second Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra which led to jubilation in the BJP camp. BJP's desperate moves to engineer defections have exposed the party's tall claims to being a principled party. The RSS too is unhappy with the moral drift but has kept a tactical silence.

The issue also covers India Today State of State 2019 awards. The award ceremony saw chief ministers outlining their visions for development and state ministers elaborating on their success mantras.

The issue also delves into several recent issues of importance in the UpFront section.

Highlights of India Today – December 2, 2019 issue: Champion States - The 2019 India Today State of the States(SOS) survey picks the winners from among 28 states on 12 key development parameters.

Highlights of India Today – 25th November, 2019 issue:
India Today has done 10 cover stories on the Ayodhya issue since the 1980s. Our 11th cover story, 'Time to Move On', examines the various facets of the Supreme Court's landmark decision, particularly why the court chose its course of action, and the road ahead.

Our cover story, 'Striking a Fine Balance', focuses on six reasons why the unanimous verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit by the Supreme Court relied on the principle of equity and is guided by evidence of title rather than by faith and belief.

The guest column is written by Gautam Bhatia on Lutyens, his architecture and its relevance in Indian history.

This issue comes with one free supplement -- Home.

Highlights of India Today – 18th November, 2019 issue:
This week's issue talks about the recent debacle around WhatsApp which lately triggered a political war after the messaging platform claimed that journalists and human rights activists in India were targets of surveillance by operators using Israeli spyware named Pegasus.

Highlights of India Today – 11th November, 2019 issue:
This week's edition has special stories based on the India Today Sex Survey. The India Today Sex Survey has chronicled the private life of the nation for 16 years and the past year has seen a number of changes that have influenced the nation's intimate life.

Our special issue on sex, titled 'Sex an the Indian', put together by Senior Deput Editor Prachi Bhuchar, also consider views from our panel of experts.


Highlights of India Today – 4th November, 2019 issue:
Our cover story this week, 'Holding the Fort', analyses how Devendra Fadnavis overcame his hurdles, and the challenges he faces in the next five years. Contrary to the expectations in Haryana, the BJP suffers a setback against a spirited Congress and surprise package JJP. 
The issue also puts spotlight on the India Today State of the State Conclave Goa where the best performing districts and talukas were awarded. 
In the Smart Money section, know how to keep your money safe, earn higher returns and revive a lapsed motor insurance policy.
Further, the India Today Group-MDRA B-school survey ranks India’s top management institutes.

Highlights of India Today – 28th October, 2019 issue:
This week's Cover Story 'Diwali Gloom' talks about the worrying slowdown in the Indian economy which has defied the government's attempts to get it going. The economic downturn has affected the festive season which is when spending in India gets into high gear.

The Big Story in this week's issue focuses on Sourav Ganguly taking over as the BCCI president.

Further, the issue brings to light the increase in movie scripts celebrating the valour and sacrifice of soldiers.

The magazine also comes with a free supplement- Home.

Highlights of India Today – 21st October, 2019 issue:
This week’s issue puts the spotlight on a 2011 census that records a most staggering statistic- the rise of the unattached, independent woman, who has rejected the socially sanctioned default setting of a married life. For this, our cover story ‘Single and Happy’ features interviews of a cross-section of single women professionals from writers, architects to film personalities.
For the Big Story, we delve into how the old guard under Sonia Gandhi has begun to assert itself and turf out Rahul’s favourites in the Congress.
The issue also decodes the mystery of Kerala serial killer Jolly, who has been charged for the murders of six members of her family.
Further, the special feature talks about how sustainable and conscious living and a return to basics might characterise the future of luxury.
The magazine also comes with a free supplement- Spice.

Highlights of India Today – 14th October, 2019 issue:
This week's issue talks about the government facing charges of mounting a political witch-hunt as enforcement directorate goes after high-profile opposition leaders. The cover story 'Strong Arm of the State' looks into the high-profile ED probe targets under the NDA.

This edition also carries a special report of India Today Group's Safaigiri Awards 2019 where stars of the swachh brigade were being awarded.


Highlights of India Today – 07th October, 2019 issue:
Cover Story:

India Today Magazine issue October 7, 2019 covers the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with photos and stories about him from that era. His legacy draws both reverence and criticism. The section revisits the life and times of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

India Today Conclave:

The issue also covers the India Today Conclave 2019 which took place last week in Mumbai. The city came alive as as who's who from the world of politics, business and entertainment gathered for the gala evening.

Smart Money:

The section covers topics like NPS returns, repo rate and gold surge in the market.

Leisure:

An interview with skipper Sunil Chhetri highlights how Indian football has consistently scored over the past few weeks. Sunil Chhetri reflects on what it's like to lead a team that's finally coming into its own.

Upfront:

The section talks about the Centre's move to cut corporate tax rate from 30 per cent to 22 per cent.

Highlights of India Today – 30th September 2019 issue:
This week’s issue focuses on the amended Motor Vehicles Act, which aims to watch out at lawless motorists- who break traffic rules with impunity.
The cover story, Civilising Indian Roads, looks at the modifications introduced by the government and what more needs to be done.
In an exclusive interview, Nitin Gadkari explains the larger goals of the new MV Act and how he plans to improve road infrastructure and make the authorities accountable.
The Big Story, Rumble in the jungle, delves into the Madhya Pradesh government's plan to set up an empowered wildlife advisory committee in the state, which eventually has been caught up in the conservation versus tourism debate.
The issue also comes with a free supplement- Home.

Highlights of India Today – 23rd September 2019 issue: 
 This issue of the India Today delves into what could have possibly gone wrong with India’s ambitious moon mission – Chandrayaan-2, which lost contact before soft landing on the southern pole of the lunar surface.
 
The mishap took place during a programmed changeover phase of the lander’s descent on the moon – a manoeuvre hitherto untested by Isro and fraught with countless possible variations.
 
The issue further takes an analytical look into the first 100 days of the second term of the Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance government, and what it has achieved so far, and what remains to be done.
 
In the Big Story section, the magazine discusses how Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is putting his best foot forward ahead of the assembly elections in the state, due in October.
 
The issue also follows the constitutional developments of August 5, which revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, and effectively demolished the efficacy of the slogan ‘Kashmir banega Pakistan’. Not surprisingly, Pakistan is hitting out wildly, trying to find a suitable narrative and an action plan that can force India to reverse the decision and also, assure its own people that the government and the army are doing something about it.

Highlights of India Today – 16th September 2019 issue: 
The September 16, 2019 issue of India Today magazine is here with the cover story 'Hard Times' which asks a tough question about Indian economy. Has the government done enough to pull the economy out of the current rut? 

It gives an insight as to why the downslide is worrisome. The steep fall in GDP growth is causing deep distress across the country. Auto sales across all categories are at a two-decade low. The cover story, by Executive Editor M.G. Arun and Deputy Editor Shwweta Punj, looks at the deep pit the elephant seems to have fallen into.

In the issue, a panel of eight economists-N.R. Bhanumurthy, Pronab Sen, R. Nagaraj, Ila Patnaik, Maitreesh Ghatak, D.K. Srivastava, Ajit Ranade and D.K. Joshi-has indicated the way forward.

The issue also talks about NRC and the controversies that continue to dog the National Register of Citizens list released in Assam.

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India Today is an Indian weekly news magazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1975 based in New Delhi. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi. Aroon Purie has been the magazine's editor-in-chief since 1975, a position he has held continuously for the last three decades.

It is part of the India Today group, also founded in 1975, which now includes 13 magazines, 3 radio stations, 4 TV channels, 1 newspaper, a classical music label (Music Today), book publishing, and India's only book club. With the publication of its 30th Anniversary issue in December 2005, the magazine, which had commenced publication in 1975 with a circulation of 5,000 copies, has published five editions and currently has a circulation of over 1.1 million copies with a readership of over 5.62 million.

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