In this issue

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

Should You Worry?

The pictures look like stills from a Hollywood movie—haunted-looking people in airports, surgical masks clamped to their faces, flimsy shields against the latest virus that threatens the world.

3 mins

Why We Have All Failed Nirbhaya

The 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case pushed the government to overhaul laws against sexual offences and take measures for the safety of women. But seven years on, little has changed on the ground

10 mins

'My Pain Became My Driving Force'

From a grieving mother to a hardened crusader for justice after her daughter’s brutal rape and killing—this is the story of the transformation of Asha Devi Pandey, the mother of Nirbhaya

10+ mins

The Tough Road Ahead

AS CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, GENERAL BIPIN RAWAT BEGINS INDIA’S LONGPENDING MILITARY REFORMS. THE DIFFICULT PART—SETTING UP THEATRE COMMANDS—IS BEING KEPT FOR THE LAST

7 mins

The Smog Wars

Till the protests over the new Citizenship (Amendment) Act offered themselves as a more emotive election issue, it looked like Delhi’s inescapable, annual battle with pollution would also count for votes in the assembly polls due on February 8. While that threat seems to have receded, the air quality index (AQI) reading for Delhi has only improved from ‘Hazardous’ then to ‘Very Poor’ now.

6 mins

Hip-Hop's Bollywood Moment

Hip-hop’s growing presence in Bollywood has choreographers working with actors to fine-tune their technique and, of course, their swagger!

5 mins

Learning Code

There is a buzz around artificial intelligence and machine learning and how these can be used as powerful tools

3 mins

Game, Set, Go

A football coach, an educator and a national level hockey player, Tanaz Mohammed is changing the way we look at sports

2 mins

A Clear View

It might seem to be an alluring career, but studying to be an ophthalmologist needs focus, a lot of reading and constant learning

2 mins

Fly High

An exacting industry with no room for error, aviation requires adequate skill development

2 mins

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