In this issue

Highlights of India Today –17th January 2022 issue: The special edition features 14 experts from different fields such as health, economy, security, politics, environment and more, who talk about what lies ahead for India and the world.

A GENERATIONAL LEAP

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES

4 mins

THE FOREIGN FUNDS SQUEEZE

On January 1, when the Union home ministry revoked the FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) registrations—mandatory for organisations to receive and use foreign funding—of 5,968 firms, many were outraged.

5 mins

ON THE BLACK SCENT TRAIL

KANPUR I-T RAIDS

6 mins

DELIMITATION DISTRESS

JAMMU & KASMIR

5 mins

2022: Hope & Fear

What a difference a month makes. At the start of November, 2021 seemed well on its way from the worst of times which it had showed us in April, to a holiday season of laughter and forgetting. Normalcy, or at least ‘the new normal’, seemed like the catchphrase for the coming new year. That and ‘endemicity.’ And then on November 26, we got something much catchier: Omicron.

10+ mins

THE TIMES ARE A-CHANGIN'…

THOUGH STRONG, THE GLOBAL RECOVERY REMAINS UNEVEN AND INCOMPLETE, AND 2022 BRINGS MANY NEW CHALLENGES

5 mins

MORE SUPPLY, LOW DEMAND

WITH VACCINATION NUMBERS RISING, SUPPLY CHAIN BOTTLENECKS ARE LIKELY TO EASE, IMPROVING OUTPUT. THE CHALLENGE IN 2022 WILL BE TO KEEP DEMAND HIGH TO ALLOW INDIA TO RETURN TO THE PRE-PANDEMIC GROWTH PATH

5 mins

The Next Labour Revolution

The future of work rests on using technology to understand and improve employees’ experience at work

4 mins

TIME TO REVITALISE THE ACT EAST POLICY

THE OMICRON THREAT ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, THE EMBOLDENING OF TERROR GROUPS AFTER THE TALIBAN TAKEOVER IN AFGHANISTAN AND CHINA’S GEOPOLITICAL AMBITIONS SPELL UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES FOR INDIA

5 mins

IN THE DRAGON'S FIRING LINE

CHINA’S INCREASING PENCHANT FOR ESCALATING CRISES AND LIVING WITH ANTAGONISTIC RELATIONSHIPS ON MULTIPLE FRONTS PROMISES A TURBULENT YEAR AHEAD FOR SOUTH ASIA, WITH INDIA AT THE HEART OF IT

5 mins

Cleaning Up India's Energy Systems

In the fight against climate change, india’s real challenge will not be building infrastructure, but ensuring that even the poorest can pay the cost of this ‘clean’ energy

5 mins

PUSH A NEW CROP OF REFORMS

THE FARMERS’ AGITATION AGAINST THE CONTENTIOUS FARM LAWS BROUGHT INDIAN AGRICULTURE TO THE CENTRE OF PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS. THE MOMENTUM FOR CRITICAL REFORMS SHOULD NOT BE LOST NOW

5 mins

ORDER IN THE COURTS

THE JUDICIARY’S IMMEDIATE CHALLENGES INCLUDE REDUCING THE HUGE BACKLOG OF CASES IN THE LOWER COURTS, FILLING UP JUDGE VACANCIES AND STREAMLINING THE WORK OF TRIBUNALS. A LARGER CONCERN IS JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE ITSELF

5 mins

THE FUTURE IS BROWN-ISH

THE INDIAN CAPACITY FOR ASSIMILATION WILL PLAY A HUGE PART IN HOW AND WHY INDIANS WILL SHAPE THE WORLD

4 mins

ROOTING FOR TEAM INDIA

THE YEAR 2022 WILL AFFORD ALL INDIAN SPORTSPERSONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER PROVE THEMSELVES OR REINVENT THE SPORT ITSELF

4 mins

WINNING THE RACE

IN HIS RECENTLY RELEASED MEMOIR, KAL PENN TELLS THE STORY OF HOW HE BROKE HOLLYWOOD’S DIVERSITY CEILING

3 mins

BOOK MARKING 2021

From the return of big names to Covid becoming a literary protagonist, 2021 had something for us all

2 mins

GAME OF THRONES

Manu S. Pillai throws light on the oft-ignored histories of India’s princely states in False Allies

3 mins

THE POET WRITES TO THE SAINT

By revisiting the correspondence of Gandhi and Tagore, historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee helps reveal aspects of their personalities we don’t usually see

2 mins

MY BEST OF 2021 - GOPALKRISHNA GANDHI

Former diplomat; Author of Refuge

1 min

SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM

THE STORIES IN THIS SCI-FI ANTHOLOGY MIGHT BE SET IN THE FUTURE, BUT THEIR ROOTS ARE IN THE HERE AND NOW

2 mins

MY BEST OF 2021 - GAUTAM BHATIA

GAUTAM BHATIA Author, The Wall

1 min

UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY

Abir Mukherjee’s sixth novel in the Wyndham-Banerjee series sees him better already good form

2 mins

WE THAT ARE YOUNG

Much like the youth of her characters, Sally Rooney’s latest novel is caught in a flux of becoming

2 mins

MY BEST OF 2021 - MIRZA WAHEED

MIRZA WAHEED Author, Tell Her Everything

1 min

DON'T FIGHT THIS FLIGHT

Written by T.J. Newman, a former flight attendant, Falling is a kind of blockbuster hijack drama that keeps you strapped in from the start

2 mins

DADDY DEAREST

THE NIZAM IN ANEES SALIM’S NOVEL HAS SO MANY CHILDREN THAT THEIR VOICES TOGETHER CREATE A POLYPHONY

2 mins

MY BEST OF 2021 - JERRY PINTO

JERRY PINTO Author; translator

1 min

Sense of an Ending

EVEN AS AMITAVA KUMAR’S NOVEL ASKS IF FICTION HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN OUR LIVES STILL, HIS WRITING SAYS YES

2 mins

“WE'RE ALL NOAH NOW”

In his new book, Eden, Devdutt Pattanaik explores Jewish, Christian and Islamic lore from a uniquely Indian perspective. The results are riveting

1 min

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