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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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India Today

STILL UNDER A CLOUD • The preliminary report on the Air India crash raises more questions than answers, with fuel switches and pilot actions under scrutiny

BHAGWAT’S BROAD HINT

AN OPEN DATA PROJECT FOR CITY TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS

THE SKILLS MISMATCH • With one of the youngest workforces in the world, it is critical for India to ensure that the labour force is gainfully employed and equipped with future-ready skills. Today, only 4 per cent of the workforce (aged 15-59) has received vocational training, despite 88 per cent being engaged in low-competency jobs. More importantly, over 50 per cent of graduates are employed in jobs that require lower skill levels than their educational qualifications—implying underutilisation of India’s workforce. These are the findings of the report ‘Skills for the Future: Transforming India’s Workforce Landscape’ by the Institute for Competitiveness.

BIHARI VS ‘BAHARI’ • ‘Native’ or not? The debate creates a domino effect beyond electoral rolls. Nitish puts a binding clause on gender quotas: it will be exclusively for women domiciled in Bihar now

A DELUGE OF DOUBTS • Flood relief offers political relief for the Himachal CM and his beleaguered party, but its soil is eroding

LAW AND DISORDER • A college girl’s self-immolation, tribal kangaroo courts’ bizarre punitive decrees, atrocities against Dalits, a spree of rape: Odisha stares at a law and order nadir

THE GODS OF EDUCATION • Should temple funds be used for building colleges? An old debate about state control of temples heats up with political rhetoric in poll-bound Tamil Nadu

WHEN POLITICS GOES SOUTH • A Shinde Sena MLA harks back to the old nativist credo, but only as a cover for a mess of his own making

LICENCE TO LOOT • A liquor scam exposes a network of forged guarantees, policy manipulation and bureaucratic connivance

INDIA’S K-CRAZE • Korean music, drama, food and beauty products are becoming the new cool for millions of young Indians

SOUND SENSATIONS

A NEW STAPLE • Delicious Korean dishes ranging from rice preparations to spicy noodles delight Indian palataes. A few of the most popular orders

H. Subhashree |31| • Staff Nurse, Bolangir, Odisha

FOREVER YOUNG • The famous 10-step Korean beauty regimen is customisable and consumers can pick three to five ones daily, focusing on layering, hydration and protection. The steps include

A SERIES OF MASTERPIECES

‘I can’t imagine myself doing anything else’ • ARIA, a twentysomething singer from Kerala, on her life in a Korean pop band and how fame and scrutiny have driven her to make better music

The Trend • K-Pop dance group from Arunachal Pradesh

CAN AIR INDIA REGAIN TRUST?

REVAMP TENSIONS • THE OVERHAUL OF THE BJP ORGANISATION HAS THE IMPRINT OF THE RSS ALL OVER IT. BUT IN SEVEN KEY STATES, THERE IS STILL LACK OF AGREEMENT

THE SANGH STAMP • A MAJORITY OF THE NEW STATE/UT CHIEFS ARE FROM THE RSS OR THE LARGER SANGH PARIVAR. THE EXCEPTIONS ARE IN PLACES WHERE IT’S STILL NOT A DOMINANT FORCE

OUTSMARTING THE HACKER ARMY •...