In this issue

Highlights of India Today –17th May 2021 issue:

The Cover Story throws light on 10 major aspects that allowed the deadly virus to spread. These include, shortage of trained medical staff, lack of health infrastructure, failure of testing, tracing and tracking, shortage of essential drugs, oxygen crisis and negligence of institutions in curbing super-spreader events, among others.

CRASH WARNING

AUTO SECTOR

4 mins

Can Our Courts Manage The COVID-19 Crisis?

Guest Column

3 mins

Healthcare For All

Rajasthan’s newly minted, state-sponsored Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme has come at a time when it’s likely to be better appreciated by its beneficiaries. It universalizes healthcare in the state—free for the poor and dirt cheap for the rest.

3 mins

A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS

MASS CREMATIONS, THE SCRAMBLE FOR HOSPITAL BEDS, THE DESPERATE HUNT FOR MEDICAL OXYGEN, THE PUBLIC OUTCRY, THE PERSONAL TRAGEDIES—HOW COVID’S SECOND WAVE HAS EXPOSED THE ABJECT FAILURE OF THE INDIAN STATE

10+ mins

FROM DIDI TO DURGA

Mamata Banerjee’s victory holds out hope not just for Bengal but for opposition forces across the country looking to halt the relentless march of the saffron brigade

10+ mins

BAPTISM OF FIRE

His poll promises seem to have resonated with voters, but new chief minister M.K. Stalin will be watched closely for how well he delivers on those commitments

7 mins

NOW HIS OWN BOSS

The Left’s second consecutive win in Kerala underlines Pinarayi Vijayan’s deft handling of the many crises that hit the state as much as his control over the political narrative

8 mins

AN UPHILL CLIMB

The new incumbent has the unenviable task of managing the Covid upsurge and balancing the state’s finances

5 mins

THE WAKE-UP CALL

Disappointing results in the assembly polls raise questions about the BJP’s overdependence on Brand Modi

4 mins

ALL AT SEA

Plumbing electoral depths, the Congress yet again faces a do-ordie choice. If it can put in an honest effort to reform itself, it can still be a uniting force for the Opposition

5 mins

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