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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

DHARAVI REVAMP: CAN ADANI TRANSFORM ASIA’S LARGEST SLUM?

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NAILING THE PAHALGAM PERPETRATORS • India gives a fitting response by killing three Pakistani terrorists behind the April 22 Pahalgam attack, but a few questions remain

FREQUENT FLYER FILES

CRYING CLUBS WEEPASANA CENTRES

FAIR TRADE AGREEMENT • India has clinched a landmark trade deal with the UK. On July 24, New Delhi and London signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), India’s first such pact with a G7 nation. Touted as “historic”, the deal aims to double bilateral trade by 2030 and promises unprecedented market access for both sides. Here’s a look at how both countries stand to gain

REINING IN THE BCCI AT LAST • A new national sports law promises to make the apex cricket body subject to government scrutiny

MODI’S NEW VESHTI STRATEGY • Rich cultural symbolism dominates a Modi visit to poll-bound TN, but sceptics aren’t sure of saffron’s sync with Tamil identity

A CASTE ENCORE • Karnataka orders a new caste survey this year, junking the report based on the 2015 numbers

90 DEGREES OF REPARATION • The public works wing gets a public hanging, but MP’s jagged flyovers are only symptoms of a systemic skew

A RICH HARVEST OF RURAL SCAMS • NREGA and Nal Se Jal leak like faulty taps in tribal Gujarat as the corrupt milk flagship social schemes

FIRST-AID FOR THE STRICKEN • LG Manoj Sinha launches a mission to bring relief to thousands of families left broken by terrorism

THE NEW BULLS • MILLIONS OF BOLD AND FINANCIALLY SAVVY SMALL INVESTORS ARE SHORING UP INDIA’S BOURSES

THE RETAIL BOOM • AS DEMAT ACCOUNTS MULTIPLY, AND SIPs AND MFs GATHER PACE, SMALL INVESTORS STEER A BIG SHIFT FROM TRADITIONAL SAVINGS TO MARKET-LINKED ASSETS, LEAVING AN EVER-LARGER IMPRINT ON INDIA’S CAPITAL MARKETS

“I TRUST MY OWN ANALYSIS”

NEW BULLS, NEW TURF • A surge in NSE investor accounts shows more Indians are entering the stock markets—with significant growth coming from places like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and the Northeast, far from the traditional trading hubs of Mumbai and Delhi

The D.I.Y. Revolution • Fintech platforms and social media voices are democratising India’s stock market, ushering in a do-it-yourself era of investing for millions

“TOO MANY TIPS CAN CONFUSE YOU”

“THE KEY IS BALANCE AND PATIENCE”

A Touch of Royalty • The BJP sheds inhibitions about wooing erstwhile royals to advance their political cause. For the royals, it is a chance to regain political and cultural relevance

PALACE TO POLLS • From the north to the south: A selection of some of the prominent personalities in the BJP from former royal families across the country

CHIRAG’S POWER PLAY • In Bihar’s liminal political spaces—between the BJP’s leadership deficit and the JD(U)’s ebbing influence—Chirag Paswan sees a fault line ripe for exploitation

MEET THE TOP SHOTS • THE INDIA TODAY-MDRA BEST UNIVERSITIES SURVEY REVEALS A NEW DYNAMISM IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM, MARKED BY STABILITY AS WELL...