In this issue

Highlights of India Today –28th December 2020 issue:

This week's Cover Story talks about India’s banking sector being frequently under the spotlight, and usually for unflattering reasons— from an insupportable pileup of loans gone bad (non-performing assets or NPAs in banking parlance) to outright fraud to cronyism or worse. The issue also looks at a controversial new law in Uttar Pradesh ostensibly intended to hinder forcible conversion in interfaith marriages, which is seen by many as a communal tactic and a threat to basic constitutional rights. The issue also focuses on the Union home minister and BJP leader Amit Shah at the Charminar in Hyderabad during the GHMC poll campaign, Nov. 28

THE ART. 356 DARE

Three attacks in three days, two of them fatal. BJP president J.P. Nadda’s convoy is attacked by stone pelters in South 24 Parganas; a BJP booth president is beaten to death in North 24 Parganas; another party activist is murdered in East Burdwan—all in a span of three days (December 10-12). If the news stories were playing up the possible imposition of President’s rule in Bengal, invoking Article 356 of the Constitution, it was by no means beyond the pale.

5 mins

Gearing Up For The Vaccine

Since the very beginning of the pandemic, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has taken on a very hands-on role in the state’s Covid management efforts

4 mins

SALE TO TAKE WING?

Unlike in 2018, when the Centre’s attempt to find a buyer for the beleaguered Air India saw no takers, there are several bidders in the fray this time around.

4 mins

THE PROMISE OF CHANGE

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan kicked off his party Makkal Needhi Maiam’s poll campaign on December 13 from the temple town of Madurai.

5 mins

A WAKE-UP CALL FROM THE WILD

One of the scores of camera traps inside Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park clicked a photograph early December that shocked both wildlife officials and activists. It showed a tiger struggling in a wire snare. The big cat was immediately tracked down by officials, tranquilised, rescued from the snare and released into the forest.

5 mins

FIXING THE BANKING MESS

Public trust in India’s banks has been shaken by all the bad news about bank failures, misgovernance and a gargantuan Rs 9.4 lakh crore pile of bad debts. How to avert the impending catastrophe

10+ mins

UNITED COLOURS OF ARMED FORCES

THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS COMPLETE A YEAR IN ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES. WILL INDIA GET THE INTEGRATED MILITARY STRUCTURE IT NEEDS?

9 mins

THERE-WILL-BE-NO-COMPROMISE

In his first detailed interview after taking over as Chief of Defence Staffon January 1, GENERAL BIPIN RAWAT tells Executive Editor SANDEEP UNNITHAN about what his Department of Military Affairs (DMA) has achieved, the border standoffwith China, his plans to transform the armed forces, the road ahead and the resistance to change.

7 mins

SAFFRON'S SOUTHERN SOJOURN

THE BJP CUSTOMISES PLANS TO BREAK INTO THE BASTIONS OF THE ENTRENCHED POLITICAL PARTIES

10+ mins

THE BIG STORY OF 'LOVE JIHAD' : LOVE AND HATE

A CONTROVERSIAL NEW LAW IN UTTAR PRADESH, OSTENSIBLY INTENDED TO HINDER FORC IBLE CONVERSION IN INTERFAITH MARRIAGES, ISSEEN BY MAN YAS A COMMUN AL TACTIC AND A THREAT TO BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

10+ mins

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