In this issue

Highlights of India Today –3rd May 2021 issue: The Cover Story talks about the health services across states being on the verge of a breakdown. Patients are struggling to get hospital beds, Covid test reports are delayed by days and there is an acute scarcity of oxygen and vital drugs.

The issue also looks at the coronavirus returning in a more infectious variant and a beleaguered nation struggling to cope with the challenges and keep up its fight.

The issue also focuses on the mass exodus of migrant workers last year.

A SIMMERING SUMMER STANDOFF

More than two months after hundreds of Indian and Chinese soldiers, tanks and vehicles pulled back from the northern and southern banks of the Pangong Tso and the Kailash Range, an attenuated standoff looks set to continue through the summer.

4 mins

THE LONE WARRIOR

The Gandhi statue on Mayo Road has been one of the preferred protest sites in Kolkata for political parties and civil society groups.

5 mins

HANUMAN'S ORIGINS - The Many Birthplaces of Hanuman

On April 21, on the occa­ sion of Sri Rama Navami, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), custodian of the richest Hindu shrine, unveiled “mythological, epigraphic and geographic evidence” to claim that Tirumala is the birth­ place of the Hindu god Hanuman.

4 mins

Kumbh Mela - The Price Of Optimism

As the day of the last shahi snan (royal bath) of the Haridwar Mahakumbh Mela approaches on April 27, the crowds in Haridwar have thinned quite dramatically.

6 mins

The Second Wave: Crisis & Containment

As the coronavirus returns in a more infectious variant, a beleaguered nation struggles to cope with the challenges and keep up its fight

10+ mins

DREAD AND DESPAIR

Health services across states are on the verge of a breakdown. Patients are struggling to get hospital beds, Covid test reports are delayed by days and there is an acute scarcity of oxygen and vital drugs

10+ mins

The Long Shadow Of Covid

The Centre has ruled out a national lockdown to contain the second wave of Covid-19 cases, but businesses are already seeing red in many states that have imposed severe restrictions

8 mins

NIGHT WITHOUT END

Their mass exodus last year fol low i ng the loc kdow n opened ou r eyes to th is invisible workforce. Has their plight improved since?

10+ mins

TIME TO REASSESS

With class 10 & 12 board examinations either cancelled or postponed, anxious students, parents and teachers look to the various education boards for a roadmap

8 mins

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

NEHA SINHA’S FIRST BOOK IS A THOUGHTFUL COMMENTARY ON WILDLIFE, PEOPLE AND THE SPACES THEY SHARE

2 mins

Whisky's Millennial Moment

From age-old tradition to new-age friends, whisky’s evolving demographic reveals why it’s time to go for gold.

5 mins

Grapevine Buzz

All that you needed to know about wines as well as the best wines suited for the Indian palate, climate and food.

4 mins

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