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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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CRUDE SHOCK • India’s refining boom powered by cheap Russian barrels is faltering under new US sanctions, pushing New Delhi into a costly global oil reset

LIGHTS AND SLIGHTS IN AYODHYA

THE TOXIC TRUTH REUSED OIL IS HAZARDOUS

THE BIG VOTER ROLL CLEANUP • As EC launches its biggest electoral list revision in two decades, Opposition-ruled states headed for polls cry foul

ANTI-SLIP TURF FOR MAYAWATI • Out of power for 15 years, and facing an erosion to her base from SP-Congress as well as new Dalit voices, the ex-CM’s ‘comeback’ is a grim attempt to hold on

IS IT FAITH ACCOMPLI IN TARN TARAN? • Part of the LS seat won by radical Amritpal in 2024, a bypoll tests the mood anew

UPPER HOUSE, UPPER CUT • Omar, still shy of statehood dream, battles a surge of dissent after RS poll fiasco

LOVE, LOOT, LOGOUT • The heart wins over mind—and money—as a new online fraud targets women with fake matrimonial profiles

QUESTIONS IN PRISON, ANSWERS AT LARGE • A recruitment racket blows the lid off Odisha’s police exams, revealing criminal syndicates spanning states as well as official collusion

WAYANAD SURVIVORS FACE APATHY • Having lost their all in the 2024 landslides, the needle moves slowly as the Centre and state play politics over relief

FIGHTING FOR CHANGE • THE RJD LEADER PROMISES JOBS FOR ALL, INCLUSIVITY AND RADICAL REBOOT TO WOO BIHAR’S YOUTH. BUT TO WIN, HE MUST SHED THE ‘JUNGLE RAJ’ IMAGE OF LALU’S RULE

THE ELECTORAL ROLLERCOASTER • The RJD’s performance in assembly polls since 2000—from dominance, decline, to revival under Tejashwi Yadav—in partnership with allies

WAR OF PROMISES • From jobs and electricity to pensions and quotas, both sides go all out

“WE WILL FORM A NEW GOVT FOR A NEW BIHAR” • On October 27, as the campaign for the first phase of the Bihar election wound down, Mahagathbandhan CM candidate Tejashwi Yadav spoke to India Today TV’s Marya Shakil on the poll build-up, his counter to the NDA campaign, the poll promises and how he’ll fulfil them. Excerpts:

TEJASHWI’S TRAJECTORY • From cricket fields to politics, the RJD scion’s journey charts the party’s next chapter

POLITICS AROUND AN ICON’S DEATH • The emotional call for justice from millions in Assam over Zubeen Garg’s death has forced the BJP government to pander to public sentiment. Six months before the state goes to polls, the Opposition has seized on the issue too

CAST OF A TRAGEDY IN MANY ACTS • Key players caught in the storm surrounding Zubeen Garg’s death

THE PROTEIN GOLD RUSH • India’s protein-based food market is growing at a furious pace, as FMCG firms and a host of startups rush to tap the rising demand from health-conscious customers. But not all of it is healthy, say experts

ALL ABOUT PROTEIN • The nature of protein, what it does, its requirement in humans and if Indians get enough of it

WHY IS BACK PAIN NOW STRIKING THE YOUNG?

FOR THE BOY LEFT BEHIND • HOW HOMEBOUND, THE CRITICAL HIT ABOUT THE LIVES OF TWO MIGRANT LABOURERS WHO FACED THE...