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If India flailing or failed? And is federalism saving some Indians from the Union government’s collapse?

Gulak, IPOB and a Nation Besieged Gulak, IPOB and a Nation Besieged In his piece on Tuesday, ‘The Death of Ahmed Gulak’, Dr Reuben Abati attested to the character of the late Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan with whom he worked. He also spoke about the danger his gruesome murder portends, especially at this period in our nation. I didn’t know Gulak as well as Reuben, but I found the deceased politician and lawyer a very friendly man with whom I enjoyed a good laugh whenever and wherever we met. I therefore commiserate with his family as I pray God will offer them comfort a...

Despite his oft-stated resolve to repel Vladimir Putin’s anti-Western campaign, President Joe Biden is in danger of being hoodwinked by the Kremlin.

ISSUE DATE: May 17, 2021 UPDATED: May 8, 2021 20:55 IST India Today Magazine Issue May 17, 2021 On May 16, 2014, Narendra Modi powered himself and his party to a historic win, marking a return to a single-party majority after 25 years of coalition governments. His feat was a result not just of his stirring oratory but also because he held out hope at a time the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government was embroiled in corruption scandals and afflicted by a paralysis of governance. On May 13, 2013, we put Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on our cover with the title ‘Dr Dolittle’. In our November 23,...

Amjed Jaaved With over 2, 38,000 COVID-19 patients already dead (official estimate) since March 2020, India presents a horrible picture. About 4000 people are dying every day.Experts are skeptical of the government’s figures of cumulative and daily deaths. They point out that most COVID-19 deaths remain unreported and unrecorded. Murad Banaji, a senior lecturer in mathematics at Middlesex University agrees, ‘80% of India’s COVID-19 deaths are  are missing and have not  been picked up by official death count’. He made the remarks during the course of his interview with renowned journ...