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Highlights of India Today –21st February 2022 issue: The cover story ‘The Battle of the Sardars’ looks at the promises of the four leaders - Sukhbir Badal, Charanjit Channi, Bhagwant Mann and Amarinder Singh - to fix the underperforming state of Punjab.

Covid's Long Shadow

For Natasha Sharma, homemaker and mother to four-year-old twins, 2022 began inauspiciously. The 34-year-old Pune resident tested positive for the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the first week of January. For two days, Sharma had a consistently high fever and a sore throat. Following her doctor’s advice, she treated her symptoms with paracetamol and multivitamins. By day three, her fever had gone and her throat began to improve. But over the next 10 days, Sharma continued to experience weakness, aches in her leg muscles, insomnia and tiredness. Her doctor diagnosed her with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, a complex, multisystem disorder, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

5 mins

Divide and Rule

Come Ugadi, the Telugu New Year on April 2, and Andhra Pradesh will double its number of districts to 26. The move is in keeping with Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s 2019 assembly election promise to improve governance. The advantages, the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) government claims, are plenty. For one, the reorganisation will bring district headquarters closer to the average citizen, except perhaps in the proposed Araku district. More districts also mean a greater share of Union government funds from programmes that take the district as a unit. “The reorganisation of districts is based on geographical boundaries and demographics and is not merely on the basis of parliamentary and assembly constituencies,” says G.S.R.K.R. Vijaya Kumar, planning secretary, Andhra Pradesh.

2 mins

War Of The Sardars

Four Strong Contenders Are Pitched In A Multi-polar Electoral Battle. Who Will Win The Day—and Punjab?

10+ mins

FOUR CORNERED VISION

Busy on their respective campaign trails, the Big Four of this Punjab election take time out to answer a few key questions, in exclusive interviews to Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa and Senior Editor Anilesh S. Mahajan. Excerpts

7 mins

Rahul's Congress: An Empty Bench

‘Team Rahul Gandhi’, the band of young leaders touted as the Congress scion’s able lieutenants, lies in disarray. Several of them have quit the party, others sulk openly week

6 mins

NEGLECTED BASTIONS

CAN THE ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS BECOME THE FOCUS OF INDIA’S MILITARY STRATEGY AGAINST A BELLIGERENT CHINA? THERE IS PLENTY OF INTENT, BUT INSUFFICIENT MILITARY CAPACITY ON THE GROUND

8 mins

TORONTO CALLING

A THIRD CHEAPER THAN THEIR US COUNTERPARTS AND WITH A MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE WORK PERMIT PROGRAMME, CANADIAN COLLEGES ARE BECOMING THE NEW DESTINATION FOR INDIAN STUDENTS

5 mins

SOUTH SIDE STORY

BOLLYWOOD REMAKES OF SOUTH INDIAN FILMS HAVE LONG BEEN A TREND. NOW, THE MULTI-GENRE ENTERTAINERS FROM THE SOUTH ARE CHALLENGING HINDI FILMS ON THEIR OWN TURF

8 mins

United Colours of Lata

Apart from melody and octave range, Lata Mangeshkar’s songs were lit by a rare emotional intelligence

8 mins

'I am 100% Original'

Usha Uthup’s authorised biography The Queen of Indian Pop demystifies the powerful voice that transcended genres and languages. It also reminds us why the 74-year-old singer remains a legend

1 min

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