In this issue

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.

CAPITAL SHAME

For three full days, starting February 23, armed goons ran riot in large swathes of northeast Delhi.

4 mins

THE SHAPE OF A NEW OPPOSITION

PK’s recent manoeuvres hint at early moves to reconfigure the Opposition

3 mins

The Mother of All Schemes

A slew of women and child welfare schemes keeps alive memories of a matriarch

3 mins

Coming Up Trumps

The US president’s state visit was a triumph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personalised, pragmatic and multi-aligned foreign policy

10+ mins

This is a government with a very strong determination to protect national interest

The day after US president Donald Trump departed from New Delhi after a 36-hour state visit, external affairs minister S. JAISHANKAR sat down for an exclusive interview with Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa. In one of his most detailed interviews to date, the foreign minister put the Indo-US relationship in perspective, outlining India’s new foreign policy engagement with the world. Among other things, he expounded on the ‘Modi Doctrine’, the extraordinarily complex relationship with China, dealing with terrorism emanating from Pakistan, the abrogation of Article 370, the challenges of explaining the Citizenship (Amendment) Act to the world and the impact of the economic slowdown. Excerpts:

10+ mins

VOTES AND THE CAA

WHILE THE CITIZENSHIP LEGISLATION MAY HELP THE BJP CONSOLIDATE ITS VOTE AMONG NON-ASSAMESE-SPEAKING HINDUS, THE PARTY WILL HAVE TO DO MUCH MORE TO PLACATE THE ANGER OF ASSAMESE VOTERS IN 2021

10 mins

WHEN THE SHOE FITS

ACTOR GULSHAN DEVAIAH LIKES COLLECTING SHOES—BUT HE HAS NOW STARTED STACKING UP AWARDS AS WELL

2 mins

COX IS KING

BRIAN COX HAS BEEN ACTING IN THEATRE, AND IN BLOCKBUSTER FILMS, FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, BUT IT IS WITH SUCCESSION THAT HE LANDED THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME

2 mins

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