In this issue

Highlights of India Today –24th May 2021 issue:

The Cover Story package highlights likely scenarios of the virus’ spread and the impact of multiple lockdowns on the economy.

It also throws light on the military’s role (and its limitations) in this health emergency and looks at the shortages stymieing the vaccination programme.

MUMBAI SHOWS THE WAY

COVID MANAGEMENT

5 mins

The Fight Isn't Over

WEST BENGAL/POST­-POLL VIOLENCE

5 mins

Differently Endangered

COVID-19

2 mins

Covid-19 - When Will The Nightmare End?

Top experts weigh in on india’s best hopes to halt the rampaging second wave of covid-19

10+ mins

SHOTS IN THE DARK

EVEN AFTER A BELATED SCRAMBLE FOR MORE DOSES, INDIA’S VACCINE PROGRAMME FACES A DESPERATE SUPPLY SHORTAGE. FEARFUL IN THE WAKE OF A RAMPAGING SECOND WAVE, EVERYONE NOW WANTS IT, BUT THERE ARE JUST NOT ENOUGH DOSES TO GO AROUND

10 mins

How The Armed Forces Can Help Battle Covid

The armed forces step up in the war against the virus, but given the threat of a hostile border they may not be able to scale up from present tasks

6 mins

The Lockdown Blues

Calibrated lockdowns, determined by the states, may have restricted the economic damage in this second wave, but consumer demand for all but essentials is likely to take a hard hit

10 mins

A RAINBOW CABINET

Mamata Banerjee ensures broad representation for women, Muslims, SCs/STs and first-timers in her 43-member cabinet while entrusting core ministries to party veterans

5 mins

A NEW DAWN BECKONS

Chief minister M.K. Stalin promises a break from the past, a government for all the people. Can he live up to it?

7 mins

THE MAGIC IN HIS REALISM

Having won the 2020 Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil, Imayam explains why he resists all labels

3 mins

Becoming Woman

The women at the centre of Gracy’s stories all upset the status quo with their desire, fear and lust

2 mins

GETTING INTO THE SPIRIT

With her new supernatural series, The Last Hour, releasing on Amazon Prime Video on May 14, actress Raima Sen suggests there are more things in heaven and Earth than we dream of in our philosophies

1 min

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