India Today

India Today is the leading news magazine and most widely read publication in India. The magazine’s leadership is unquestioned, so much so that India Today is what Indian journalism is judged by, for its integrity and ability to bring unbiased and incisive perspective to arguably the most dynamic, yet perplexing, region in the world. Breaking news and shaping opinion, it is now a household name and the flagship brand of India’s leading multidimensional media group. Additionally, the weekly brings with it a range supplements like Women, Home, Aspire, Spice and Simply which focus on style, health, education, fashion, etc. and Indian cities.

FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

A TEST OF RESILIENCE • The rupee's slide towards 100 to the dollar is raising concerns over the economy, even as the RBI steps up efforts to arrest its fall. But intervention comes at a cost

MAKING EVERY JOURNEY EASIER • MADHYA PRADESH USHERS IN A NEW ERA WITH THE LAUNCH OF 'MUKHYAMANTRI SUGAM PARIVAHAN SEVA' Modern, safe and accessible public transport to transform connectivity across urban and rural Madhya Pradesh.

STRATEGIC PASS

Brilliantly Dyslexic Screens Film 'WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?'

THE MAHA KUSHTI ALLIANCE • The stinging legislative council losses in Nagpur and elsewhere renew overt hostilities within the Mahayuti—as Shinde camp calls for his return as CM, BJP says 'the real opposition is within'

AAP'S DEFENCE FIRST STRATEGY • Mann makes a move with an early and safe first list of candidates. Another first list in the poll season—of defectors—shows rationale. It's a circling of wagons herd

The Blistering Season of Stings • Questions swirl around a purported sting video from the past—who shot it and why, is it fake, who leaked it now? Big fish in political cesspool

SUVENDU'S CLEAN-UP CREW • A refurbished Anti-Corruption Branch gets cracking on a long-festering sore in Bengal: institutional corruption. The flagship initiative will be tested on its reach

Ruhullah Speaks a Fiery Farewell • The NC suffers a shock as its sharpest internal critic calls it quits—citing its failure to redeem poll pledges

SPOT LEOPARD, READ PATTERN • Leopards seen ambling in Ahmedabad's newer fringe put focus on the real apex predator: booming human cities

What's Behind the Hooch Tragedies • A series of tragic incidents reveals flaws in a liquor policy that keeps prices high, driving drinkers towards illicit brew

HOW INDIA MOVES

WHY WE ARE A TWO-WHEELER NATION • Because they offer freedom and flexibility. But the overwhelming reliance on two-wheelers for daily commutes is a reflection of the gaps in our public transport and poor urban planning

THE GREAT TRANSPORT PARADOX • India’s most widely used mode of transport is losing ground as underfunded bus services, poor connectivity and fragmented planning drive commuters towards private vehicles

RISING COST OF THE COMMUTE • Household budgets are stretched by travel expenses, while poor connectivity and long journey times constrain access to jobs and opportunities

WOMEN STILL FEEL TRAVEL IS NOT SAFE • Poor infrastructure for walkers and cyclists hampers the commute of India’s most vulnerable: women, the elderly and children. Roads and bus networks need to be made safe and accessible at all times of day

THE SURGE IN LEISURE TRIPS • Domestic travel is booming, trips have almost doubled over the past decade, and it's working young people who are heading out more

THE GRAND RUSH FOR FAITH • Led by GenZ, millions are now combining pilgrimage with leisure. A tourism ecosystem is slowly taking shape around this new travel preference

REVIVING THE SEVA DAL

THE FIGHT OVER 50 PER CENT • Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka become the latest...