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- Top experts weigh in on India's best hopes to halt the rampaging second wave of Covid-19
- Even after a belated scramble for more doses, India's vaccine programme faces a desperate supply shortage. Fearful in the wake of a rampaging second wave, everyone now wants it, but there are just not enough doses to go around
- Calibrated lockdowns, determined by the states, may have restricted the economic damage in this second wave. But, consumer demand for all but essentials is likely to take a hard hit
- The armed forces step up in the war against the virus, but given the threat of a hostile border they may not be able to scale up from present tasks
- Geneva-based Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO), on India's Covid second wave and more
Mumbai Covid Model: The city sets an example on how to fight the virus effectively
Planned and timely decisions have resulted in effective Covid-management in MumbaiWhile the country fights its worst pandemic in decades, central government declaring Rajpath beautification as an essential service enrages peopleBJP vs Mamata: The fight is far from over
Hitting Mamata on the issue of political violence from day one of her third term as CM, BJP is focused on keeping her "engaged" in the state to stop her positioning herself on the national stageDespite SC ruling on Maratha reservation, demand again gathers momentum
Did a three-month delay in enacting a new law ruin the Maratha community’s quota chances?Bihar: Post Shahabuddin's death, politicians cutting across party lines meet his son Osama Saheb
Political parties are well aware that there is a groundswell of sympathy among Muslims for Shahabuddin after his deathDifferently endangered: Why the lions are most vulnerable to Covid
As the second wave of the Covid pandemic sweeps the nation, no one is safe—not even wildlife.Here's this week's glasshouse
How intimacy consultants make sex scenes look natural on screen
Sex scenes have never been easy for actors. In an effort to make them feel safer, the Hindi film industry is now hiring intimacy consultantsWhere the quiet speaks: In conversation with ‘Milestone’ director Ivan Ayr
Filmmaker Ivan Ayr’s Milestone is steeped in a sombre, insightful silenceQ+A with Raima Sen on her new supernatural series
With her new supernatural series, The Last Hour, releasing on Amazon Prime Video on May 14, the actress suggests there are more things in heaven and Earth than we dream of in our philosophiesEverything you always wanted to know about first flush tea but did not know whom to askA new series demonstrates why the kitchen is no place for Bollywood celebrities
Good actors are not always great cooks. That’s what we see in Star vs Food, a discovery+ show His recently released book, How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas is more than a biography.The magic in novelist V. Annamalai's realism
Having won the 2020 Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil, Imayam explains why he resists all labelsBook review: 'Baby Doll' by Gracy
The women at the centre of Gracy’s stories all upset the status quo with their desire, fear and lust
From the Editor-in-Chief
India Today Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie on the rapid spread of the virus, the concerns in the country about the vaccination programme and the leadership crisis
Mamata Banerjee's rainbow cabinet
Mamata Banerjee ensures broad representation for women, Muslims, SCs/STs and first-timers in her 43-member cabinet while entrusting core ministries to party veteransIgnored Congressman to Assam's CM: Sarma’s time to rule
Himanta Biswa Sarma's track record as an efficient minister and a master strategist has finally landed him his dream job, that of chief minister of Assam. But the pandemic has meant his road ahead is far from smoothTamil Nadu: CM Stalin starts fulfilling pre-poll promises; takes steps to combat Covid
Chief minister M.K. Stalin promises a break from the past, a government for all the people. Can he live up to it?