From the Editor-in-ChiefWe may have stepped away from the brink again, but Pakistan and India cannot keep playing the game of nuclear bluff
Real money gambling | A nation at stakeAs the line between online gaming and gambling blurs, millions of Indians grapple with addiction, debt and fraud while the government scrambles to rein in a booming yet chaotic industry
Make in India | Trump eyes India’s Apple pieThe US president’s tariff trade threatens Apple’s India strategy, but the tech giant has few manufacturing alternatives beyond China
Health watch | Heart attacks : Plastic takes a deadly tollA Lancet study links DEHP in plastics to heart attack deaths, with India accounting for nearly a third of global fatalities.
India-Turkey relations | Going cold on TurkeyEconomic leverage becomes New Delhi’s frontline weapon against Ankara as it recalibrates its diplomatic battles
Operation Sindoor | Jointness was the game changer | Viewpoint by Lt Gen Vipul ShinghalEfforts to braid the three services across all domains into integrated war fighting bore fruit in India’s precise actions in Operation Sindoor
Bihar | Nitish plays the name gameGaya changes its name to Gayaji, as renaming politics comes to Bihar. Nitish hasn't changed places with the BJP, yet. But his yielding maps an ongoing soil erosion
Madhya Pradesh | Patron of abuseWhy does BJP put up with the verbal iniquities of Vijay Shah, the minister who insulted Col. Sofiya? It’s his cachet among MP’s tribals
Jammu and Kashmir | Water and ire in the valleyHaving put a question mark over the Indus Waters Treaty, should India go ahead with stalled projects? The Indo-Pak debate flows into Kashmir’s domestic politics
Gujarat | Razing an illegal stormAftershocks of a terror attack in Kashmir are felt in the ghettos of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat. Thousands displaced, land gets freed, amid a welter of charges
Rajasthan | Baptism by fireAs a Bharat Adivasi Party MLA lands in a graft case, the BJP lets loose its full artillery in tribal Banswara
Uttar Pradesh | Rafale kerfuffleAjay Rai gets some chilli in his eyes after a satirical send-up of Rajnath. The Congress battles to wash off ‘sedition’ stain, as Rai remonstrates ruefully
BluSmart | The ride is overHow the Jaggi brothers went from being the darlings of the start-up universe to becoming the exemplars of all that is wrong with it
India Today Indo-UAE Conclave | Enduring partners in progressThe maiden India Today Indo-UAE Conclave spotlights a future-ready alliance driving innovation, trade, talent and cultural ties
Geeta Kapur | The art of theoryA collection of essays by the veteran art critic Geeta Kapur reflects the complex impulses that shaped Indian Modernism
Book on S.H. Raza | Divine artistryAshok Vajpeyi, a close friend of S.H. Raza, draws an intimate portrait of the artist in 'Celebration & Prayer'
Photography | Press the play buttonVicky Roy’s exhibition explores childhoods and resourcefulness, from Delhi’s streets to a skate park in MP
Haren Thakur's art | Modernity meets traditionA myriad influences inform the art of Haren Thakur in his ongoing exhibition at Art Magnum, Delhi
Moving story | Nadir Khan’s 'Mumbai Star'Nadir Khan’s musical, 'Mumbai Star', showcases multiple dance forms on stage
Exhibition | India on canvasContemporary Indian art is in the spotlight at a major group exhibition at the City Palace, Jaipur
Q&A with Hariprasad Chaurasia | The wind godFlautist Hariprasad Chaurasia is performing live with singer Hariharan for the first time. After a performance in Mumbai, 'Living Legends: Hari Se Hari Tak—A Soulful Night of Music' is next taking place at Delhi’s Siri Fort Auditorium on May 30