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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.

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EXIT NITISH, ENTER BJP • With the JD(U) colossus moving to the Rajya Sabha, Bihar may be witnessing a historic political transition—the fading of Mandal-era dominance and the beginning of a saffron one

THE NITISH YEARS • From socialist beginnings to decades at the centre of Bihar’s political power

WAXING SARCASTIC

TRANSPLANTS IN INDIA MORE ORGANS SAVE LIVES

REACHING FOR THE MOON

CLEAN CHIT FOR THE AAM AADMI • A Delhi court’s dismissal of the ‘Liquorgate’ charges gives AAP and Arvind Kejriwal much-needed validation to woo back voters

Long, Slow Migration Bleeds BSP • A caravan of old Kanshi era veterans find a new, hospitable refuge with Akhilesh

THEATRE OF WAR • Prominent missing faces, sulking veterans and wannabes, a fresh batch of heirs heat up the assembly poll arena in Kerala

The Glass Half Full, Half Cloudy • GIFT City gets experimental exemption, as Gujarat navigates competing needs on prohibition

BULLETS IN BIHAR • From being a transit state for arms smuggling, Bihar is now being seen as a final destination. High incidence of violent crimes seems to be fuelling the supply

A Fake Forest Can Grow Fast • Rajasthan misses the trees… and the woods. Phoney ‘plantations’ replace shrinking forests

MAYHEM IN THE MIDDLE EAST • AS THE REGION GETS DRAWN INTO THE US-ISRAEL WAR ON IRAN, THE KEY QUESTIONS: CAN IT BRING REGIME CHANGE? HOW LONG WILL THE WAR LAST? WHY SHOULD INDIA WORRY?

SHOCK & DISMAY • Fire and brimstone, in the form of missiles, rained down on Tehran on February 28. Since then, the US-Israel pounding has been relentless. A defiant Iran has spewed fire, in response, and set alight the region

HOW LONG WILL THE WAR LAST? • Foreign policy analysts and former diplomats share their assessments on the possible duration of the US-Israel war on Iran and how it may come to an end. Here, they outline competing scenarios and starkly different expectations for the conflict’s trajectory

SUPREMACY OF THEOCRACY • Iran is an Islamic Republic that is dominated by a theocracy based on the doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist)

A TWIN BLOW • Costlier energy imports and a fall in remittances from the millions of Indians working in the Gulf countries could imperil the Indian economy

VOTERS AWAIT VERDICT • EVEN AS ELECTIONS IN THREE KEY STATES DRAW NEAR, THE ECI’S ELECTORAL ROLL REVISION LEAVES MILLIONS IN LIMBO AS THEIR CASES FALL ‘UNDER ADJUDICATION’

THE GREAT PURGE • How millions of voters across key states find themselves out of the electoral rolls post the SIR

SOUR TASTE IN SWEET SAGA • The fat’s in the fire as an investigation report in the Tirupati laddu case gives both the ruling TDP and rival YSRCP fuel for another battle. Meanwhile, devotees are now buying more laddus than ever

NOT QUITE A MIRACLE DRUG • As sale of the latest metabolic drugs surge due to their parallel weight-loss use, doctors warn that lasting health takes more than a fast drop on the scale

THE METABOLIC DRUGS BOOM

THE FUTURE IS HERE • THE...