In this issue

Highlights of India Today –14th December 2020 issue:

This week's Cover Story talks about the number of vaccines coming up in record time to combat the Covid-19 challenge and a closer look at the safety and efficacy of the various candidates in the fray. The Big Story this week looks at the Indian firms being hobbled by endless compliances, complicated laws and overlapping regulations.
The issue also looks at the BJP using its image to push for a coalition and break the vice-like grip of the Dravidian parties.

Farmer Protests: Why The Impasse

Since November 26, New Delhi has been under virtual siege by perhaps half a million farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, who are protesting three newly-minted farm laws, rammed through Parliament during its monsoon session.

6 mins

HOW REAL IS THE RECOVERY?

Although it was expected that the GDP growth numbers for the second quarter of this fiscal year would read far better than the dismal -23.9 per cent seen in the first quarter, the actual numbers came in as a surprise to many.

4 mins

THE DIE IS CASTE

On her way to a rally in Khatra in Bankura district on November 23, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee made a halt at Bankia, a village of 116-odd Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) families.

4 mins

THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH

On November 29, former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi addressed a gathering at Patna’s A.N. Sinha Institute, where he backed a full term for the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government in the state. “Iss sarkar ko koi gira nahin sakta (Nobody can pull down this government). There will be no mid-term poll in Bihar,” he declared during his speech at a memorial meet for the late Suraj Nandan Kushwaha of the BJP.

4 mins

A WIN-WIN FOR METRO AND AAREY?

On October 1, when Maharastra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray decided to shift the controversial metro car depot from green zone Aarey Milk Colony in Mumbai’s western suburb of Goregaon to Kanjurmarg, an eastern suburb 7.5 km away, he had done his homework.

6 mins

Covid-19 Vaccine - Is It Safe? Will It Work?

As a number of vaccines come up in record time to combat the Covid-19 challenge, a closer look at the safety and efficacy of the various candidates in the fray

10+ mins

INDIA'S BILLION PROBLEM

AS INDIA PUTS TOGETHER ITS FIRSTEVER PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMME TO VACCINATE ADULTS, THE COUNTRY OF OVER 1.4 BILLION IS BRACING ITSELF FOR A LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE

10+ mins

A MIND OF HIS OWN

DESPITE PRESSURE FROM ALLIES AND AN OPPOSITION CONSTANTLY SNAPPING AT HIS HEELS, FIRST-TIME CM UDDHAV THACKERAY HELD HIS OWN IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE

9 mins

LOOKING FOR A GRAND ALLIANCE

THE BJP IS USING ITS ‘KINGMAKER’ IMAGE TO PUSH FOR A COALITION AND BREAK THE VICE-LIKE GRIP OF THE DRAVIDIAN PARTIES

7 mins

CHOKED BY RED TAPE

INDIAN FIRMS ARE HOBBLED BY ENDLESS COMPLIANCES, COMPLICATED LAWS AND OVERLAPPING REGULATIONS

10+ mins

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