Highlights of India Today issue dated December 26, 2011. India Today\'s 35th anniversary special issue celebrates the triumph of resilience and identifies the makers and breakers of the past and more..

Highlights of India Today –30th November 2020 issue:    This week's Cover Story talks about the BJP having launched a full-scale offensive to win West Bengal. The story looks at how credible is its pitch and what are its chances against the formidable two-term chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The Big Story this week looks at the persisting side-effects even months after surviving Covid taking a heavy physical and emotional toll on patients, making their return to normal life a protracted and difficult battle. The issue also looks at Nitish Kumar starting a fourth term on the trot as chief minister, but ally BJP already muscling in.

Highlights of India Today –23rd November 2020 issue:   

This week's Cover Story talks about the Bihar assembly election results. Big brother BJP is likely to be the real power behind the throne.

 

The Special Report looks at a defiant opposition alliance has taken on the Imran Khan government and, for the first time ever, even the Pakistan army.

 The issue also focuses on Hindus comprising 70 per cent of the population of West Bengal, and are being propitiated by both the BJP and Mamata Banerjee's TMC.

Highlights of India Today –16th November 2020 issue: The Cover Story this week talks about what a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration would mean for India and the world.

The Big Story looks at the border crisis with China and the defence ministry's move to revive four critically required weapons procurements. 

The issue also looks at the Bihar assembly elections.


Highlights of India Today –9th November 2020 issue:   This week's Cover Story talks about how to make the spate of farm reforms by the Modi government work.

The issue also looks at the onset of winter and how lax enforcement of covid protocols could usher in a second covid wave. 

The story on the economy in this issue focuses on some sectors having seen improved demand and sales in recent months, businesses are hoping the festive season sets a lasting favourable momentum.

Highlights of India Today –2nd November 2020 issue:   

The Cover Story this week talks about the force of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma behind Nitish Kumar.

 

The issue also focuses on the 2020 India Today Group-MDRA survey, more robust than ever, finds that Indian B-Schools are in the midst of a fundamental transformation partly to adjust to a post-Covid world, but also to improve infrastructure.

 

The issue further looks at AIADMK having sounded the poll bugle.

Highlights of India Today –26th October 2020 issue:   

This week's issue talks about the personalities featured in the 'High and Mighty' list having one trait in common i.e rising above the ordinary in extraordinary times.

 

The issue also looks at Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray's announcement that his government had issued an order to relocate the controversial metro car shed from the current site in Aarey Milk Colony.

 

The issue focuses on by-polls in Madhya Pradesh where Congress lost power in March with the defection of Jyotiraditya Scindia and his loyalist MLAs.

Highlights of India Today –19th October 2020 issue:   

The Cover Story talks about Dalit women bearing the brunt of caste and gender violence, especially rape, in India.

 

The Big Story this week talks about experts saying how we need to slow down in our hunt for a guaranteed Covid treatment.

 

The issue also deals with how the world's largest navy is aggressively expanding its presence in the Indian Ocean region.

Highlights of India Today –12th October 2020 issue:   This week's Cover Story looks at everything you need to know about how private your WhatsApp chats are.

 

The issue also talks about the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar and how the RJD scion is trying to set a new political narrative for his party and the state, but the JD(U)-BJP alliance will not let him live down memories of Lalu raj.

 

The Special Report this week talks about a national health ID with portable patient data, seems a big milestone in public healthcare, but challenges such as full integration, the lack of privacy safeguards and the risk of data misuse remain.

Highlights of India Today –5th October 2020 issue:   The Cover Story looks at a survey about large swathes of the economy having been savaged by the pandemic and while the struggle for survival is on, some have seen opportunity in the crisis and latched on to it.

 

The issue also looks at the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar and how the young Paswan scion is seeking to carve a space for himself in regional politics.

 

The Big Story this week focuses on the ruling AIADMK and Jayalalithaa’s estranged heirs battling for control of the late CM’s iconic residence, Veda Nilayam.

Highlights of India Today –28th September 2020 issue:  

The Cover Story this week talks about the widespread use of Cannabis and the ancient and well-established culture of marijuana consumption in this country, it's time for a conversation on decriminalising the drug.

 

The Big Story this week talks about CM Uddhav Thackeray under fire as Maharashtra struggles to contain the pandemic and revive industrial growth in the state. The poor handling of the Sushant Singh Rajput case has done him no favours.

 

The Special Report this week talks about how the business models of social media platforms thrive on anger, hatred and the divisive fake narratives often spread by political parties.

Highlights of India Today –21st September 2020 issue:  The Cover Story talks about India's villages, where cases

are on a sharp upswing, the battle against the pandemic is on a wing and

a prayer, given the desperately inadequate public health infrastructure in

the hinterland.

 

The issue also talks about the controversy surrounding Kangana Ranaut.

 

The issue also looks at the Sushant Singh Rajput’s death having opened a Pandora’s box for Bollywood. The NCB is likely to launch a crackdown on

the industry’s drug nexus soon.

Highlights of India Today –14th September 2020 issue:  The Cover Story talks of how the National Investigation Agency cracked a blind case and exposed how the bombmaker guided by Pakistan-based handlers was the lynchpin of the Pulwama terror strike.

 

The Special Report this week looks at India wresting high ground in Eastern Ladakh with some help from a secret commando force.

 

The Big Story this week focuses on a complex, intelligent individual, Sushant Singh Rajput, who's life reveals the many demons that haunted him.

Highlights of India Today –7th September 2020 issue:  The Cover Story talks about the slowdown having become a most debilitating recession. It will take some urgent and daring interventions from the government to pull the economy out of this deep hole.

 

The Big story looks at the August 7 letter to Sonia Gandhi to be an inflection point, the start of a Congress course correction.

 

The issue also focuses on choosing the right coaching institute being a daunting task. The annual ranking of the coaching institutes across the country gives you all the information to pick the one that best suits your needs.

Highlights of India Today –31st August 2020 issue:  This week's Cover Story talks about how the demise of a rising star went from a tragedy to sensational Tinseltown controversy—and now the subject of a Supreme Court-monitored CBI probe.

The Big Story this week looks at the truth about the new environment impact
assessment (EIA) draft.

The issue also talks about a few economic indicators, such as tractor sales, rural unemployment numbers and FMCG sales suggesting that India’s rural areas are seeing an economic uptick.

Highlights of India Today –24th August 2020 issue: 

This week's cover story deals with heroes of enterprise paving the way towards a self-reliant India

The issue also deals with the targeted attacks on BJP officials having triggered a spate of resignations in the party’s state unit

The issue also looks at the deadly Kozikhode air crash.

Highlights of India Today –17th August 2020 issue:This week's Cover Story talks about the burden on PM Modi's shoulders as he faces a dangerous trinity of threats: the health emergency caused by Covid-19, the economic distress it has caused an already slowing economy and the Chinese aggression on our borders.

 

The Big Story this week talks about the Ram Temple. The centre and the Uttar Pradesh government are pouring in Rs 5,000 crore to recreate Ayodhya as a focal point of Hindu religious tourism.

 

The issue also looks at the country’s main Opposition party losing out to the BJP’s machinations in two states where it had won elections, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, and is fighting to save its government in another, Rajasthan.

Highlights of India Today –10th August 2020 issue:This week's Cover Story talks about the elderly not only being more susceptible to Covid, but they are also finding it more difficult to deal with the psychological trauma of being isolated for their own protection
 
The Big Story this week looks at the Ram temple in Ayodhya set to become a reality but even as it settles a 30-year
struggle, unsettling questions remain
 
The issue also talks about the real estate sector being still in the grip of a severe slowdown and also witnessing a new trend—buyers looking for healthier surroundings that also fit their budgets.

Highlights of India Today –3rd August 2020 issue:

This week's Cover Story talks about Congress to be in terminal decline, neither able to function with the Gandhis nor do without them.

 

The issue also talks about the border tensions with China, the armed forces going on a weapons-buying spree even as a robust indigenous defence production set-up remains the need of the hour

 

The issue focuses on a survey of India’s universities, revealing the winners

in two streams, technical and law.

Highlights of India Today –27th July 2020 issue:This week's Cover Story talks about India and China having a chance to reassess and rebuild their fraught relationship. The story also says that despite India’s commitment issues, a closer partnership with the US could be a significant counter to China.


The Big Story this week looks at Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot securing his party’s backing to cut challenger Sachin Pilot to size, but the threat to his government is far from over.

The Special Report this week brings to focus the truth and the politics of Chinese money in the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and other Gandhi family trusts.

Highlights of India Today –20th July 2020 issue:

This week's Cover Story talks about India joining the global race to produce a

Covid-19 vaccine, but its candidates have to clear the safety and efficacy test first.

 

This week's Big Story deals with a spate of online environmental clearances and proposed new assessment norms seeing environmental activists up in arms.

 

The issue also focuses on the Centre looking to reform the power sector, with better regulation and new tariff policy.

Highlights of India Today –13th July 2020 issue: Our cover story 'Target China' examines China's deep linkages with the Indian economy. The package also includes experts' opinion on how to conduct our economic relationship with China.

The lead column delves into the government's three-pronged strategy to deal with China in the short run while avoiding a backlash.

Our editors also examine the implications for Chinese products that account for a substantial share of the Indian markets.

The issue also brings you the India Today State of the State (SOTS) districts awards that are based on a methodology founded on rigorous reporting and big data analysis of development parameters collected over a decade.

Highlights of India Today –6th July 2020 issue:The pandemic has disrupted the academic year and forced students and colleges to rethink the admission process. With this in mind, this week's cover story brings you an in-depth guide to the best colleges in India. The colleges have been ranked across a range of specialities.

This issue also takes a look at the hunt for the elusive drug for the novel coronavirus. 


Highlights of India Today – June 29, 2020 issue:
This week's Cover Story talks about the latest border dispute between India and China, which has left 20 soldiers dead on the Indian side. The story mainly covers, "What explains China’s current aggression? And what are India’s military, diplomatic and economic options to counter it?"

The issue also discusses the increasing number of coronavirus cases in Delhi, which is one of the hotpots of Covid-19. The national capital continues to remain on edge as the number of virus cases are expected to surge by mid-July. 


Highlights of India Today – June 22, 2020 issue:
This week's Cover Story talks about the testimonies of those who have had a tryst with the disease revealing that a majority experience its mild manifestation. 

This week's Big Story looks at thousands of small businesses which are on the brink, with the government rescue package falling short of their expectations.

The issue also looks at BJP doing its damnedest to unsettle and discredit Mamata Banerjee in the run-up to the assembly election next year.


Highlights of India Today – June 15, 2020 issue:
This week's Cover Story talks about Maharashtra becoming the epicentre of the Covid 19 pandemic.

The issue also focuses on easing of lockdown restrictions in Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat.

The issue also looks at the Chinese PLA’s incursions across the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh.

Highlights of India Today – June 08, 2020 issue:
This week's Cover Story talks about the national argument about the movement of migrant workers during the lockdown fuelling a twin crisis. 

The Big Story this week focuses on the devastating effects of Cyclone Amphan.

The issue also talks about the coronavirus pandemic having resulted in a new entertainment vocabulary.

Highlights of India Today – June 01, 2020 issue:
This week's Cover Story examines this trend to find out whether the digital classroom can afford India an opportunity beyond the immediate crisis.

The issue also looks at Mumbai's King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, the biggest municipality-run hospital in central Mumbai’s Parel area. Everyone associated with the hospital looks dejected. 

The Big Story in this issue talks about UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's father's demise.

Highlights of India Today – May 25, 2020 issue: 

Highlights of India Today – May 18, 2020 issue: 
This week's Cover Story talks about the frontline workers risking their lives and battling the deadly coronavirus.

The Big Story talks about Covid-19 wreaking havoc on the body’s immune system, placing people with comorbidities at maximum risk.

The issue also focuses on Mumbai having, the largest number of coronavirus cases in India and the struggle to get the country’s economic capital back on its feet.


Highlights of India Today – May 11, 2020 issue: 
This week's issue primarily focuses on no industry being immune as the economy is in a pandemic seizure.

The issue also pays tribute to Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor as the superstars breathed their last this week after fighting a long battle with cancer.

The issue also talks about the new online teaching method.

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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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